Making Dead Birds

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documentary film ethnographic documentary film

"Making Dead Birds" is a 1963 ethnographic documentary film by Robert Gardner that portrays ritual warfare and funerary practices among the Dani people of New Guinea.

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instanceOf documentary film ⓘ
ethnographic documentary film ⓘ
associatedInstitution Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts male initiation and warrior roles ⓘ
mourning rituals ⓘ
traditional weapons ⓘ
tribal warfare ⓘ
director Robert Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ
distribution Harvard Film Archive NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy Robert Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Baliem Valley, Western New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmmaker Robert Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre anthropological film ⓘ
ethnographic film ⓘ
hasAcademicUse cultural anthropology teaching ⓘ
visual anthropology teaching ⓘ
hasEthnographicFocusOn Dani people of the Baliem Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFormat 16mm film ⓘ
hasTheme cultural concepts of warfare ⓘ
death and mortality ⓘ
ritual and belief ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor early visual anthropology documentation of the Dani ⓘ
partOf Robert Gardner’s ethnographic film work ⓘ
portrays funerary practices among the Dani people of New Guinea ⓘ
ritual warfare among the Dani people of New Guinea ⓘ
productionCompany Harvard Film Study Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
settingLocation New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject Dani people NERFINISHED ⓘ
funerary practices ⓘ
ritual warfare ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted early 1960s ⓘ
title Making Dead Birds NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Robert Gardner (anthropologist and filmmaker) → hasPublication → Making Dead Birds ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Gardner