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Films
4 Films
Country of production
“Germany”
x
Year of production
“2009”
x
Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
1
Region
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
1
Various
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Germany
1
India
1
Sudan
1
Various
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
History of Anthropology
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Material Culture
1
Public Figure
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Ritual
1
Science / Technology
1
Directors
Basu, Helene
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Husmann, Rolf
1
Straube, Anna
1
Series
not set
4
Country of production
Germany
4
x
Year of production
2009
4
x
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Breeding Cells
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Anna Straube
.
Breeding Cells is a film about a reproductive laboratory. A fertility clinic is a place where human reproduction is separated from sex and anatomized into bio/technological components. There
Western Europe
Reproduction (biology)
Science / Technology
Drugs & Prayers
2009
55
‘
Directed by
Helene Basu
.
The Sufi shrine of Mira Datar in North Gujarat is a large pilgrimage centre specialising in healing possession and mental illness. It has become a site of experimenting with new forms of community
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
The Professional Foreigner
2009
60
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
.
Asen Balikci has been a leading figure in making ethnographic films for many decades. In a series of talks between Balikci and filmmaker Rolf Husmann in different locations, the life and work of Asen
Various
Film / Photography / Mass media
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Sifinja – The Iron Bride
2009
70
‘
Directed by
Valerie Haensch
.
A film about mobility, human creativity, and technology in a Sudanese truck community. The English Bedford-Lorry was introduced to Sudan in the late 1960s. Since then, local craftsmen technically
North and Northeast Africa
Infrastructure / Transport
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans