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Joe Leahy's Neighbors / by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Highlands Trilogy ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural anthropology.
- International Political Science.
- 1980s.
- Australasia and Pacific Islands.
- Australian and New Zealand Films.
- Property rights.
- Coffee.
- Plantations.
- Tribal and national groups.
- Imperialism.
- Economic development.
- Cultural change and history.
- Anthropology.
- Cultural adaptation.
- Papua New Guinea.
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural anthropology.
- International Political Science.
- 1980s.
- Australasia and Pacific Islands.
- Australian and New Zealand Films.
- Property rights.
- Coffee.
- Plantations.
- Tribal and national groups.
- Imperialism.
- Economic development.
- Cultural change and history.
- Anthropology.
- Cultural adaptation.
- Papua New Guinea.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Film:Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1994.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- This film is the follow up of First Contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970's. European educated, raised in the highlands of Papua, freed by his mixed race from the entanglements of tribal obligation, Joe leads a Western lifestyle governed by individualism and the pursuit of affluence. While Joe may live in Western grandeur, he is still surrounded by his subsistence level Ganiga 'neighbors,' who never let him forget the original source of his prosperity. Joe spends much of his waking hours just keeping the lid on things. Filmmakers Connolly and Anderson lived for eighteen continuous months on the edge of Joe's plantation, in the 'no man's land' between Leahy and the Ganiga. Their lively, non-judgmental narrative eloquently captures the conflicting values of tribalism and capitalism.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- Recorded Papua New Guinea 0000.
- Won, 1989, Grand Prix, Cinema du Reel
- Won, 1989, Earthwatch Award, Earthwatch Institute
- Won, 1989, Award for Excellence, American Anthropological Association
- Won, 1989, Basil Wright Prize, Royal Anthropological Institute
- Won, 1989, AFI Award, Australian Film Institute
- OCLC:
- 701798530
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