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Treehouse People. Cannibal Justice, 1994

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Scope and Contents

Travelling with a Smithsonian Institution anthropologist, we profile a never before studied tribe: the Korowai. They inhabit the rain forests of Irian Jaya on the Indonesian side of the island of New Guinea. They live in tree houses 15 meters above the ground and practive a form of ritual cannibalism based on their criminal justive system. Produced and Directed by: Judith Hallet. Co-Director and Camera: Reuben Aaronson. Sound and Associate Producer: Dick Kane. Editor: Sam Green. Writers: Judith Haller and Michael Olmert. Composer: Fred Karns. Executive Producer for A&E: Michael Casio. Produced for Smithsonian Institution/Hearst Entertainment/Tele Images, France. Aired on Arts and Entertainment.

Recieved the CINE Golden Eagle at the 1995 CINE Film and Video Festival, recieved the Outstanding Documentary award at the CINE festival, recieved the Gold Award at the Houston International Film and Video Festival, revieved the Best of Festival award at the Jules Verne Film Festival in France, and recieved the Bronze Apple from the National Educational Media Network. The film was screened at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington D.C., at the College of the Atlantic in Maine, and at George Washingto University.

Full film available on DVD.

Dates

  • 1994

Conditions Governing Access

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Most items have been digitized and are available. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Extent

From the Collection: 59 16mm film

From the Collection: 34 DVD

From the Collection: 1 Mini DV

From the Collection: 51 U-matic

From the Collection: 19 VHS

From the Collection: 1 1 inch video tape

From the Collection: 1 Audiocassette

From the Collection: 99 Betacam

From the Collection: 5 DAT

From the Collection: 2 DV

From the Collection: 1 Microcassette

From the Collection: 1 reel-to-reel audiotapes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

genreform: VHS videocassette

Physical Facet

video, sound

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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