Cracks in the Mask

Cracks in the Mask

1997
57m
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Overview

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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
SBS Independent Talking Pictures SF DRS/ SRG SSR idée suisse WDR
Production Countries
Australia
Spoken Languages
English French German

Keywords

museum anthropology cultural conflict indigenous australians repatriation ethnography

Quick Facts

Release Date June 6, 1997
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0176624

Cast

Ephraim Bani
Ephraim Bani

Self / Narrator

Petharie Bari
Petharie Bari

Self

Stewart Coulter
Stewart Coulter

Self

Antonia Lovelace
Antonia Lovelace

Self

Charles Hunt
Charles Hunt

Self

Anthony Shelton
Anthony Shelton

Self

Jacques Hainard
Jacques Hainard

Self

Anita Herle
Anita Herle

Self

Markus Schindlbeck
Markus Schindlbeck

Self

Key Crew

Frances Calvert
Writer
Lindsey Merrison
Producer
Frances Calvert
Producer
Frances Calvert
Director