Bridewealth for a Goddess
MovieTitle | Bridewealth for a Goddess |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jan 1, 2000 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Chris Owen |
Production country | Papua New Guinea |
Run time | 72 min. |
The film documents the last performance of the ritual for the fertility goddess Amb Kor, in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Shot over a period of approximately 15 years, the anthropologists and filmmakers have been participant-observers during a time of pivotal change for the clans of the Kavelka tribal group.