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Last updated September 2001
The films and videorecordings listed below are owned by York University Libraries and available for academic use by the York University community.
Requests for these materials can be made in writing, by telephone, or in person to the
Sound & Moving Image LibraryFall/Winter Hours: Summer Hours: Monday - Thursday 9 am - 9 pm Monday - Thursday 9 am - 7 pm Friday 9 am - 8 pm Friday 9 am - 5 pm Saturday & Sunday noon - 5 pm Closed Weekends
Please note the following abbreviations:
MP : 16mm film
VC : VHS videotape
VC 3/4 : 3/4" videotape
BABAKIUERIA 30 min. 1986 VC #5713 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Satirical film which ridicules the colonialization of indigenous people. DISAPPEARING WORLD SERIES: THE LAU OF MALAITA 51 min. 1987 VC #2791 T.H.A. Media Distributors Documents the safe and disease-free life the Lau Indians have established on the South Pacific Islands. DR. MILLER AND THE ISLANDERS 50 min. 1998 VC #0327 British Broadcasting Corporation Jonathan Miller retraces the steps of the Cambridge ethnographic expedition to the Torres Straits of 1898. Their work established anthropology as a science, and the genealogical charts drawn up by W.H.R. Rivers, are helping islanders with their title claim to their land. JVC VIDEO ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD MUSIC AND DANCE SERIES: 29. OCEANIA I: Micronesia, Melanesia and Australia 53 min. 1990 VC #2108 30. OCEANIA II: Polynesia and New Zealand 39 min. 1990 VC #2109 SOUTH PACIFIC 150 min. 1958 VC Feature Home use - no classroom rights Joshua Logan On a lush tropical island swarming with Seabees, nurses and coconut palms, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical classic of love and war unfolds. STRANGERS ABROAD SERIES: Central Independent TV 1. FIELDWORK 52 min. 1985 VC #1413 Traces the career of Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929), a British scientist who worked with Frank Gillen, a Australian telegraph operator whose special relationship with aboriginals enabled him to document their culture in popular books, still photographs, wax cylinder recordings and cine film. 3. EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE 52 min. 1985 VC #1415 William Rivers (1864-1922) performed psychological tests on the islanders of the Torres Straits and realised the important role of relatives in the structure and working of these societies. Trained as a doctor, he introduced a scientific approach to anthropology. 4. OFF THE VERANDAH 52 min. 1985 VC #1416 Bronislaw Malinowski's detailed study of the Trobriand islanders revealed a complex culture and changed the misconception that native peoples have primitive notions about the world they live in. 5. COMING OF AGE 52 min. 1985 VC #1417 Despite the criticisms of her methodology, Margaret Mead's studies of American, Balinese and New Guinea cultures, contributed to an understanding of how society shapes individuals.
BLACK HARVEST 90 min. 1992 VC #2855 Bob Connolly/Robin Anderson Presents the troubled relationship between the Ganiga tribe and Joe Leahy, the mixed-race owner of a coffee plantation built on land sold cheaply by the tribe. A power struggle erupts when their joint effort to expand operations is foiled by a drop in world coffee prices. CANNIBAL TOURS 77 min. 1987 VC #0590 Dennis O'Rourke Depicts the interaction between tourists on a luxury cruise in the South Pacific and the aboriginal people of Papua New Guinea. Examines western culture's fascination with the exotic. DEAD BIRDS 83 min. 1964 MP #3156-3158/VC #0391 Robert Gardner An ethnographic study of the Dani, who live in the Grand Valley of the Baliem, high in the mountain of western New Guinea. DISAPPEARING WORLD SERIES: THE KAWELKA: ONGKA'S BIG MOKA 52 min. 1976 VC #2790 T.H.A. Media Distributors The values of the Kawelka people are illuminated by Ongka's solutions to the problems that arise as he prepares for the giving of his "moka" or gift. TROBRIAND ISLANDERS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA 52 min. 1991 VC #2751 T.H.A. Media Distributors Focuses on two important events in the island culture: the distribution of women's wealth after a death, and the "month of play", a time of celebration following the yam harvest. FIRST CONTACT 60 min. 1983 VC #2515 Bob Connolly/Robin Anderson Combines 1930 film footage of the first encounter between Australian gold prospectors and New Guinea tribesmen with a contemporary account of the legacy of that meeting. THE MENDI 45 min. 1974 MP #3433-3434 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation A study of the Mendi tribe in Papua New Guinea. TAKING PICTURES 56 min. 1996 VC 5109 Vingan Pty Limited Australian documentary filmmakers explore the issues and pitfalls of filming across cultural boundaries through interviews and samples of their films of Papua New Guinea including Trobriand Cricket, First Contact, The Shark Callers of Kontu, Joe Leah's Neighbors, Black Harvest, Cannibal tours, and others. Also covers the work and experiences of indigenous Papua New Guinea filmmakers. TO FIND THE BARUYA STORY 64 min. 1982 MP #3681-3362 Cultural and Educational Media Portrays the working relationship of anthropologist Maurice Godelier with the Baruya, a tribe famous throughout the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea as salt-makers and traders.
MARGARET MEAD AND SAMOA 51 min. 1988 VC #0189 Omega Derek Freeman and other anthropologists comment on his 1983 book, Margaret Mead and Samoa, in which he claimed that Mead's idyllic descriptions of Polynesian life were based on a misreading of the culture. PARADISE BENT: GENDER DIVERSITY IN SAMOA 50 min. 1999 VC #1082 Heather Croall An exploration of the Samoan fa'afafine, boys who are raised as girls, fulfilling a traditional role in Samoan culture.
MUSIQUE 'ARE 'ARE: PART 1: MUSIC FOR BAMBOO INSTRUMENTS 90 min. 1979 VC #1869 C.N.R.S./Department d'ethnomsicologie du Musee de l'homme Native authority 'Irisipau describes the bamboo instruments used by the 'Are 'Are people showing small ensembles playing together, solo blown bamboos, bundle panpipes, beaten bamboos, the mouth zither, stamping tubes and the water game. MUSIQUE 'ARE 'ARE: PART 2: SLIT DRUM MUSIC 10 min. 1979 VC #1870 C.N.R.S./Department d'ethnomsicologie du Musee de l'homme Presents the slit drum music of the Areare people of the Solomon Islands. MUSIQUE 'ARE 'ARE: PART 3: VOCAL MUSIC 44 min. 1979 VC #1871 C.N.R.S./Department d'ethnomsicologie du Musee de l'homme Women's songs include: a lullaby, a love song/complaint and a funeral lament and men's songs: a paddling song, a divination song and a song with beaten bamboos.
LAST TASMANIAN: EXTINCTION 60 min. 1980 MP #4171-4172 CRM/McGraw-Hill Tells of the British colonization of the island and the ultimate fate of the indigenous people.
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