Films 10 Films Directors "Werbner, Richard" x films with a digital version 1 short films 2 Region British-Irish Isles 3 Southern Africa 7 Country Botswana 7 United Kingdom 3 Keywords Death 1 Family / Kinship 2 Gender Role and Identity 2 Health / Health care / Healing 3 Informant-researcher relationship 1 Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy 2 Love 2 Marriage 2 Possession 1 Reflexivity 3 Religion / Belief / Faith 4 Reproduction (biology) 2 Ritual 2 Urban 1 Directors Werbner, Richard 10 x Series The Well-Being Quest in Botswana 8 not set 2 Country of production United Kingdom 10 Year of production 2004 1 2006 1 2008 1 2009 1 2011 3 2014 1 2016 1 2018 1 Film list Breaking the Yard 2018 21' Directed by Richard Werbner . "Breaking-the-Yard" documents the court hearings and troubled affairs of a quarrelsome young couple, a stay-at-home farmer and his police constable, town-savvy wife. They claim to be still Southern Africa Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Love Marriage Burying Hallelujah 2014 51' Directed by Richard Werbner . Hallelujah, a 'bush mechanic' turned archbishop, gets the funeral he deserves, one of the very biggest in Botswana's railway town, Palapye. Many churches come together, their robes, splendid, their Southern Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Death Caught in Between 2016 56' Directed by Richard Werbner . The focus is on a leading village elder, John Lelatlhego, a retired Human Resources administrator trained in settling disputes in the South African mines. John gets entangled in the long troubled Southern Africa Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Love Marriage Counterpoint Botswana 2011 45' Directed by Richard Werbner . Seeing 'Holy Hustler', the 2009 film made in Botswana, local viewers respond and discuss it with the filmmaker Richard Werbner in 2011. 'Counterpoint Botswana' captures the reception by home British-Irish Isles Reflexivity Counterpoint One 2011 37' Directed by Richard Werbner . The first in the Forum Follies series, 'Counterpoint One' pitches the ethnographic filmmaker Richard Werbner into debate with audiences for his film 'Holy Hustlers' (2009), from a rough to a final British-Irish Isles Reflexivity Counterpoint Two 2011 45' Directed by Richard Werbner . The second in the 'Forum Follies' series, 'Counterpoint Two' pitches the ethnographic filmmaker Richard Werbner into debate with audiences for his film 'Encountering Eloyi' (2008), from a rough to a British-Irish Isles Reflexivity Encountering Eloyi 2008 56' Directed by Richard Werbner . Of all the faith-healing churches in Botswana, Eloyi is the most controversial. Sensational stories in newspapers and on television have made Eloyi notorious for so-called witch-busting and for Southern Africa Health / Health care / Healing Ritual Religion / Belief / Faith Reproduction (biology) Holy Hustlers 2009 53' Directed by Richard Werbner . Charismatic, street-wise young men, living in Botswana’s capital, command the prophetic domain in Eloyi, their Apostolic faith-healing church, at a time of escalating crisis. Bitter, sinful Southern Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Urban Possession Shade Seekers and The Mixer 2006 60' Directed by Richard Werbner . Set in Moremi village within Botswana’s awesome Tswapong hills, the film makes village elders self-consciously reflexive. The elders, including a controversial healer, view and discuss an earlier Southern Africa Health / Health care / Healing Religion / Belief / Faith Informant-researcher relationship Séance Reflections with Richard Werbner 2004 45' Directed by Richard Werbner . Njebe and Martha are a childless couple living in Botswana’s capital. Seeking to recover their well-being, they consult a charismatic diviner and healer, in Njebe’s old village, Moremi. They Southern Africa Health / Health care / Healing Ritual Reproduction (biology)