Cargo Cult

Directed by Bastien Dubois · Starring Benoit Berthe Siward, Régis Romele · 2013

On the Papua New Guinea coast during the Pacific War, villagers devise a new ritual to claim the wondrous gifts of the god Cargo.

A striking animated look at how war and Western goods gave rise to a new faith.

During the Pacific war on the coast of Papua New Guinea, the Papuans want to claim the god Cargo’s gifts by developing a new rite.

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