The House-Opening (1980)
- Directed by
- Judith MacDougall
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 42 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This documentary covers a house-opening ceremony in an Aboriginal community. It shows how the family and community handle a death through a ritual that mixes old and new traditions. The film includes the widow's own thoughts and commentary.
informativepersonalearnestobservationalquietreflectiveculturally specifictruthful
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