Tribe Lives On, The {Stammen Lever Än} (1938) – dir. Paul Fejos

9:21 mins., b&w, sound: Swedish voice-over and titles, dialogues in the indigenous language.

Production : Svensk Filmindustri

An ethnofiction of considerable ethnographic authenticity shot on Sipora, an island in the Mentawai archipelago, off the west coast of Sumatra. This is one of three short ethnofictions that Paul Fejos made on Sipora during the course of his 1937-38 trip to Southeast Asia and the Far East.  The others were The Chief’s Son is Dead, and The Bamboo Age of Mentawei.

Text : Petermann (2004)

 

 

 

 

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