''Strange Birds in Paradise'', subtitled ''A West Papuan Story'' is an Australian documentary film created by Adelaide filmmaker Charlie Hill-Smith.
Reception
Andrew Fenton, The Advertiser states that Hill-Smith is trying to put too much into the film, writing "There are some powerful scenes but the overall result is an unfocused narrative that follows too many threads." Sallie Don wrote in
The Australian
''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...
that "It's via the music that filmmaker Charlie Hill-Smith documents the story, and he pushes you to look beyond the few impressions you may have of this wild and mostly inaccessible part of the world."
Accolades
Soundtrack
The
soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' ...
''Strange Birds in Paradise: A West Papuan Soundtrack'' was released through Wantok Musik.
It earned David Bridie, Hein Arumisore, Jacob Rumbiak, Ronny Kareni and Donny Roem a nomination for a 2001
ARIA Award
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
for
Best World Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album is an honor presented to recording artists for influential music from around the globe at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors i ...
.
Track listing
#Land Of The Morning Star
#Jo Jo
#E Mambo Simbo
#Syofirumo
#Sup Sup
#Oweluk Tiage
#Mapnduma
#Yapo Mama Cica
#Garamutarama
#Awino Sup Ine
#Apuse
#Mystery Of Life
#To Samuai Tandu
#Kelly Kwalik Amungme Surge
References
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External links
Strange Birds in Paradise
2009 films
Australian documentary films