Filmakers - Bali Beyond The Postcard

Bali Beyond The Postcard

Length:	60 min
Released:	1993
Ages:	High School College Adult

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Nancy Dine, Executive Producer / Peggy Stern, Producer/Director / David Dawkins, Co-Director

In Bali Beyond The Postcard, art and everyday life come together in an intimate story about a Balinese family whose gamelan music and Legong dance tradition spans four generations. The documentary follows an important event in the history of the family - the passing down of the Legong dance legacy to the youngest, a nine-year-old member of the family. From the first rehearsal taught by the mother to the final debut presided over by the family's ninety-year-old patriarch and gamelan master, the filmmakers capture the intensity with which tradition evolves and is passed on in Bali. The result is an intimate view into a dynamic culture steeped in ancient traditions and increasingly exposed to the modern world.

"Should find a wide use among cultural and educational organizations." ‒Susan Delson, Education Dept, Metropolitan Museum of Art

"A superb eye-witness report on the inner life of a musical culture."
‒William M., Chace, President, Wesleyan University

Gold Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1992
Honorable Mention, American Film & Video Festival, 1992
Athens International Film Festival, 1992
Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1991
Association for Asian Studies, 1992
Hawaii International Film Festival, 1991

• Anthropology

• Ethnomusicology

• New Guinea and Oceania