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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
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films available on demand
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T
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W
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British-Irish Isles
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Central Asia and Far East
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Central Europe
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Eastern Europe and Baltic States
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Melanesia
3
Middle and Near East
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North America
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Scandinavia
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South America
10
South Asia
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7
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8
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3
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Afghanistan
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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11
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4
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1
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2
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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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2
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United Kingdom
3
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2
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1
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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
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1971
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1973
2
1974
2
1977
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1981
1
1982
2
1983
1
1984
1
1987
3
1990
1
1992
2
1993
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
1
2001
3
2002
2
2003
4
2004
4
2005
5
2006
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2007
1
2008
5
2009
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2010
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2012
2
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
2
Film list
In Our Blood
2003
26
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Directed by
Steve Vella
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In Malta, devotion to the Virgin Mary is very fervent, particularly in the village of Naxxar, where the most important annual feast, taking place over several days, is dedicated to her honour. But
Western Mediterranean
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual
In the Play of Life: a wayang performance in East Java
1992
25
‘
Directed by
Patsy Asch
.
These companion films examine the philosophy and ritual practices of the followers of a holy man popularly known as Embah Wali. The movement, centred in Blitar, East Java, regards wayang as a model
South-East Asia
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Into the Field
2005
28
‘
Directed by
Alyssa Grossman
.
‘Into the Field’ follows the everyday “secular” lives of nuns in a Orthodox nunnery in Romania. Documenting the nuns’ activities, relationships and roles within their community, the film also
South-East Europe
Religion / Belief / Faith
Animation