Trobriand Cricket (1976)
- Directed by
- Jerry Leach, Gary Kildea
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary shows how the people of the Trobriand Islands transformed cricket into their own distinct game. It was filmed in the 1970s and records their local adaptations of the British colonial sport.
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What happens
Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism is an anthropological Documentary film about the people of the Trobriand Islands and their unique innovations to the game of cricket, filmed in 1973–74. The film was made by Gary Kildea, under the direction of anthropologist Jerry Leach. It was shot in three weeks, on a budget of around Au$180,000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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