Cracks in the Mask
1997 | 57m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Frances Calvert |
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| Writer: | Frances Calvert, Ephraim Bani |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 06, 1997 |
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| Director: | Frances Calvert |
| Writer: | Frances Calvert, Ephraim Bani |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | museum, anthropology, cultural conflict, indigenous australians, repatriation, ethnography |
| Production Companies | WDR, SBS Independent, Talking Pictures, SF DRS/ SRG SSR idée suisse |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2024 (Update) Entered: Aug 11, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ephraim Bani | Self / Narrator |
| Petharie Bari | Self |
| Stewart Coulter | Self |
| Antonia Lovelace | Self |
| Charles Hunt | Self |
| Anthony Shelton | Self |
| Jacques Hainard | Self |
| Anita Herle | Self |
| Markus Schindlbeck | Self |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frances Calvert | Writer, Director |
| Lars Barthel | Cinematography |
| Karen Boswall | Sound |
| Tom D’Angremond | Sound |
| Stewart Young | Sound Editor, Editor |
| Andrew Birbara | Still Photographer |
| Ephraim Bani | Author |
| Lars Pienkoss | Assistant Editor |
| Johann Feindt | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Florian Wimmer | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Julia Oehring | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Karen Margolis | Script Consultant |
| Wayne Balmer | Thanks |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lindsey Merrison | Producer |
| Frances Calvert | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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