Bamboo Age of Mentawei, The {Bambuåldern på Mentawei} (1936) – dir. Paul Fejos

11 mins., b&w, sound: Swedish voice-over and titles.

Production : Svensk Filmindustri

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Ethnofictional account of life on Sipora, an island in the Mentawai archipelago off the west coast of Sumatra: the House of Spirits, the shaman, a battle scene. This one of three short ethnofictions that Paul Fejos made during a long expedition around Southeast Asia in 1937-38.

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