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Films
9 Films
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Year of production
“1974”
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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
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Film list
The Kawelka: Ongka’s Big Moka
1974
52
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
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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
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Directed by
Peter Loizos
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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
The Mursi
1974
52
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Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
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The Mursi are a cattle-keeping and agricultural group without chiefs or leaders from south-west Ethiopia. This film, made under extremely difficult conditions, focuses on the way decisions are made
North and Northeast Africa
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Social Organisation
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
Masai Women
1974
52
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Directed by
Chris Curling
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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 Quechua
1974
52
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Directed by
Carlos Pasini
David Ash
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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
Heal the Whole Man
1974
50
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Directed by
Paul Robinson
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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 Mehinacu
1974
52
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Directed by
Carlos Pasini
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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
Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism
1974
50
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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