Films 7 Films Directors "Speed, Frank" x films with a digital version 7 short films 7 Region West Africa 7 Country Nigeria 7 Keywords Archival material / Museum displays 1 Art / Artists / Artisans 1 Dance / Theatre / Performance 2 Everyday Life 1 Festivals / Carnival 2 Gender Role and Identity 1 Health / Health care / Healing 1 History 1 Music / Ethnomusicology 1 Possession 2 Religion / Belief / Faith 2 Ritual 6 Social Conflict 1 Directors Beier, Ulli 1 Bradbury, Ray 1 Harper, Peggy 2 Horton, Robin 1 LaPin, Deirdre 1 Prince, Raymond 1 Speed, Frank 7 x Series not set 7 Country of production Nigeria 6 United Kingdom 6 United States 1 Year of production 1963 2 1964 1 1966 1 1970 1 1975 1 1984 1 Film list Benin Kingship Rituals 1963 20' Directed by Frank Speed Ray Bradbury . Until it was conquered by the British in 1897, the city of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was the centre of a powerful kingdom. Its rulers, the Obas of Benin, were mysterious, secluded figures who West Africa Ritual Dance / Theatre / Performance History Duminea: A Festival for the Water Spirits 1966 20' Directed by Frank Speed Robin Horton . The communal rituals of most villages of the Eastern Niger Delta focus on two great classes of spirits - the heroes and the water people. The heroes once lived with the men, founded their West Africa Ritual Possession Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade 1970 30' Directed by Frank Speed Peggy Harper . Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria and Dahomey the Gelede cult honours the earth spirits, the ancestors and especially the Great Mother. The festival filmed here emphasises the status of women and West Africa Gender Role and Identity Ritual Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict Kwagh Hir 1975 30' Directed by Frank Speed Peggy Harper . Four million Tiv people form the major culture of the Benue state of southern Nigeria. They are popularly known as the greatest democrats in Africa as their society is based on fraternal cooperation West Africa Festivals / Carnival Dance / Theatre / Performance Ritual New Images 1964 27' Directed by Ulli Beier Frank Speed . The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the West Africa Art / Artists / Artisans Religion / Belief / Faith Archival material / Museum displays Sons of the Moon 1984 25' Directed by Frank Speed Deirdre LaPin . In isolated mountain hamlets in Nigeria’s Jos Plateau the Ngas have traditionally observed the movements of the moon in the night sky. The moon is a key symbol in Ngas cosmology, believed to West Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Music / Ethnomusicology Everyday Life Ritual Were Ni! He is a Madman 1963 30' Directed by Frank Speed Raymond Prince . This ethnopsychiatric film shows the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria. There are two basic types of institutions to deal with psychiatric disorders. First there are West Africa Health / Health care / Healing Ritual Possession