Abstract
On Behalf of the Living
TON OTTO, CHRISTIAN SUHR, AND GARY KILDEA (directors, film makers)
Moesgaard Film, Denmark
Duration: 105 min, 2023, in Tok Pisin, Dutch, Danish, and English, with English subtitles
The full film is available through Documentary Educational Resources (der.org)
If you want to see a brilliant example of shifting epistemologies, South Pacific ethnographic film, and critical reflexive inquiry, then this is the film for you. In this review I will first orient readers to the central narratives of this film and then explore how the technical film choices made conjure ethnographic discourse concerning representation.
TON OTTO, CHRISTIAN SUHR, AND GARY KILDEA (directors, film makers)
Moesgaard Film, Denmark
Duration: 105 min, 2023, in Tok Pisin, Dutch, Danish, and English, with English subtitles
The full film is available through Documentary Educational Resources (der.org)
If you want to see a brilliant example of shifting epistemologies, South Pacific ethnographic film, and critical reflexive inquiry, then this is the film for you. In this review I will first orient readers to the central narratives of this film and then explore how the technical film choices made conjure ethnographic discourse concerning representation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2024 |