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  Terese Svoboda
Headhunters
  USA 1992
Videotape, 15:10, colour & black-and-white, mono
An effective comparison is made here between the practice of headhunting, considered to be primitive and cruel, and the way in which the West behaves towards the Third World. A boy is initiated into the world of adolescents by his parents and in the modern western world, the headhunting of the so-called primitive cultures is a daily practice. In short, neo-colonialism dressed up as a light farce, but the undertone is nonetheless serious.

Eric van ‘t Groenewout

Camera: Terese Svoboda, Felix Bull, Editing: Dave Blair, David Ellsworth, Music: Einsturzende Neubauten, Photographs: New York Public Library Picture Collection, With thanks to: Bobbie Abrash, Betsy Newman, Shelly Silver, Pacman: Florence Orremezano, With: Terese Svoboda, Felix Bull Jr, Production: Svoboda/Bull Productions


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