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Films
3 Films
Directors
“MacDonald, Bruce”
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films with a digital version
3
Region
Central America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
West Africa
1
Country
Guatemala
1
Sierra Leone
1
Sudan
1
Keywords
Everyday Life
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Rural
1
Social Organisation
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
MacDonald, Bruce
3
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Series
Disappearing World Series
3
Country of production
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1987
1
1990
1
1993
1
Film list
Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopó
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
The documentary shows how Cakchiquel Maya of a village on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala adapted to changes that took place in the decades before the film was made, when the lake became a favoured spot
Central America
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
The Mende
1990
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
This is a portrait of Kpuawala, Sierra Leone, a village of some 260 Mende people living in a clearing in the forest in houses of mud brick and tin. Like any village portrait it gossips, happy
West Africa
Everyday Life
Social Organisation
Rural
Orphans of Passage: The Uduk
1993
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
In 1987 Sudanese government forces attacked the Uduk of Southern Sudan, and 20-25000 Uduk fled. Since then they have criss-crossed the Sudanese/Ethiopian border 5 times. In the spring of 1992, 13000
North and Northeast Africa
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Religion / Belief / Faith
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
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