Tag: Papua New Guinea
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Weaving a Global Neighborhood with Rick Steves
Weaving a Global Neighborhood with Rick Steves is a documentary I produced in 1998 while working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). PBS travel host and best-selling guidebook author Rick Steves and ELCA colleague Kevin Jacobson and I visited Paupua New Guinea where Kevin served as an educator. Weaving a Global Neighborhood with…
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Remembering the Asaro Mud Men of Paupua New Guinea
In 1998 I had the opportunity to produce a documentary with Rick Steves and Kevin Jacobson in Papua New Guinea. This figurine is a memento from that trip. After two days in the air (Chicago to LAX, LAX to Sidney, Sidney to Brisbane, Brisbane to Port Morsbey, Port Morsbey to Goroka, Paupua New Guinea) I…
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The Goroka Show 1997
The Goroka Show is a segment from a longer video I produced for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with Rick Steves called “Weaving a Global Neighborhood.” Papua New Guineans celebrate folk fests more for each other than for the few tourists who visit. The town of Goroka hosts a happy explosion each September when…