Cracks in the Mask
06/06/1997
A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their cultural artifacts left them with nothing but a history of remembered loss. The only people in the Pacific to make elaborate turtleshell masks have none left - they are all in foreign museums. In a quest to reclaim the past, Ephraim Bani, a wise and knowledgeable Torres Strait Islander, travels with his wife to the great museums of Europe where his heritage lies. The film, an SBS Independent production, shows that the thickest of masks cracks when a descendant of the original owners enters a museum.
Movie Information
Ephraim Bani
as Self / Narrator
Petharie Bari
as Self
Stewart Coulter
as Self
Antonia Lovelace
as Self
Charles Hunt
as Self
Anthony Shelton
as Self
Jacques Hainard
as Self
Anita Herle
as Self
Markus Schindlbeck
as Self
