Film list

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Paltik Families 2016 60'
    RAI Basil Wright Directed by Jason Fox Roel Arcilla .
Set in the ten days leading up to mayoral elections in Danao, Philippines, Paltik Families follows the Arcillas, a family engaged in an illegal network of counterfeit American gun manufacturers, an
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Pang Lhabsol: Sikkim's National Ritual of the Land and its Guardian Deities 2015 63'
  Directed by Anna Balikci .
Pang Lhabsol, Sikkim’s most important indigenous celebration, consists of a series of rituals and monastic dances held in honour of Dzonga, a mountain deity residing on Mt. Khangchendzonga, the
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People of Earth and Clouds 2016 65'
  Directed by Matteo Robert Morales Louise Hantson .
People of Earth and Clouds is a documentary film that explores the role of music bands in indigenous communities of Oaxaca, Mexico and shows why "a village with no band, is a village with no
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The People of the Wind 2015 59'
  Directed by Abtin Sarabi .
On the coast of the Persian Gulf, in the south of Iran, a ritual called Zâr is still practised today. This musical exorcism is said to heal all ‘victims of the wind.’ According to this popular,
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The Possibility of Spirits 2016 72'
  Directed by Mattijs van de Port .
What is it that you film when you film a spirit? I was brought up to believe that spirits do not exist. Years of research on an afro-Brazilian spirit possession cult taught me the limits of such
South America Essay film Religion / Belief / Faith Reflexivity
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Prohibition of Grazing 2016 43'
  Directed by Wenfei Li .
Zhang Yuansheng is 64-year-old who was originally a camel herder. Having been born in poverty, as the age of 17 he began studying camel herding in the desert and acquiring the the life skills
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Promenade 2016 31'
    RAI Basil Wright Directed by Philip Cartelli .
Recorded during two years but organized around a single day, “Promenade” observes a series of movements and interactions on a renovated section of the Marseille waterfront. During the day a cast