ASO's catalog record and curator's notes for Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (1976), a 52-minute documentary on Trobriand Islanders' adaptation of cricket into kayasa, stating that each team brings its own umpire to affirm the outs while secretly performing war magic against the opposing team.
Facts
Citation
PublisherASO, Australia's audio and visual heritage online (National Film and Sound Archive of Australia)
URLhttps://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/trobriand-cricket/notes/
Source TypeInstitutional database
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier one: Australia's national screen heritage catalog, maintained by the National Film and Sound Archive, including curator's notes on the film's content. Connections
Associated With
This source names Trobriand Islanders directly: "(1976), a 52-minute documentary on Trobriand Islanders' adaptation of cricket into kayasa, stating that each team brings its own umpire to affirm the outs while secretly performing war magic against..."
Source Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (ASO)
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Screen Works, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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