Cracks in the Mask

Cracks in the Mask

1997 en 57 minutes

Rating: 0

Plot

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.

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Cast

Ephraim Bani

Ephraim Bani

Self / Narrator

Petharie Bari

Petharie Bari

Self

Stewart Coulter

Stewart Coulter

Self

Antonia Lovelace

Antonia Lovelace

Self

Charles Hunt

Charles Hunt

Self

Anthony Shelton

Anthony Shelton

Self

Jacques Hainard

Jacques Hainard

Self

Anita Herle

Anita Herle

Self

Markus Schindlbeck

Markus Schindlbeck

Self

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