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Films
71 Films
Keywords
“Religion Belief Faith”
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Religion / Belief / Faith
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Directors
Ahmed, Akbar
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Asch, Patsy
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Asch, Timothy
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Ash, David
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Baily, John
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Balikci, Asen
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Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
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Barreiro, Georgina
1
Basu, Helene
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Beier, Ulli
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Bringas, Sylvie
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Cai, Hua
1
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Clarissou, Priscilla
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Colucci, Erminia
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Cross, Stephen
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Davidson, John Paul
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Hajee, Amin
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2
Hill, Joanna
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Jerstad, Jon
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Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Kharel, Dipesh
1
Kildea, Gary
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
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Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
MacDonald, Bruce
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Moser, Brian
2
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
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Nairn, Charlie
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Nougarol, Gérard
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Oo, Zaw Naing
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Owen, Chris
1
Pasini, Carlos
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
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Richards, Naomi
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Robinson, Paul
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Satija, Dhruv
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Simon, Andrea
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Singer, André
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Speed, Frank
2
Stefani, Fotini
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Storaas, Frode
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Tari, János
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Tsering Lepcha, Dawa
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Tucker, Andrew
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Vella, Steve
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Waage, Trond
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Werbner, Richard
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Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
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Woodhead, Leslie
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Wright, Evie
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Yezbick, Julia
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Yorke, Michael
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van de Port, Mattijs
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Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
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Disappearing World Series
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Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
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Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
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National Film and Television School
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Shorts collection 2
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The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
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Yangon Film School
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not set
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Argentina
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Australia
4
Cameroon
1
China
1
France
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Germany
2
Hungary
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India
6
Indonesia
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Italy
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Japan
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Myanmar
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Netherlands
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2
Norway
3
Romania
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United Kingdom
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United States
3
Uzbekistan
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1964
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1971
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1973
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1974
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1977
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1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1987
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1990
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1995
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1996
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1998
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1999
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2012
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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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2021
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Film list
HARMONI: HEALING TOGETHER
2021
98
‘
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
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As a nation of 270 million, Indonesia is facing the grave task of caring for millions of people living with mental illness. Many have experienced human rights abuses in their lifetime. In communities
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Heal the Whole Man
1974
50
‘
Directed by
Paul Robinson
.
The ‘Barolong boo Ratshidi’ are one of the group of Tswana peoples, who together form a culturally homogeneous population of over two million. The Barolong themselves number about 75’000 and
Southern Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Health / Health care / Healing
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
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
Holy Men and Fools
2005
61
‘
Directed by
Michael Yorke
.
The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage