Joe Leahy's neighbors
(2014, original release: 1988)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

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DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
1119852
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

This film is the followup of First contact. It traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, the mixed-race son of Australian explorer Michael Leahy, in his uneasy relationship with his tribal neighbors. Joe built his coffee plantation on land bought from the Ganiga in the mid 1970s. European educated, raised in the highlands of Papua, freed by his mixed race from the entanglements of tribal obligation, Joe leads a Western lifestyle governed by individualism and the pursuit of affluence. While Joe may live in Western grandeur, he is still surrounded by his subsistence level Ganiga "neighbors," who never let him forget the original source of his prosperity. Joe spends much of his waking hours just keeping the lid on things. Filmmaker: Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson

Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1988

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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