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Films
54 Films
Series
“Disappearing World Series”
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C
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D
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E
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H
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I
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L
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M
11
N
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P
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Q
1
R
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T
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U
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V
1
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
1
Beckham, Michael
2
Blake, John
2
Carr, Peter
1
Christie, Debbie
1
Cross, Stephen
1
Curling, Chris
5
Grigsby, Michael
1
Harries, Andy
3
Lasko, Claire
2
Llewelyn-Davies, Melissa
1
MacDonald, Bruce
3
Milne, Claudia
1
Moser, Brian
7
Nairn, Charlie
5
Pasini, Carlos
2
Sheppard, John
4
Singer, André
6
Wason, David
5
Winter, Pattie
1
Woodhead, Leslie
12
Series
Disappearing World Series
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In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
3
Country of production
United Kingdom
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Year of production
1970
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1971
3
1972
2
1973
2
1974
6
1975
4
1976
1
1977
5
1979
2
1980
2
1982
3
1983
3
1985
1
1987
4
1988
3
1989
3
1990
3
1991
3
1993
3
Film list
The Kalasha: Rites of Spring
1990
60
‘
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
The Kalasha are a tribal people, 3,000 strong, who live in the high valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Kalasha are unique as a pagan people in
South Asia
Festivals / Carnival
Land Rights
Agriculture / Farming
Social Conflict
Kataragama: A God for All Seasons
1973
52
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Directed by
Charlie Nairn
.
In ever-increasing numbers Sinhalese of all religions (Muslims, Christians and Buddhists) are turning to Kataragama, an ancient Hindu God, at times of trouble and desperation. Once a year pilgrims
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual
Possession
The Kawelka: Ongka’s Big Moka
1974
52
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
.
Ongka is a charismatic big-man of the Kawelka tribe who live scattered in the Western highlands, north of Mount Hagen, in Papua New Guinea. The film focuses on the motivations and efforts involved
Melanesia
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Social Conflict
The Kayapo
1987
52
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Directed by
Michael Beckham
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This film focuses on the conflicts and determination of a group of people trying to survive and maintain their ethnic identity in the face of almost overpowering odds. The film contrasts the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Resistance
Social Conflict
The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
1989
52
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Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a reunification of the tribes at Altamira«the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam, that will flood large parts of the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Resistance
Film / Photography / Mass media
Political Activists
Social Conflict
The Kazakhs of China
1983
52
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Directed by
André Singer
.
The Kazakhs of Xinjiang (Sinkiang) are one of the fifty-five national minorities that now live within the borders of the People’s Republic of China. The policy of the Chinese Communist Party toward
Central Asia and Far East
Social Change
Nomads and Nomadism
Collective / Community identity
Khyber
1979
49
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Directed by
André Singer
Andy Harries
.
For more than a century Britain was engaged in war with the Pashtun tribesmen of India’s North West frontier. It began with the bloodiest massacre in the history of the British Empire when, in
South Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
History
The Kirghiz of Afghanistan
1975
51
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
André Singer
.
The Kirghiz of Afghanistan are a group of some 2,000 pastoralists living on a bleak mountain plateau in a narrow isthmus of land between the borders of the Soviet Union and China. For nine months of
Middle and Near East
Herding
Nomads and Nomadism
Social Organisation
The Kwegu
1979
52
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Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Andy Harries
.
*’The Kwegu’ is an entirely tasteful and dignified presentation of the harsh realities of subsistence living, and it may help us understand how, even in stateless societies, dominated groups come to
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Social Organisation
Marriage
Trade