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Films
71 Films
Keywords
“Religion Belief Faith”
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films with a digital version
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films hosted on Kanopy
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short films
30
films available on demand
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A
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B
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C
4
D
5
E
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F
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G
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H
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I
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J
2
K
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L
3
M
2
N
2
O
1
P
2
Q
1
R
4
S
5
T
5
U
2
V
1
W
7
Y
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Region
British-Irish Isles
2
Central Asia and Far East
3
Central Europe
1
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
1
Melanesia
3
Middle and Near East
6
North America
2
North and Northeast Africa
2
Scandinavia
1
South America
10
South Asia
14
South-East Asia
7
South-East Europe
4
Southern Africa
7
West Africa
8
Western Europe
3
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Belgium
1
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1
Botswana
4
Brazil
3
Burkina Faso
1
Cameroon
2
Chile
1
China
1
Colombia
1
France
1
Germany
1
Ghana
1
Greece
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Hungary
1
India
11
Indonesia
4
Iran
1
Israel
2
Italy
2
Japan
1
Lesotho
1
Malta
1
Myanmar
2
Namibia
1
Nepal
1
Nigeria
3
Norway
1
Pakistan
1
Papua New Guinea
2
Peru
1
Romania
1
Russian Federation
1
Solomon Islands
1
South Africa
1
Spain
1
Sri Lanka
1
Sudan
2
Syria
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
2
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
4
Yemen
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
2
Alternative culture
1
Animation
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
2
Children / Young people
3
Collective / Community identity
6
Dance / Theatre / Performance
4
Death
6
Education / Knowledge Transmission
2
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Elderly people
1
Environment
1
Essay film
1
Everyday Life
3
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
2
Gender Role and Identity
3
Health / Health care / Healing
9
History
1
History of Anthropology
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Inter-religious relations
6
Intergenerational relations
3
LGBTQI*
1
Labour
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Love
1
Marriage
2
Material Culture
3
Migration
2
Music / Ethnomusicology
4
Personal Narrative
1
Political Activists
2
Possession
4
Post-communism
1
Reflexivity
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
3
Religion / Belief / Faith
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Reproduction (biology)
1
Resistance
1
Ritual
19
Rural
2
Shamans and Shamanism
2
Social Change
4
Social Conflict
2
Social Norms
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
2
Trade
1
Urban
3
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
2
Directors
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Asch, Patsy
2
Asch, Timothy
1
Ash, David
1
Baily, John
2
Balikci, Asen
1
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Barreiro, Georgina
1
Basu, Helene
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bhattachary, Nilanjan
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Cai, Hua
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Colucci, Erminia
2
Cross, Stephen
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Ferrarese, Adriana
1
Ferrarini, Lorenzo
1
Griggs, David
1
Grossman, Alyssa
1
Grégoire, Charlotte
1
Hajee, Amin
1
Hatland, Line
1
Henley, Paul
2
Hill, Joanna
1
Holtedahl, Lisbet
1
Huysmans, Carla
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Johnson, Dul
1
Journet, Martine
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Kharel, Dipesh
1
Kildea, Gary
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
MacDonald, Bruce
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Moser, Brian
2
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Nairn, Charlie
1
Nougarol, Gérard
1
Oo, Zaw Naing
1
Owen, Chris
1
Pasini, Carlos
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
1
Richards, Naomi
1
Robinson, Paul
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Simon, Andrea
1
Singer, André
1
Speed, Frank
2
Stefani, Fotini
1
Storaas, Frode
1
Tari, János
1
Tsering Lepcha, Dawa
1
Tucker, Andrew
1
Vella, Steve
1
Waage, Trond
1
Werbner, Richard
4
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Wright, Evie
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Yorke, Michael
1
not set
1
van de Port, Mattijs
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
2
Disappearing World Series
8
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
17
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
National Film and Television School
1
Shorts collection 2
1
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
4
Yangon Film School
1
not set
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Country of production
Argentina
1
Australia
4
Cameroon
1
China
1
France
2
Germany
2
Hungary
1
India
6
Indonesia
1
Italy
1
Japan
1
Myanmar
1
Netherlands
1
Nigeria
2
Norway
3
Romania
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
46
United States
3
Uzbekistan
1
not set
1
Year of production
1964
1
1971
1
1973
2
1974
2
1977
1
1981
1
1982
2
1983
1
1984
1
1987
3
1990
1
1992
2
1993
1
1995
1
1996
1
1997
1
1998
1
1999
1
2000
1
2001
3
2002
2
2003
4
2004
4
2005
5
2006
1
2007
1
2008
5
2009
2
2010
1
2012
2
2014
4
2015
2
2016
3
2017
2
2018
2
2019
1
2021
2
Film list
Beneath the Budding Greenwoods
2004
25
‘
Directed by
Evie Wright
.
Anne and Rosemary both chose to bury their husbands in the woods, whereas Tony was certain he didn’t want a vicar at his wife’s funeral. Focusing on the experiences of three grieving widows, the film
British-Irish Isles
Environment
Ritual
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
Black Mountain
2008
84
‘
Directed by
Charlotte Whitby-Coles
Amin Hajee
.
A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage to a Sufi Saint has been transformed and its local history rewritten – the film documents the journey of Charlotte, a student undertaking her PhD
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Inter-religious relations
Born Again
2003
19
‘
Directed by
Carla Huysmans
.
Carla last met Maureen Mulozi in 1998 in Lusaka, Zambia where they were colleagues and friends. Since then Maureen’s life has changed considerably: she became a ‘born again’ Christian and moved to
Southern Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
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