DC Environmental Film Festival

Expedition Content (National Gallery of Art)

Expired March 28, 2022 3:45 AM
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Expedition Content
The nearly imageless film documents the encounter between the 1961 Harvard-Peabody Expedition and the indigenous Hubula (also known as Dani) people of Netherlands New Guinea (current-day West Papua)
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Expedition Content: Filmmaker Q&A
Featuring Co-directors Veronika Kusumaryati and Ernst Karel.
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Co-presented with the National Gallery of Art


Includes a pre-recorded filmmaker Q&A with co-directors Veronika Kusumaryati and Ernst Karel, moderated by Joanna Raczynska (Film Programmer, National Gallery of Art)

Veronika Kusumaryati (Co-director, Expedition Content) is a political and media anthropologist working in West Papua, a self-identifying term referring to Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia. Her scholarship engages with the theories and historiography of colonialism, decolonization, and postcoloniality. Full bio here.


Ernst Karel (Co-director, Expedition Content) works with sound, including electroacoustic music, experimental nonfiction sound works for multichannel installation and performance, image-sound collaboration, and post-production sound for nonfiction film. Full bio here.


Joanna Raczynska (Moderator) is a film programmer who organizes screenings and time-based media artist presentations for the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (2009-present). Full bio here.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    28 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    DCEFF
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