The film's title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously as "a mountain people," believe that there was once a great race between a bird and a snake, which was...
死鸟是由罗伯特·加德纳关于新几内亚的达尼人1964年的纪录片。它被制作为哈佛大学皮博迪远征的一部分,研究新几内亚的高地,当时在世界上欧洲人uncolonized仅存的地区之一。