Films 9 Films Year of production "1974" x films with a digital version 8 Region East Africa 1 Melanesia 2 North and Northeast Africa 1 South America 2 South-East Asia 1 South-East Europe 1 Southern Africa 1 Country Brazil 1 Ethiopia 1 Greece 1 Indonesia 1 Kenya 1 Papua New Guinea 2 Peru 1 South Africa 1 Keywords Collective / Community identity 2 Colonialism / Postcolonialism 1 Family / Kinship 1 Festivals / Carnival 1 Gender Role and Identity 1 Health / Health care / Healing 1 Herding 1 Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples 2 Land Rights 1 Life Story / Life History 1 Nomads and Nomadism 1 Political Activists 1 Religion / Belief / Faith 2 Ritual 3 Rural 1 Social Change 4 Social Conflict 1 Social Organisation 3 Sport 1 War / Conflict / Reconciliation 1 Directors Ash, David 1 Curling, Chris 1 Kildea, Gary 1 Leach, Jerry 1 Loizos, Peter 1 Nairn, Charlie 1 Pasini, Carlos 2 Robinson, Paul 1 Sheppard, John 1 Woodhead, Leslie 1 Series Disappearing World Series 6 In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy 1 not set 3 Country of production United Kingdom 9 United States 1 Year of production 1974 9 x Film list Heal the Whole Man 1974 50' Directed by Paul Robinson . The ‘Barolong boo Ratshidi’ are one of the group of Tswana peoples, who together form a culturally homogeneous population of over two million. The Barolong themselves number about 75’000 and Southern Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Health / Health care / Healing The Kawelka: Ongka’s Big Moka 1974 52' Directed by Charlie Nairn . Ongka is a charismatic big-man of the Kawelka tribe who live scattered in the Western highlands, north of Mount Hagen, in Papua New Guinea. The film focuses on the motivations and efforts involved Melanesia Ritual Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict Life Chances: Four Families in a Greek Cypriot Village 1974 43' Directed by Peter Loizos . A careful account of social change in a prosperous Greek Cypriot village, which follows four closely related families before the Turkish made them all refugees. Their lives reflect the possibilities South-East Europe Social Change Life Story / Life History Rural Family / Kinship Masai Women 1974 52' Directed by Chris Curling . The Masai are cattle herders living in the East African rift valley: they grow no crops and are proud of being a non-agricultural people. Cattle are the all-important source of wealth and social East Africa Gender Role and Identity Social Change Ritual Social Organisation Nomads and Nomadism Herding The Mehinacu 1974 52' Directed by Carlos Pasini . The Mehinacu live near the head-waters of the River Xingu in Central Brazil, in a single village within the protective confines of the Xingu National Park. Although the film concentrates upon the South America Social Organisation Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Collective / Community identity Ritual The Mursi 1974 52' Directed by Leslie Woodhead . The Mursi, an unadministered tribe living in remote south-west Ethiopia, are a cattle-keeping and agricultural group without chiefs or leaders. This film, made under extremely difficult conditions, North and Northeast Africa War / Conflict / Reconciliation Social Organisation The Quechua 1974 52' Directed by Carlos Pasini David Ash . This film is set in a community of peasant agriculturalists 2 1/4 miles above sea level in the southern Peruvian Andes. Concentrating on a single family, the film explores aspects of religious and South America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Religion / Belief / Faith Social Change The Sakuddei 1974 52' Directed by John Sheppard . 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 Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism 1974 50' Directed by Gary Kildea Jerry Leach . The film documents the transformation by the Trobriand Islanders of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries into a highly distinctive political ritual. Shot in 1973-1974, Melanesia Sport Colonialism / Postcolonialism Political Activists