The Human face of Indonesia. Pt. 1 | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

A documentary that examines the land, the people, customs, religions and politics of Indonesia.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

Australia

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016817

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indonesia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indonesia - Description and travel

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Places → Indonesia

Travelogue

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

U-Matic (low band); Access Print (Section 1)

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