Tidikawa : at the edge of heaven / by Susan Cornwell and Look Film Productions.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Cornwell, Susan.

Davies, Will.

Owynns, Taylor.

Filmakers Library, inc.

Look Film Productions.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bedamini (Papua New Guinean people).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1992.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

This film captures the poignancy of a native people undergoing cultural change. When Susan Cornwell first encountered the Bedamini in Papua, New Guinea in 1971, they were aggressive and practiced cannibalism as part of their religion. She was able to befriend them and make a landmark film, Tidikawa and Friends. Now, on her return, she finds a people in Western dress, wearing T-shirts instead of nose bones. Many have been converted to Christianity. They perform their tribal dances for money, and use calculators to determine the charges. Susan shows them the old film and they respond with excitement to images of their former selves. The skillful intercutting of old and new footage dramatizes the effects of westernization on an indigenous people.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Asian Studies Association, 1992

OCLC:

747799115

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.