Cracks in the Mask 1997
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A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their cultural artifacts left them with nothing but a history of remembered loss. The only people in the Pacific to make elaborate turtleshell masks have none left - they are all in foreign museums. In a quest to reclaim the past, Ephraim Bani, a wise and knowledgeable Torres Strait Islander, travels with his wife to the great museums of Europe where his heritage lies. The film, an SBS Independent production, shows that the thickest of masks cracks when a descendant of the original owners enters a museum.
- Title: Cracks in the Mask
- Year: 1997
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Australia
- Studio: SBS Independent, Talking Pictures, SF DRS/ SRG SSR idée suisse, WDR
- Director: Frances Calvert
- Cast: Ephraim Bani, Petharie Bari, Stewart Coulter, Antonia Lovelace, Charles Hunt, Anthony Shelton
- Crew: Lars Pienkoss (Assistant Editor), Stewart Young (Sound Editor), Stewart Young (Editor), Andrew Birbara (Still Photographer), Florian Wimmer (Second Unit Director of Photography), Tom D’Angremond (Sound)
- Keyword: museum, anthropology, cultural conflict, indigenous australians, repatriation, ethnography
- Release: Jun 06, 1997
- Runtime: 57 minutes
- IMDb: 0.00 / 10 by 0 users
- Popularity: 1
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: English, Français, Deutsch
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