Robert Grosvenor Gardner (November 5, 1925 – June 21, 2014) was an American academic, anthropologist, and documentary filmmaker who was the Director of the Film Study Center at Harvard University from 1956 to 1997. He is known for his work in the field of visual anthropology and films like the National Film Registry inductee Dead Birds[1] and Forest of Bliss. In 2011, a retrospective of his work was held at Film Forum, New York.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gardner_(anthropologist)
Filmography[edit]
- Blunden Harbour (1951)
- Dances of the Kwakiutl (1951)
- Mark Tobey (1952)
- The Hunters (1957)
- Dead Birds (1963)
| Dead Birds (1963 documentary) | |
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_cover_or_dust_jacket_art_for_film.png) Cover or dust jacket art for film Dead Birds (1963 documentary) | |
| Directed by | Robert Gardner |
| Written by | Robert Gardner |
| Produced by | Film Study Center of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University |
| Starring | Weyak, Laca, Pua |
| Narrated by | Robert Gardner |
| Cinematography | Robert Gardner |
| Edited by | Robert Gardner |
| Distributed by | Documentary Educational Resources |
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Running time | 84 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Grand Valley Dani |
Dani
Location of the Dani in Jayawijaya, Highland Papua, Indonesia
- Dead Birds is a 1963 American documentary film by Robert Gardner about the ritual warfare cycle of the Dugum Dani people who live in the Baliem Valley in present-day Highland Papua province (then a part of Papua province known as Irian Jaya) on the western half of the island of New Guinea in Indonesia.[1] The film presents footage of battles between the Willihiman-Wallalua clan and the Wittaia clan with scenes of the funeral of a small boy killed by a raiding party, the women's work that goes on while battles continue, and the wait for enemy to appear.[2] In 1964 the film received the Grand Prize "Marzocco d'Oro" at the 5th Festival dei Popoli rassegna internazionale del film etnografico e sociologico ("Festival of the Peoples International Film Festival") in Florence, Italy, the Robert J. Flaherty Award given by the City College of New York, and was a featured film at the Melbourne Film Festival (now Melbourne International Film Festival).[3][4][5][6] In 1998, Dead Birds was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation.[7][8] Dead Birds has come to hold canonical status among ethnographic films.[9][10][11]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Birds_(1963_film)
- Marathon (1964)
- The Nuer (1971)
- Mark Tobey Abroad (1973)
- Rivers of Sand (1973)
- Altar of Fire (1976)
- Deep Hearts (1981)
- Sons of Shiva (1985)
- Forest of Bliss (1986)
- Ika Hands (1988)
- Dancing With Miklos (1993)
- Passenger (1998)
- Scully in Malaga (1998)
- Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer) (2000)
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