Dennis O'Rourke: Filmmaker

Dennis O’Rourke talks to Peter Thompson about his film “Cannibal Tours”. He discusses moral issues concerning the cultures of Western tourists and the people of Papua New Guinea.

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Credits

co-producer

Television and Radio School

AFTRS

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324594

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - Australia

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → O'Rourke, Dennis

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Papua New Guinea

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination

People → O'Rourke, Dennis

Places → Papua New Guinea

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1989

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