Trobriand cricket
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✎ Suggest a correctionA fascinating ethnographic documentary about cultural creativity among the people of the Trobriand Islands. The film shows how the islanders have adapted the game of cricket - first introduced by Methodist missionaries - into an outlet for mock warfare and inter-village competition, chanting and an expression of the islanders’ experience of colonialism.
Credits
- Directed by
- Gary Kildea, Jerry Leach
- Produced by
- Gary Kildea, Jerry Leach
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q7844802 ↗ — year, creator, length, country, genre, credits
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, genre, description, credits, catalog record
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