Movie
The Red Bowmen
5.5/10
1978
0h 58m
en
Documentary
Overview
Every year, a ritual known as ida is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ida, the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility ritual, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries. An ethnography by anthropologist Alfred Gell, Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries, complements the film.
Director
Chris Owen
Movie Information
Release Date
January 1, 1978
Runtime
0h 58m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
2
Production
Institute of Papua New Guinea Studios
