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In1961,RobertGardnerorganizedanexpeditiontotheHighlandsofNewGuineatofilmtheDanipeople.HestayedforsixmonthstocreateanessayonthethemesofviolenceanddeathmostdramaticallywitnessedwithintheintenseritualwarfarebetweenrivalDanivillages,andultimatelyontheroleofviolenceinhumanlifeandculture.Theendresultwashisseminalfilm,DeadBirds. Twenty-eightyearslater,GardnerreturnedtotheDanivillagestoseewhathadbecomeofthepeoplehehadmetandtoshowthemthefilm.DeadBirdsRe-encounteredisacaptivating,reflexiveepilogue.ThefilmobservesthechangesnearlythreedecadeshavebroughttoDanilifeandculture,raisingquestionsaboutmodernization,tourism,cross-culturalrelations,andthemeaningoffriendship. "Ihavebeentoldbypeoplewhoknowbetterthatitisariskybusinessreturningtoaplacewhereyouhaveenjoyedsomeremarkableexperience.ButIwillsaythatgoingbacktotheHighlandsofWesternNewGuinea(akaWestPapua)wasenormouslyengaging.IsawpeopleIcaredfordeeplyandwhobecamepartofmylifewhereverIlived.Makingafilmaboutallthiswasnotatalldifficult."—RobertGardner