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Films
5 Films
Country
“India”
x
Keywords
“Tourism Travel Pilgrimage”
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Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
3
Region
South Asia
5
Country
India
5
x
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Inter-religious relations
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
5
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Directors
Hajee, Amin
1
MacDougall, David
2
MacDougall, Judith
1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Series
not set
5
x
Country of production
Australia
1
India
2
Sweden
1
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1991
1
2005
1
2008
2
2013
1
Film list
Black Mountain
2008
84
‘
Directed by
Charlotte Whitby-Coles
Amin Hajee
.
A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage to a Sufi Saint has been transformed and its local history rewritten – the film documents the journey of Charlotte, a student undertaking her PhD
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Inter-religious relations
The Golden Beach
2008
58
‘
Directed by
Hasse Wester
.
A small group of farmers belonging to the Halakki Gowda tribe live near a small beach in a valley in southern India. When the Swedish film maker Hasse Wester was first there twenty years ago the
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Rural
Social Change
Holy Men and Fools
2005
61
‘
Directed by
Michael Yorke
.
The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Photo Wallahs
1991
60
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
This film is an exploration of the cultural and personal meanings of photographs in a hill station in northern India. The ‘photo wallahs’ are the local photographers of Mussoorie, a town which
South Asia
Film / Photography / Mass media
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Under the Palace Wall
2013
53
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
From the 16th century the Indian village of Delwara in southern Rajasthan was ruled as a principality of the kingdom of Mewar. Its palace, which overlooks the village, is now a luxury hotel – a
South Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Children / Young people
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage