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Films
2 Films
Country
“Brazil”
x
Keywords
“Health Health care Healing”
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films with a digital version
1
short films
1
Region
South America
2
Country
Brazil
2
x
Keywords
Health / Health care / Healing
2
Possession
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
2
Directors
Cross, Stephen
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
1977
1
2003
1
Film list
Healer on the Street
2003
28
‘
Directed by
Joceny Pinhheiro
.
During the day, Isnar is a community paramedic who works in the local clinic and runs an arts and drugs rehabilitation centre for young people in Fortaleza on the coast of Northeast Brazil. But by
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Umbanda
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Stephen Cross
.
Umbanda is a syncretic religious movement, combining elements from orthodox Catholicism with submerged African and indigenous Indian spiritual beliefs. In spite of past attempts to suppress it,
South America
Possession
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual