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Films
3 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“Middle and Near East”
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Keywords
“Religion Belief Faith”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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films with a digital version
1
short films
3
x
Region
Middle and Near East
3
x
Country
Afghanistan
1
Israel
1
Syria
1
Keywords
Inter-religious relations
1
Political Activists
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
3
x
Resistance
1
Urban
1
Directors
Baily, John
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
3
x
Year of production
1983
1
1997
1
2004
1
Film list
Herat Films: The Shrines of Herat
1983
30
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Urban
Milking the Desert
2004
25
‘
Directed by
Yasmin Fedda
.
This film follows the lives and choices of two monks living at Mar Musa, the Abyssinian Monastery in the desert of Syria. Through their daily lives, the issue of dialogue with Islam emerges.
Middle and Near East
Inter-religious relations
Religion / Belief / Faith
Women of a Divided Land
1997
22
‘
Directed by
Joanna Hill
.
This film follows the activities of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists in Jerusalem and the West Bank, portraying both the collective and individual experiences of resistance.
Middle and Near East
Resistance
Political Activists
Religion / Belief / Faith