Synopsis An immersive marvel of sonic ethnography, Expedition Content draws on audio recordings made by recent college graduate and Standard Oil heir Michael Rockefeller as part of the 1961 Harvard-Peabody Expedition to Netherlands New Guinea that set up tents among the indigenous Hubula (also known as Dani) people. In their nearly imageless film, Karel and Kusumaryati document the strange encounter between the expedition and the Hubula people. The work explores and upends the power dynamics between anthropologist and subject, between image and sound, and turns the whole ethnographic project on its head.
Director Ernst Karel, Veronika Kusumaryati
Screenwriter Ernst Karel, Veronika Kusumaryati
Distributor The Cinema Guild
Production Co Sensory Ethnography Lab (SEL)
Genre Documentary
Original Language English
Release Date (Theaters) Jan 7, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming) Feb 7, 2023
Runtime 1h 18m
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