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Films
54 Films
Series
“Disappearing World Series”
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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
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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 Last of the Cuiva
1971
52
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Directed by
Brian Moser
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The film focuses on recent changes in the culture and society of the Cuiva, hunters and gatherers in a remote forest region of south-eastern Colombia, brought about through contact with Colombian
South America
Social Change
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Land Rights
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
The Lau of Malaita
1982
52
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Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
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*Pierre Miranda and a team from Granada Television have made a fine film exploring the trouble realities of the people of the lagoon in the 1980s.* (B. Shore) This film focuses on the people of
Melanesia
Social Change
Social Conflict
Ritual
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
Living with the Revolution
1983
52
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Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Claire Lasko
.
*These three films (‘Inside China: Living with the Revolution’; ‘The Newest Revolution’; ‘The Kazakhs of China’) present a valuable record of aspects of most recent developments in China.* (A.
Central Asia and Far East
Social Change
History
Family / Kinship
The Longest Struggle: The Karen of Burma
1993
52
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Directed by
John Sheppard
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In the forested hills of eastern Burma, a war has been going on for more than 50 years. A war that is rarely reported and is often apparently at a stalemate. For the Karen people of this part of
South-East Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory