Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!

Several filmmakers discuss the introduction of Western modes of communication, especially film, to native cultures. While these tools can help a native people to document their own culture, it can also "swallow" their culture, encroaching upon and irreversibly altering it. The film takes its title from a book written by filmmaker Edmund Carpenter in 1972 about his engagement with media in Papua New Guinea.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 2003
Season
2003
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0
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0
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Genres
Documentary

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anthropology50%media ecology50%

Description

Several filmmakers discuss the introduction of Western modes of communication, especially film, to native cultures. While these tools can help a native people to document their own culture, it can also "swallow" their culture, encroaching upon and irreversibly altering it. The film takes its title from a book written by filmmaker Edmund Carpenter in 1972 about his engagement with media in Papua New Guinea.

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Japanese

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