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Films
4 Films
Year of production
“1973”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
2
Region
East Africa
1
Middle and Near East
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
Country
Indonesia
1
Iran
1
Sri Lanka
1
Uganda
1
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Death
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Possession
1
Reflexivity
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
2
Directors
Forge, Anthony
1
MacDougall, David
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Moser, Brian
1
Nairn, Charlie
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
Disappearing World Series
2
not set
1
Country of production
Australia
2
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1973
4
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Film list
Dervishes of Kurdistan
1973
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
A community of Kurds resident in Iran on the border with Iraq forms the subject of this film. Many of the inhabitants of the community are refugees from Kurdish areas of Iraq and the villagers are
Middle and Near East
Refugees / Displaced populations
Religion / Belief / Faith
Kataragama: A God for All Seasons
1973
52
‘
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
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
Under the Men’s Tree
1973
15
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
At Jie cattle camps in Uganda men often gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and talk, relax, and sleep. This brilliant ethnographic documentary by renowned filmmakers David
East Africa
Infrastructure / Transport
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity
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