Koriam´s law

In Koriam’s Law Australian anthropologist Andrew Lattas meets his match in philosopher-informant Peter Avarea of Matong village, Pomio, Papua New Guinea.
Motivated by their lively dialogues the film sets out to place that most misconstrued of cultural phenomena, the “cargo-cult”, in a universalising light.
The Pomio Kivung Movement was founded in 1964 by a local leader called Koriam.
Koriam’s Law concerns itself with the contemporary works and understandings of the Pomio Kivung. The movement’s leaders are keen to show that it has nothing to do with ‘waiting for cargo’. Rather, its mission is to prepare the way for the devoutly wished ‘change’ and, at the same time, to organise for a better society in the here and now.

Gary Kildea ja Andrea Simon

Gary Kildea was born in 1948 in Sydney and has worked professionally with film since 1965. He belongs to the generation of Australian filmmakers (like Ian Dunlop, Dennis O’Rourke, Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson), who inspired each other and worked closely together on numerous projects. Gary Kildea is a teacher at the Ethnographic Film Unit of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. Gary worked extensively in Papua New Guinea. Films: Bugla Yunggu (1972); Bilong Living Bilong Ol (1973); Trobriand Cricket (1974); Where Do We Go From Here? (1976); Ileksen (1978); Celso and Cora (1983); Valencia Diary (1992); Man Of Strings (1998); Koriam’s Law (2005)