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Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story A Feature Documentary Film
by Charlie Hill-Smith
 
An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its sad history and desperate hopes but culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Watch Trailer  
Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story A Feature Documentary Film
by Charlie Hill-Smith
 
An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its sad history and desperate hopes but culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Watch Trailer  
Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story A Feature Documentary Film
by Charlie Hill-Smith
 
An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its sad history and desperate hopes but culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Watch Trailer  
Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story A Feature Documentary Film
by Charlie Hill-Smith
 
An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its sad history and desperate hopes but culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Watch Trailer  
Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story A Feature Documentary Film
by Charlie Hill-Smith
 
An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its sad history and desperate hopes but culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Watch Trailer  
Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story A Feature Documentary Film
by Charlie Hill-Smith
 
An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its sad history and desperate hopes but culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Watch Trailer
Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story A Feature Documentary Film
by Charlie Hill-Smith
 
An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its sad history and desperate hopes but culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Watch Trailer
Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story A Feature Documentary Film
by Charlie Hill-Smith
 
An expedition of imagination and discovery to the hidden Indonesian province of West Papua that exposes its sad history and desperate hopes but culminates in a joyful and defiant musical celebration.

Watch Trailer

The Story

While the Indonesian army continues to dominate the indigenous inhabitants of West Papua, three friends gather in Melbourne to record outlawed folk songs with renowned Australian rock musicologist David Bridie...

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Screening Information

 

Next screenings: September 2010

for the AFI's in Sydney and Melbourne
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