Cracks in the Mask

A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their cultural artifacts left them with nothing but a history of remembered loss. The only people in the Pacific to make elaborate turtleshell masks have none left - they are all in foreign museums. In a quest to reclaim the past, Ephraim Bani, a wise and knowledgeable Torres Strait Islander, travels with his wife to the great museums of Europe where his heritage lies. The film, an SBS Independent production, shows that the thickest of masks cracks when a descendant of the original owners enters a museum.

Cast

Ephraim Bani

Self / Narrator

Petharie Bari

Self

Stewart Coulter

Self

Antonia Lovelace

Self

Charles Hunt

Self

Anthony Shelton

Self

Jacques Hainard

Self

Anita Herle

Self

Markus Schindlbeck

Self

Crew

Lars Pienkoss

Assistant Editor

Stewart Young

Sound Editor

Stewart Young

Editor

Andrew Birbara

Still Photographer

Florian Wimmer

Second Unit Director of Photography

Tom D’Angremond

Sound

Karen Margolis

Script Consultant

Frances Calvert

Producer

Lindsey Merrison

Producer

Johann Feindt

Second Unit Director of Photography