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Films
4 Films
Keywords
“Archival material / Museum displays”
and
“Art Artists Artisans”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
4
Region
South-East Asia
1
West Africa
2
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Indonesia
1
Nigeria
1
Spain
1
Togo
1
Keywords
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
4
Art / Artists / Artisans
4
x
Death
1
Environment
1
History
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Material Culture
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Beier, Ulli
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Saltman, Carlyn
1
Speed, Frank
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
1
Nigeria
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1964
1
1973
1
1997
1
2018
1
Film list
The Blooms of Benjeli: Technology and Gender in West African Ironmaking
1997
29
‘
Directed by
Carlyn Saltman
.
The filmmaker and two historians went into the village of Banjeli in 1985 to recreate for the film the traditional iron smelting techniques (which are no longer used) of the area. By focusing on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays
History
Material Culture
New Images
1964
27
‘
Directed by
Ulli Beier
Frank Speed
.
The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archival material / Museum displays
Ngarap: fighting over a corpse
1973
17
‘
Directed by
Anthony Forge
.
In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays
Tindaya Variations
2018
40
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Isaac Marrero-Guillamon
.
The mountain of Tindaya (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands) is more than a mountain. It was a sacred site for the indigenous people of Fuerteventura; later, its rock was quarried and sold for ornamental
Western Mediterranean
Archival material / Museum displays
Art / Artists / Artisans
Environment
Material Culture
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Archaeology