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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
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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
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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 Sakuddei
1974
52
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Directed by
John Sheppard
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The Sakuddei are a small and ethnically separate community living on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Their distinctive way of life and elaborate religious
South-East Asia
Collective / Community identity
Social Change
Land Rights
Sherpas of Nepal
1977
52
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Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Pattie Winter
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Thami is a village 12,000 feet up in the Himalayas in the Kingdom of Nepal. As the film’s opening shots illustrate, in a type of filmic short-hand, Thami is composed of a patchwork of individual
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Labour
Marriage
Social Change
The Shilluk of Southern Sudan
1976
52
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Directed by
Chris Curling
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This film presents a compelling visual and aural analysis of Shilluk kingship in 1975, and provides a very useful complement to Evans-Pritchard’s 1948 text, The Divine Kingship of the Shilluk.
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Social Organisation
Some Women of Marrakech
1977
52
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Directed by
Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
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In Marrakech, traditional attitudes to women prevail perhaps more strongly than in other Moroccan cities. This is especially true for those women who live by the standards of traditional ideals in
North and Northeast Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Social Norms