The Red Bowmen (1978)

Every year, a ritual known as ida is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ida, the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility ritual, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries. An ethnography by anthropologist Alfred Gell, Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries, complements the film.

Released Jan. 1, 1978 58 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Watch Providers: Kanopy

Production Companies: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studios

Country: New Guinea
Languages: English