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Films
54 Films
Series
“Disappearing World Series”
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K
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L
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M
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N
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Q
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R
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T
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U
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V
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W
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Region
Central Africa
1
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
6
Central Europe
1
East Africa
3
Melanesia
3
Middle and Near East
2
North America
2
North and Northeast Africa
10
South America
9
South Asia
6
South-East Asia
4
South-East Europe
2
West Africa
2
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Albania
1
Algeria
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Brazil
4
Cameroon
1
Canada
1
China
4
Colombia
3
Ethiopia
6
France
1
Ghana
1
Guatemala
1
Hungary
1
India
1
Indonesia
2
Iran
1
Kenya
3
Mongolia
2
Morocco
1
Myanmar
1
Nepal
1
Pakistan
3
Papua New Guinea
2
Peru
1
Russian Federation
1
Sierra Leone
1
Solomon Islands
1
Spain
1
Sri Lanka
1
Sudan
3
Venezuela
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
3
Animals
4
Collective / Community identity
10
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Death
1
Everyday Life
6
Family / Kinship
2
Festivals / Carnival
4
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
8
Health / Health care / Healing
4
Herding
9
History
2
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
5
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
8
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Labour
3
Land Rights
7
Marriage
3
Memory
1
Migration
1
Nomads and Nomadism
6
Political Activists
2
Possession
2
Post-communism
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
4
Religion / Belief / Faith
8
Resistance
2
Ritual
12
Rural
6
Shamans and Shamanism
2
Social Change
18
Social Conflict
8
Social Norms
1
Social Organisation
12
Socioeconomic conditions
2
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
2
Trade
2
Travellers / Roma
1
Urban
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
8
Directors
Ash, David
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Beckham, Michael
2
Blake, John
2
Carr, Peter
1
Christie, Debbie
1
Cross, Stephen
1
Curling, Chris
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Grigsby, Michael
1
Harries, Andy
3
Lasko, Claire
2
Llewelyn-Davies, Melissa
1
MacDonald, Bruce
3
Milne, Claudia
1
Moser, Brian
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Nairn, Charlie
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Pasini, Carlos
2
Sheppard, John
4
Singer, André
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Wason, David
5
Winter, Pattie
1
Woodhead, Leslie
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Series
Disappearing World Series
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In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
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Country of production
United Kingdom
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Year of production
1970
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1971
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1972
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1973
2
1974
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1975
4
1976
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1977
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1979
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1980
2
1982
3
1983
3
1985
1
1987
4
1988
3
1989
3
1990
3
1991
3
1993
3
Film list
Across the Tracks – The Vlach Gypsies in Hungary
1988
52
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Directed by
John Blake
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*’Across the Tracks’ is a gripping film for the general viewer. It is beautifully filmed in observational style (lingering scenes of muddy courtyards) with enough subtitled interview material to
Central Europe
Animals
Labour
Travellers / Roma
Afghan Exodus
1980
52
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Directed by
André Singer
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When Granada Television visited Afghanistan to make the award-winning Disappearing World ‘The Kirghiz’, they were a proud, independent, nomadic people who made their living by rearing herds of yaks
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Migration
The Albanians of Rrogam
1991
52
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Directed by
David Wason
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With the fall of the Stalinist regime in Albania, one of the poorest countries in Europe, the people of a remote mountain village, Rrogam, are faced with the dilmma of how to re-allocate the land and
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Social Change
Land Rights
Rural
Asante Market Women
1982
52
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Directed by
Claudia Milne
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As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and music. The crew of this Disappearing World film have
West Africa
Marriage
Trade
Gender Role and Identity