Bridewealth for a Goddess (2000)
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.
- Date of release
- 2000-01-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Chris Owen
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