Film

Kobarweng or Where Is Your Helicopter

1992 · 25m · Documentary

Kobarweng reconstructs the first encounter between a remote village set in the highlands of the island of New Guinea and the outside world. Mainly told through a native narrative, it reclaims the memory of a colonial past. Switching the roles of observer and observed, it is anthropology-and specifically the desire underlying anthropological representation, that is depicted as an object of curiosity destabilized by the villager's questions. Point of departure was Kaiang Tapior's question "Where is your helicopter?", a remark which puzzled the filmmaker during his visit to the village of Pepera.

• Johan GrimonprezDirector

Release date

February 2, 1992

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

25m

Genres

Documentary