Strange Birds in Paradise
2010
Streaming Video
While the Indonesian army continues to dominate the indigenous inhabitants of West Papua, three friends gather in Melbourne to record outlawed folk songs with renowned Australian rock musicologist David Bridie. While the Indonesian army continue to dominate the indigenous inhabitants of West Papua filmmaker Charlie Hill-Smith records the fate of West Papuans trying to maintain village life while adapting to the Indonesian economy. An extraordinary story of an imaginative adaptable culture confronting tyranny with the joyful power of art music and self-expression.
Main title:
Imprint:
Australia : House of Red Monkey, The See, 2010.Sydney : Beamafilm Pty. Ltd.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file (75 min.) )
Notes:
Available online at Beamafilm.EnglishDescription based on online resource; title from title screen.
Credits:
Director, Charlie Hill-Smith
Performers:
Cast: Cast: David Bridie
Audience:
M Australian Classification BoardM Beamafilm or New Zealand Standards Organisation
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
764881
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