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Dead birds
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- Summary
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Describes a photographic and ethnographic study running from Feb. 1961 to Nov. 1963 of the Dani, a people dwelling in the Grand Valley of the Baliem, high in the mountains of West New Guinea.
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- Creator
- a film by Robert Gardner
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Cambridge, MA] : Studio7Arts ; Watertown : Distributed by Documentary Educational Resources, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn758732580
- Credits
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- Original English narration by Robert Gardner, French narration by Jean Rouch, Spanish narration by Guillermo Sheridan
- Photography, Robert Gardner ; editor, Robert Gardner
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
- Special features include Dead Birds outtakes with filmmaker's original narration and additional commentary by Robert Gardner and Lucien Taylor; unedited camera sequences; two black and white sequences with commentary by Robert Gardner and Lucien Taylor; a television interview with a conversation between Robert Gardner, Octavio Paz and William Alfred; photographs with excerpts read by Robert Gardner from his journals.
- Filmed on location in West New Guinea's Baliem Valley in 1962.
- DVD; NTSC; Dolby AC3; stereo.
- Disc 1. The Film -- Disc 2. Extras