Lañinbwil's gift /
Lañinbwil's Gift is the story of Jacob, an old island man with a complicated secret. When Jacob was a teenager, a noniep, a Marshallese fairy known for helping troubled souls, transformed him from a homeless simpleton into a normal young man. This favor, however, came with a huge cost: The noni...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Marshallese |
| Language Notes: | In Marshallese with English subtitles. |
| Published: |
Majuro :
Microwave Films,
2011.
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| Series: | Ethnographic video online ;
volume 3 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Lañinbwil's Gift is the story of Jacob, an old island man with a complicated secret. When Jacob was a teenager, a noniep, a Marshallese fairy known for helping troubled souls, transformed him from a homeless simpleton into a normal young man. This favor, however, came with a huge cost: The noniep made Jacob promise that one day in the future he must bestow this newfound intelligence upon another deserving person with Jacob's only instructions being that he would know 'who' when the time came. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed September 16, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (100 min.)) |
| Playing Time: | 01:39:06 |