Friday | October 15, 2010 9:00 pm

Dead Birds

Screening on Film

Directed by Robert Gardner.
US, 1964, 35mm, color, 85 min.
Print source: HFA

Gardner stayed with the Dani of New Guinea for six months to film one of his best-known works, an essay on the theme of violence and death that details the intense ritual warfare conducted by the Dani and their neighboring tribes.

October 15 – November 8, 2010

Still Journey On. The Films of Robert Gardner

October 10–11, 2013

Dead Birds.
A 50th Anniversary Celebration

February 22–April 5

Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque

March 7–April 12

Albert Serra, or Cinematic Time Regained

April 4–May 5

Wang Bing’s Youth Trilogy

April 7

The Shochiku Centennial Collection

April 11–May 9

Planet at 50

April 13

The Yugoslav Junction Continues!

April 14

Theo Anthony, Subject to Review

April 17

The Ideal Cinematheque of the Outskirts of the World

April 18–May 18

Dead Birds

Part of film series

Still Journey On. The Films of Robert Gardner

Other film series with this film

Dead Birds.
A 50th Anniversary Celebration