Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/rappoport-dana-c1062all.aspx Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:28:42 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/death-of-the-one-who-knows-p1071.aspx Product1071 Mon, 9 May 2022 15:10:55 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/death-of-the-one-who-knows-p1071.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/death-of-the-one-who-knows.jpg" alt="Death of the One who Knows" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/death-of-the-one-who-knows-p1071.aspx">Death of the One who Knows</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/death-of-the-one-who-knows-p1071.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>In the Toraja highlands of Sulawesi (Indonesia), Lumbaa is one of the last masters of ritual speech. After his forced conversion to Pentecostalism, he is compelled to stop all his ritual activity and oratory. Concerned by the disappearance of “those who know”, a young Catholic priest named Yans Sulo sets out in search of the society’s ancient oral genres, seeking to invent new forms that would keep them alive. The two men meet. But it is too late. By recounting the life and death of Lumbaa, the film shows how the intrusion of world religion disrupts a Southeast Asian society.<div><br /></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div>"This documentary concerns the struggle to keep Aluk Todolo and its rituals alive in the face of government efforts at erasure. There is a beauty, order and moral sophistication to Lumbaa. He gently draws our attention to painful tensions between morality, tradition, religion and daily village life. Rappoport locates his story within a narrative concerning Christianity, colonialism, globalisation and disruption... Rappoport's film documents important and threatened customary knowledge in her focus on this ritual leader and his prowess. Ethnomusicology and documentary cinema are powerful tools in understanding the complex way in which ritual change is a corollary to socio-political contestation. Its brilliance is haunting." – Tanisha Jowsey, <i>The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology</i></div></div><div></div></blockquote><div>&nbsp;<div><b>Selected Screenings &amp; Awards</b></div><i><i>Honorable Mention, Best Documentary</i></i>, International Council for Traditional Music, 2022<div><i>Honourable Mention</i>, Werbner Award for Visual Anthropology, RAI Film Festival, 2021</div><div>AAS 2022 Film Expo, USA, 2022</div><div>Riga Pasaules Film Festival, 2021</div><div>Bayonne Film Festival Haizebegi, 2021</div><div>Maison de l'Asie (EFEO), 2021<br /></div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/rappoport-dana-c1062all.aspx">Rappoport, Dana</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>