DESCRIPTION:
The tribal people on the island of Trobriand in Eastern Papua New Guinea were introduced to cricket by missionaries. Adaptation over 3/4 of century have seen the game evolve in ways that are unique to the local culture and needs of their indigenous society, cricket became a substitution for violent and destructive tribal battles. Winners get Betelnut & Yams as rewards for successful game play.

The Kabisawali People's Government political movement wanted the film and distributed by the Office Of Information of the Papua New Guinea Government.

Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism

was produced by anthropologist Dr. Jerry Leach
and filmmaker Gary Kildea

54 min. Color. 1976.