Land-divers of Melanesia

Author(s)

• Muller, Kal
• Gardner, Robert
• Harvard University. Film Study Center
• Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

Bibliographic Information

Land-divers of Melanesia

produced by Robert Gardner & Kal Muller for The Film Study Center, Harvard University

Documentary Educational Resources, c2009

Videorecording（Videodisc）

Note

In English and local languages; with English subtitiles

Credits: Camera, Kal Muller, Jacques Gourguechon ; sound recording, Kal Muller, Louis Nedjar ; sound editing, Philippe Luzuy ; editing, Robert Gardner

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972

DVD

"34 Minutes"--Label

Summary: Documents the notable features of the culture on Pentecost Island in the New Hebrides. Describes the agriculture, play, and ritual of the people, and the relationship between their yam agriculture and ceremonies such as land diving in which the males construct a tall tower and jump off with vines tied to their ankles

Details

• NCID: BB11012669
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Watertown, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: 1 videodisc (31 min., 37 sec.)
• Size: 12 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Melanesians -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Pentecost Island (Vanuatu) -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Ethnology -- Vanuatu -- Pentecost Island
  • LCSH : Documentary films