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Films
2 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“Central Asia and Far East”
x
Keywords
“Collective / Community identity”
and
“Collective Community identity”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
2
x
Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
x
Country
China
1
Russian Federation
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
2
x
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
1
Seaman, Gary
1
Song, Zhifang
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Song Family Village
1
Country of production
China
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Year of production
1997
1
2009
1
Film list
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, ‘Song Family Village’ is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Yukaghir Stories
1997
30
‘
Directed by
Rane Willerslev
.
The Yukhagirs are one of the small indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia. This film, shot in the village of Nelemnoye, explores what it means to be a Yukhagir.
Central Asia and Far East
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Collective / Community identity