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001356089 020__ $$a9781503407145
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001356089 1001_ $$aOwen, Chris,$$cdirector.
001356089 24510 $$aBetelnut bisnis$$h[electronic resource] /$$cdirected by Chris Owen and produced by Andrew Pike.
001356089 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bFilmakers Library,$$c2006.
001356089 300__ $$a1 online resource (52 min.).
001356089 306__ $$a005215
001356089 4900_ $$aGlobal business and economics in video
001356089 500__ $$aTitle from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
001356089 520__ $$aThe betelnut has been a socially accepted narcotic in coastal Papua New Guinea since ancestral times but in the Highlands, where a majority of the population lives, it is a recent arrival. Many Highlanders depend on the betelnut (or buai as it is called locally), not only because of their addiction to it, but because many families earn their livelihood trading small quantities of the drug. This film follows the fortunes of one family, Lukus Kalma and his wife Kopu, as told by their neighbor, Chris Owen, an Australian expatriate and documentary filmmaker (Man Without Pigs, Bridewealth for a Goddess). Lukus owns no land and lives on a small plot with soil too poor to grow food. He works part-time as a watchman and laborer but cannot make ends meet. He embarks upon a business venture of buying betelnuts from growers on the coast and reselling them at home. In following his trials and tribulation to make a success of his business, the film presents an insider's look at the day-to-day life in Papua New Guinea whose people have few material possessions but face each day with dignity and determination. Economic times are difficult for the majority of Papua New Guineans. Their currency has been devalued so anything they cannot produce themselves is very expensive. Basic necessities are difficult to come by; even water is in short supply. Access to medical attention is minimal and basic education involves school fees. While some turn to crime, most of the "grassroots" people struggle on, hoping to earn a few dollars for a tin of meat, a bag of rice and some betelnuts to keep going.
001356089 521__ $$aFor College; Adult audiences.
001356089 530__ $$aPreviously released as DVD.
001356089 546__ $$aThis edition in English and Tok Pisin with English subtitles.
001356089 586__ $$aBest Documentary, ACT Film Awards, 2004
001356089 586__ $$aBilan du Film Ethnographic, Paris, 2005
001356089 586__ $$aPusan International Film Festival, Korea, 2005
001356089 586__ $$aTaiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, 2005
001356089 650_0 $$aBetel nut$$zPapua New Guinea.
001356089 651_0 $$aPapua New Guinea$$xEconomic conditions.
001356089 651_0 $$aPapua New Guinea$$xSocial conditions.
001356089 651_0 $$aPapua New Guinea$$xSocial life and customs.
001356089 655_7 $$aDocumentary films.$$2lcgft
001356089 7001_ $$aPike, Andrew.
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