Escape: Hope Beverstein in Papua New Guinea


30m 1999

Brief Synopsis

Hope Beverstein is an 80-year-old widow, an ordinary person who sets out on an extraordinary adventure into cultural and human geography. Hope has the experience of a lifetime when she explores the traditions and tribal diversity of Papua New Guinea. She travels by dugout on the sacred Karawari Rive

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999

Technical Specs

Duration
30m

Synopsis

Hope Beverstein is an 80-year-old widow, an ordinary person who sets out on an extraordinary adventure into cultural and human geography. Hope has the experience of a lifetime when she explores the traditions and tribal diversity of Papua New Guinea. She travels by dugout on the sacred Karawari River, discovers an ancestral skull cave and has a close brush with a Huli clan war.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999

Technical Specs

Duration
30m

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