Goodbye Old Man
- Alternative title
- Good-Bye Old Man
- Synopsis
- Ethnographic record of a pukumani (bereavement) ceremony of the Tiwi of Melville Island, off the coast of Australia. Made at the request of the Mangatopi family of Snake Bay, the ceremony was held for the deceased head of the family. Follows the family from the days of preparation to their finaly leave-taking of the old man. Commentary by Thomas Woody Minipini, one of the participants.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 70 min. Videocassette. sd. col. 70 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1977
- Availability
- Hire (film - RAI Film & Video Library)
Sale (video - RAI); 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) - Keywords
- Australia; bereavement; ceremonies
Credits
- Director
- David MacDougall
- Cast
Thomas Woody Minipini
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Sponsor
- Name
Canberra
- Address
- Australia
Distributor
- 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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