Triton Films

Documentary, Cultural, Educational

 
Film Titles
 
Broadcast Television

Title: Genre:
Production:
Keywords:


Spirits of the Voyage


Personal Documentary
88 minutes, Color,
Stereo, 1996
Micronesian islands, Lamotrek,
Yap, traditional navigation,
cultural revival, indigenous
education, rite of passage, magic.



Lamotrek:
Heritage of an Island



Socio-Cultural Documentary
27 minutes, Color,
Sound, 1988
Micronesian island, Lamotrek,
traditional arts and skills, magic.



Gypsies:
The Other Americans


Ethnographic Documentary
50 minutes, Color and
B/W Sepia, Sound, 1975
Gypsy (Rom) social life and customs,
Los Angeles, survival skills, acculturation.



Gypsy Wedding


Ethnographic Documentary 12 minutes, Color,
Sound, 1980

Gypsy (Rom) wedding customs,
Los Angeles.



 

Educational Research
(Non-broadcast television quality and generally only suitable for academic or research purposes)

Title: Genre:
Production:
Keywords:


Gypsies: Out Takes


Ethnographic Footage
45 minutes, Color and
B/W, Sound, 1996
Gypsy (Rom) social life and customs,
Los Angeles.


Rom Wedding


Ethnographic Footage
60 minutes, Color,
Sound, 1985
Gypsy (Rom) wedding customs,
Los Angeles.


Lamotrek Atoll:
Research Film Footage
of a Traditional
Carolinian Society



Ethnographic Footage 196 minutes, Color and
B/W Sepia, Sound, and
Silent, 1983
Micronesian island, Lamotrek, oral
history, social life and customs, arts
and skills, ethnographic study.


Met Poraus?
(What's the News?)


Part of a Series
[Micronesian Transitions]
Social-Cultural Documentary
45 minutes, Color,
Sound, 1983

Micronesian island, Truk (Chuuk),
use of mass media, communication
modes study: print, audio, visual.



Echoes of an Island


Personal Documentary 16 minutes, Color,
Sound, 1979
Micronesian island, Lamotrek,
social life and customs.


USDA Needy Family
Food Program in Truk



Part of a Series
[Micronesian Transitions]
Social-Cultural Documentary

32 minutes, B/W,
Sound, 1979

Micronesian island, Truk (Chuuk),
USDA government project.


Changes in Truk


Part of a Series
[Micronesian Transitions]
Social-Cultural Documentary

30 minutes, B/W,
Sound, 1979

Micronesian island, Truk (Chuuk),
prohibition of alcohol, youth clubs,
expansion of airport.


Mwan Mwich


Part of a Series
[Micronesian Transitions]
Social-Cultural Documentary
18 minutes, B/W,
Sound, 1979
Micronesian island, Truk (Chuuk),
dance styles.



Early Foreign Contacts
in Micronesia
1521-1885



Part of a Series
[Micronesian Transitions]
Social-Cultural Documentary
30 minutes, B/W,
Sound, 1978

Micronesian islands, history.


Nothing to Do,
Nowhere to Go



Part of a Series
[Micronesian Transitions]
Social-Cultural Documentary

55 minutes, B/W,
Sound, 1977

Micronesian island, Truk (Chuuk),
youth problems, alcohol abuse,
suicide.


Pacific Milk Run


U.S. Navy Documentary
18 minutes, B/W,
Sound, 1944

Documentary film of air combat
missions in Micronesia during WWII.