The Red Bowmen
6.1
Every year, a ritual known as ida is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ida, the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility ritual, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries. An ethnography by anthropologist Alfred Gell, Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries, complements the film.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
1 person
Chris Owen Director
First release January 1, 1978 · Produced in Papua New Guinea
Production
Institute of Papua New Guinea Studios
Production
Papua New Guinea
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Papua New Guinea · January 1, 1978
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
More from Chris Owen
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked The Red Bowmen
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.