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Films
4 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Dance Theatre Performance”
and
“Ritual”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
4
x
Region
North America
1
South-East Asia
1
West Africa
2
Country
Canada
1
Indonesia
1
Nigeria
2
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
4
x
Festivals / Carnival
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
History
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Ritual
4
x
Sex / Sexuality
1
Directors
Bradbury, Ray
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Harper, Peggy
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Speed, Frank
2
Series
not set
4
x
Country of production
Canada
1
Nigeria
2
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
1963
1
1975
1
1996
1
2004
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
In Search of the Hamat’sa: A Tale of Headhunting
2004
33
‘
Directed by
Aaron Glass
.
The Hamat’sa (or “Cannibal Dance”) is the most important—and highly represented ceremony of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) people of British Columbia. This film traces the history of
North America
Archival material / Museum displays
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ritual
Informant-researcher relationship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
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
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity