Cracks in the Mask

Cracks in the Mask (1997)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1997-06-06
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: SBS Independent
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Director: Frances Calvert

Trailer

Summary

A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their cultural artifacts left them with nothing but a history of remembered loss. The only people in the Pacific to make elaborate turtleshell masks have none left - they are all in foreign museums. In a quest to reclaim the past, Ephraim Bani, a wise and knowledgeable Torres Strait Islander, travels with his wife to the great museums of Europe where his heritage lies. The film, an SBS Independent production, shows that the thickest of masks cracks when a descendant of the original owners enters a museum.

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  • Ephraim Bani

    as Self / Narrator
  • Petharie Bari

    as Self
  • Stewart Coulter

    as Self
  • Antonia Lovelace

    as Self
  • Charles Hunt

    as Self
  • Anthony Shelton

    as Self
  • Jacques Hainard

    as Self
  • Anita Herle

    as Self
  • Markus Schindlbeck

    as Self
Writing Ephraim Bani Author
Sound Julia Oehring Assistant Sound Editor
Sound Karen Boswall Sound
Writing Frances Calvert Writer
Editing Lars Pienkoss Assistant Editor
Writing Karen Margolis Script Consultant
Sound Tom D’Angremond Sound
Production Lindsey Merrison Producer
Editing Stewart Young Editor
Camera Johann Feindt Second Unit Director of Photography
Production Frances Calvert Producer
Camera Andrew Birbara Still Photographer
Crew Wayne Balmer Thanks
Sound Stewart Young Sound Editor
Camera Florian Wimmer Second Unit Director of Photography
Directing Frances Calvert Director
Crew Lars Barthel Cinematography