Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism
- Synopsis
- An ethnographic film about cricket as played in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. In the first half the people explain how to play the game and tell why they changed it over the last 70 years. The second half is built around preparations for a game, the game itself, and exchanges which underly the politics of the event. *RAI
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 52 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1975
- Availability
- Hire
- Documentation
- Accompanying notes.
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Sports science
- Keywords
- cricket; social life and customs; Trobriand Islands
Credits
- Director
- Jerry W Leach
- Contributor
- Gary Kildea
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £37.50
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 50 minutes
- Year
- 2017
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute
- Contact
- Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
- film@therai.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7387 0455
- Fax
- 020 7388 8817
- Address
- 50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT - Notes
- The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media
- sales@concordvideo.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726012
- Fax
- 01473 274531
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
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