Ngan Jila: house of riches

Australia, 1998

Film

Ngan Jila, or House of Riches, is an extraordinary piece of architecture. Designed by Renzo piano and widely known as Centre Culturel Tjibaou (CCT), the building is intended as a gesture of reconciliation from the French Government to the Kanak people.
The CCT is creating the first museum collection of contemporary South Pacific art, but what does this entail? Ngan Jila exposes the work of artists in this field, and explores its dynamic and cross-cultural nature.

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Credits

director

Renata Schuman

producer

Renata Schuman

writer

Andrew Bliss

Renata Schuman

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1998

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1005248

Languages

English

English

French

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians

Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art

Crafts & Visual Arts → Community art projects

Documentary

Performance

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS [PAL]; Copy

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode

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