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

September 4–December 15

From the Harvard Film Archive Collection …

December 4

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

Current and upcoming film series

From the Harvard Film Archive Collection …

The Oath of the Sword

Part of film series

Still Journey On. The Films of Robert Gardner

Screenings from this program October 2010

Friday15October

Rivers of Sand

Dead Birds

Friday29October

New Work and Forsaken Fragments

Saturday30October

Artist Films

Sunday31October

Ika Hands/The Nuer

November 2010

Monday01November

Marathon / Deep Hearts

Monday08November

Forest of Bliss / Blunden Harbour

Other film series with this film

Dead Birds. A 50th Anniversary Celebration

Current and upcoming film series

From the Harvard Film Archive Collection …

The Oath of the Sword

Screenings from this program
October 2010

Dead Birds.
A 50th Anniversary Celebration