Taking Pictures

  • September 23, 2022 / 19:00
  • October 1, 2022 / 15:00
  • November 5, 2022 / 18:00

Directors: Les Mclaren, Annie Stiven
1996, 56', color
English with Turkish subtitles

Directors Les McLaren and Annie Stiven interview filmmakers about the ethical questions and issues of representation raised when filming Papua New Guinean and other cultures. Taking Pictures features clips from many Australian ethnographic documentaries filmed in PNG.

Text by Pat Fiske, Australian Screen, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)

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