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199527 minPGdocumentary

Sight Unseen

199527 minPGdocumentary

Two sons of a Balinese Hindu priest engage in contrasting pursuits: one in cockfighting and the other in freelance video shooting.

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Nicholas Kurzon

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Two sons of a Balinese Hindu priest engage in contrasting pursuits: one in cockfighting and the other in freelance video shooting.

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Nicholas Kurzondirector

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A Balinese Hindu priest leads rituals in a village in Bali. His son participates in cockfighting, while another son films their community. The visiting American cameraman appears on TV monitors, reflecting local perspectives. The film connects themes of tourism, anthropology, and home-video making. It questions the authority of ethnographic work. "Sight Unseen" runs for 27 minutes and was released in 1995.

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