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Films
7 Films
Directors
“Moser, Brian”
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Series
“Disappearing World Series”
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films with a digital version
7
Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
Middle and Near East
1
South America
3
South-East Asia
1
Country
China
1
Colombia
3
Iran
1
Mongolia
2
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Everyday Life
2
Festivals / Carnival
1
Herding
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Land Rights
2
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
1
Rural
2
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
2
Social Organisation
1
Urban
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Curling, Chris
1
Moser, Brian
7
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Series
Disappearing World Series
7
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Country of production
United Kingdom
7
Year of production
1971
3
1972
1
1973
1
1975
2
Film list
Dervishes of Kurdistan
1973
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
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A community of Kurds resident in Iran on the border with Iraq forms the subject of this film. Many of the inhabitants of the community are refugees from Kurdish areas of Iraq and the villagers are
Middle and Near East
Refugees / Displaced populations
Religion / Belief / Faith
Embera — the End of the Road
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
The way of life of the 10,000 Embera Indians who live in the Choco region of Colombia, South American, is threatened by the encroachments of Negro Libres (descendants of freed slaves) and by the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
The Last of the Cuiva
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
The film focuses on recent changes in the culture and society of the Cuiva, hunters and gatherers in a remote forest region of south-eastern Colombia, brought about through contact with Colombian
South America
Social Change
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Land Rights
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
The Meo
1972
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
Chris Curling
.
Over the last three thousand years the Meo (Miao or Hmong) have migrated south from north and central China to avoid oppression and protect their way of life. Today they live in scattered mountain
South-East Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Shamans and Shamanism
Ritual
Social Organisation
Rural
Mongolia, part 1: On the Edge of the Gobi
1975
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
Mongolia is a country the size of Western Europe with under 1.5 million people but over 23 million head of livestock. This film concentrates on life in the great plains of Mongolia, at the foot of
Central Asia and Far East
Herding
Social Change
Rural
Everyday Life
Mongolia part 2: The City on the Steppes
1975
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
The second of two films on Mongolia made by Granada Television in 1974–75 looks at life in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia and home of a quarter of the population. The city celebrates the 53rd
Central Asia and Far East
Festivals / Carnival
Urban
Everyday Life
War of the Gods
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
While relying on a polemical stance directed against the cultural genocide wrought by missionaries, ‘War of the Gods’ also contains a wealth of information and detail about Amazonian Indian
South America
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing