| Location: | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea |
| Subject: | Culture change; shark calling |
| Length: | 54 minutes |
| Format: | 16mm; Video |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 1982 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Dennis O'Rourke |
| Producer: | Dennis OĠRourke |
| Distributor: | CameraWork |
| Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 4411, UH film H68 |
| Description: | Looks at a village on the west coast of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea which still practices the ritual of 'sharkcalling'. The men who practice this talk about the process and why it is a dying ritual. They talk of their traditional culture and how it is threatened by the inevitable encroachment of Western values. |
| Record No: | 1872 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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