Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism

Year Published: 1976

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses how the British game of cricket has been adapted by the Trobriands Film-maker: Gary Kildea, Documents the modifications made by the residents of the Trobriand Islands in Papua, New Guinea to the traditional British game of cricket. Shows how the islanders have changed the game into an outlet for mock warfare, community interchange, tribal rivalry, sexual innuendo and a lot of riotous fun.

Complete Record: Discusses how the British game of cricket has been adapted by the Trobriands Film-maker: Gary Kildea, Documents the modifications made by the residents of the Trobriand Islands in Papua, New Guinea to the traditional British game of cricket. Shows how the islanders have changed the game into an outlet for mock warfare, community interchange, tribal rivalry, sexual innuendo and a lot of riotous fun. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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