Tanim: Instituting Democracy in Tribal Papua New Guinea

Location:Papua New Guinea; Enga Province
Subject:elections
Length:51 minutes
Format:1/2-inch VHS (PAL and NTSC); DVD; Digital BetaCAM
Hue:Color
Year Released:2003
Series:
Director:James Frankham
Producer:Odetta de la Vega, Kymberley Kepore
Distributor:Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Library Code:UHM AV/C DVD 2499
Description:Democratic political principles have finally reached the highlands of Papua New Guinea. TanimÑ"to change" or "to turn"Ñis the story of how the Apulin people, the ruling tribe of Enga province, are struggling to balance this alien electoral system, with all its implicit values and practices, with the secure familiarity of their traditional approaches to rule, land ownership, and systems of compensation. In English, Enga, and Tok Pisin, with English subtitles. Project director: Lars Tegermark.
Record No:2949
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