This traditionally ethnographic sequence film focuses on the negotiations betwen representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth...

The people of the Tana 'Ai region of Flores, Indonesia live in seven ceremonial domains, of which Wai Brama is the largest and the oldest. The...

This film examines the ecology and poetry of everyday life. Two Rotinese narrate this film, each offering his perception of the importance of the...

Unlike many spirit mediums, Jero Tapakan practices as a masseuse once every three days, when possession is not auspicious. This film focuses on...

Cremation rites are the most elaborate rites of passage performed by Balinese householders. Poor families may wait years before accumulating enough...

In 1981, anthropologist Linda Connor and filmmakers Tim and Patsy Asch returned to Bali with video cassette recordings of A Balinese Trance Seance....

Bringing offerings of rice, flowers, and woven coconut leaves, clients visit Jero in her household shrine to determine the cause of their son's...

Jero, who know sustains a lively practice as both medium and masseuse, recalls her earlier poverty and despair as a farmer, and how she fled her...