
Dead Birds

Watch movie: Dead Birds Released in (1963) produced by Papua New Guinea, United States of America, USA, The movie categorized in Documentary, and content rating N/A with duration 84 min Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Robert Gardner. The film's title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously as "a mountain people," believe that there was once a great race between a bird and a snake, which was to determine the lives of human beings. Should men shed their skins and live forever like snakes, or die like birds? The bird won the race, dictating that man must die. The film's plot revolves around two characters, Weyak and Pua. Weyak is a warrior who guards the frontier between the land of his tribe and that of the neighboring tribe. Pua is a young boy whom Gardner depicts as weak and inept.
Genre: Documentary
Actor: Robert Gardner
Director: Robert Gardner
Country: Papua New Guinea, United States of America, USA
Produced By: Peabody Museum
Runtime: 84
Release: 1963
Rating: 5.8 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 1210
Content Rating:N/A
Quality: DVD
Also known as: Aves Muertas, Tote VöGel
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