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In 1961, Robert Gardner led a large-scale expedition to the New Guinea Highlands to study and film the Dani people, with the support of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard.
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FILMSTILL Breathing Matter(s): Dead Birds
Dani society is characterized by permanent ritualized war in which every death has to be avenged so that life regains its balance. Gardner concentrates on two protagonists - the warrior Weyak and the small boy Pua.
The film features masterful montage and a lyrical commentary spoken by Gardner himself that is rich in metaphor. "It was an attempt to see people from within and to wonder, when the selected fragments of that life were assembled, if they might speak not only of the Dani but also of ourselves."(Robert Gardner)
Sunday, July 27
Doors: 7:30 pm / Start: 8:30 pm
silent green Kuppelhalle
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July 2025
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