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Films
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8
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8
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3
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1
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3
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7
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1
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9
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1
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1
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3
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2
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1
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1
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10
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4
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2
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1
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2
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2
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3
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5
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7
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5
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6
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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3
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2
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10
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3
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14
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5
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1
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4
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1
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3
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3
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1
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2
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4
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3
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Baily, John
3
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1
Beier, Ulli
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
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2
Henley, Paul
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horton, Robin
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Hörmann, André
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
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1
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1
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1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
MacDougall, David
4
MacDougall, Judith
3
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Owles, Ed
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Saltman, Carlyn
2
Satija, Dhruv
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Speed, Frank
7
Straube, Anna
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
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1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
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1
Waage, Trond
1
Werbner, Richard
1
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1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
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1
Östör, Ákos
1
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5
Cameroon
1
Canada
1
China
2
Colombia
1
Egypt
1
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1
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2
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1
India
4
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3
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3
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1
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2
Netherlands
1
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6
Norway
2
Peru
1
Russia
1
Slovenia
1
Switzerland
3
Tanzania
1
United Kingdom
32
United States
11
not set
1
Year of production
1931
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1970
2
1973
1
1975
1
1983
2
1984
1
1985
1
1986
1
1987
1
1988
2
1989
1
1990
1
1995
1
1996
2
1997
1
1999
1
2000
1
2003
1
2004
3
2006
3
2007
1
2008
1
2009
1
2010
2
2011
1
2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Film list
The Ainu Bear Ceremony
1931
27
‘
Directed by
Neil G. Munro
.
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Arnav At Six
2012
28
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
Filmed as a collaborative project with Arnav Koshy in 2008, this film explores the mind and activities of an intelligent and observant child of six. Arnav is fascinated by the geology, plant-life,
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission