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Films
6 Films
Directors
“Singer, André”
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Series
“Disappearing World Series”
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films with a digital version
6
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Middle and Near East
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
3
Country
Afghanistan
1
China
1
India
1
Pakistan
2
Sudan
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Herding
1
History
1
Migration
1
Nomads and Nomadism
2
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Social Change
2
Social Organisation
2
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
3
Directors
Harries, Andy
2
Nairn, Charlie
1
Singer, André
6
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Series
Disappearing World Series
6
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Country of production
United Kingdom
6
Year of production
1975
1
1979
1
1980
2
1982
1
1983
1
Film list
Afghan Exodus
1980
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
When Granada Television visited Afghanistan to make the award-winning Disappearing World ‘The Kirghiz’, they were a proud, independent, nomadic people who made their living by rearing herds of yaks
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Migration
The Kazakhs of China
1983
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
The Kazakhs of Xinjiang (Sinkiang) are one of the fifty-five national minorities that now live within the borders of the People’s Republic of China. The policy of the Chinese Communist Party toward
Central Asia and Far East
Social Change
Nomads and Nomadism
Collective / Community identity
Khyber
1979
49
‘
Directed by
André Singer
Andy Harries
.
For more than a century Britain was engaged in war with the Pashtun tribesmen of India’s North West frontier. It began with the bloodiest massacre in the history of the British Empire when, in
South Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
History
The Kirghiz of Afghanistan
1975
51
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
André Singer
.
The Kirghiz of Afghanistan are a group of some 2,000 pastoralists living on a bleak mountain plateau in a narrow isthmus of land between the borders of the Soviet Union and China. For nine months of
Middle and Near East
Herding
Nomads and Nomadism
Social Organisation
The Pathans
1980
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
Andy Harries
.
There are twelve million Pathans. Bound by a common language, a common heritage and the unifying force of Islam, these proud and independent people do not acknowledge the geographical boundary which
South Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Social Organisation
Gender Role and Identity
Witchcraft Among the Azande
1982
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
*Witchcraft among the Azande’ is suitable for showing in undergraduate and graduate classes on topics of religion, philosophy, and African ethnography. It could also be stimulating to discussions of
North and Northeast Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Health / Health care / Healing
Social Change