Dead Birds
Robert Gardner / US, 1963 / 84 min.
Classic ethnographic documentary by Harvard academic Robert Gardner on the Hubula, a people living in a mountainous region of western New Guinea. Gardner shows their ritual warfare and way of life; the Hubula see themselves as birds destined to die. Screens to accompany the Paravel-Castaing-Taylor exhibition.
In 1961, respected Harvard University ethnologist Robert Gardner set out with an extensive team of anthropologists, artists, photographers and a film crew for the Baliem valley in the highlands of (at the time still) Dutch New Guinea; he wanted to film indigenous people who retained their traditional way of life – the Hubula.
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Director
Robert Gardner
Production year
1963
Country
US
Original title
Dead Birds
Length
84 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Part of
Paravel & Castaing-Taylor
Eye Filmmuseum presents Cosmic Realism, the first retrospective featuring the works of Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor. Trained as anthropologists, they merge anthropology, documentaries, and visual arts in their craft. The exhibition takes the viewer past seven immersive installations in which the development of the makers can be followed.
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