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Films
8 Films
Country
“Ghana”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
3
films available on demand
1
Region
South America
1
West Africa
8
Western Europe
1
Country
Brazil
1
Cote d’Ivoire
1
Denmark
1
Ghana
8
x
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
2
Collective / Community identity
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Marriage
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
2
Migration
2
Music / Ethnomusicology
3
Popular Culture
1
Possession
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Trade
2
Directors
Asare-Nyako, Afua
1
Colucci, Erminia
1
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Esteva, Jordi
1
Milne, Claudia
1
Pereira, Nilton
1
Plessis, Nancy du
1
Schädler, Natalie
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Wendl, Tobias
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
not set
5
Country of production
Brazil
1
Côte d’Ivoire
1
Germany
1
Ghana
1
Netherlands
1
Spain
1
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1982
1
1998
1
2000
1
2010
1
2015
1
2016
1
2017
1
2021
1
Film list
Asante Market Women
1982
52
‘
Directed by
Claudia Milne
.
As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and music. The crew of this Disappearing World film have
West Africa
Marriage
Trade
Gender Role and Identity
Changes
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Afua Asare-Nyako
.
Kwabena wants to move back to Ghana, the country he left more than 30 years ago. This film shows one of the many journeys that he has to take in preparation for his return. It explores the motives
West Africa
Western Europe
Migration
Future Remembrance – Photography and Image Arts in Ghana
1998
54
‘
Directed by
Tobias Wendl
Nancy du Plessis
.
The film portrays a vibrant range of contemporary and historical images by artists and photographers in Ghana. While glancing through the history of black & white photography in Ghana, the film
West Africa
Film / Photography / Mass media
Art / Artists / Artisans
Memory
Jungle Cat
2000
29
‘
Directed by
Natalie Schädler
.
In search of the righteous way of living, the Liberian rapper CyLover, aka as ‘Jungle Cat’ wants to make music for his people. Now based in Ghana, the big chance to finish his first album approaches
West Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology
Komian
2015
72
‘
Directed by
Jordi Esteva
.
Four years after the filming of “Return to the Land of Souls”, about the rituals of trance and possession, the narrator travels to Ivory Coast in search of a priestess possessed by the Spirit of
West Africa
Possession
Ritual
Music / Ethnomusicology
NKABOM: A LITTLE MEDICINE, A LITTLE PRAYER
2021
79
‘
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
A mother is caring for her son at a healing shrine on the edge of a village in the central belt of Ghana. In another village, a father has taken his son to several Christian and traditional healers
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Tabom in Bahia
2017
52
‘
Directed by
Juan Diego Diaz
Nilton Pereira
.
There is a small community in Ghana who identify as Brazilians. Their name is the Tabom. They are the descendants of former enslaved Africans and creoles who resettled from Bahia to Ghana during the
South America
West Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
Memory
Migration
Popular Culture
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra
2016
37
‘
Directed by
Mara Lin Visser
.
This is a film about African fashion in the capital of Ghana. African printed fabrics seem to making a comeback in the fashion system of Accra. While following Allan, a fashion designer and his wife
West Africa
Trade
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans
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