Ongka's Big Moka (1976)

Directed by

Charlie Nairn

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a Papua New Guinean tribe as a leader prepares a massive gift-giving ceremony. It shows the social pressures and planning involved in the event.

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What happens

Ongka's Big Moka: The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea is a 1970s documentary film, part of Granada Television's Disappearing World Series which ran from 1969–1993. It was first aired in the UK on 11 December 1974, and was subsequently aired in the US in 1976. Andrew Strathern served as consulting anthropologist for the film. The Kawelka people, who speak the Melpa language, are depicted in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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