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Films
72 Films
Keywords
“Ritual”
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short films
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8
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Region
Australia
3
British-Irish Isles
2
Caribbean Islands
1
Central Africa
1
Central Asia and Far East
6
East Africa
4
Melanesia
7
New Zealand and Polynesia
2
North America
1
North and Northeast Africa
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South America
7
South Asia
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South-East Asia
11
South-East Europe
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Southern Africa
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Various
3
West Africa
10
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Australia
3
Botswana
2
Brazil
4
Burkina Faso
1
Cameroon
1
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1
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3
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2
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1
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1
India
4
Indonesia
10
Japan
3
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3
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1
Nigeria
7
Papua New Guinea
6
Peru
1
Samoa
1
Solomon Islands
1
Sri Lanka
1
Tibet
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Togo
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Uganda
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United Kingdom
3
Uzbekistan
1
Various
3
Venezuela
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not set
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Alternative culture
1
Animals
4
Archival material / Museum displays
5
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
2
Collective / Community identity
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
9
Death
11
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Elderly people
1
Environment
1
Everyday Life
2
Family / Kinship
2
Festivals / Carnival
7
Film / Photography / Mass media
3
Gender Role and Identity
11
Health / Health care / Healing
9
Herding
3
History
1
History of Anthropology
6
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
5
Informant-researcher relationship
2
Intergenerational relations
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Marriage
3
Material Culture
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
3
Nomads and Nomadism
2
Political Activists
1
Possession
9
Religion / Belief / Faith
19
Reproduction (biology)
2
Ritual
72
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Rural
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Shamans and Shamanism
3
Social Change
3
Social Conflict
6
Social Organisation
5
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Asch, Patsy
5
Asch, Timothy
4
Balikci, Anna
1
Basu, Helene
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Connor, Linda
2
Cross, Stephen
1
Curling, Chris
3
Day, Mike
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Esteva, Jordi
1
Ferrarini, Lorenzo
1
Folly, Anne Laure
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, James J.
1
Getzels, Peter
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Gordon, Harriet
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Hawkins, Richard
1
Henley, Paul
2
Horton, Robin
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Jerstad, Jon
2
Johnson, Dul
1
Kerlogue, Fiona
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
MacDougall, David
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Milner, George
1
Moser, Brian
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Nairn, Charlie
2
Namondwe, Charles
1
Nielsen, Christian Suhr
1
Opipari, Carmen
1
Otto, Ton
1
Owen, Chris
2
Pasini, Carlos
1
Petropoulou, Irene
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Richter, Thomas
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
2
Seaman, Gary
2
Sheahan, Tom
1
Singer, André
3
Song, Zhifang
2
Speed, Frank
6
Timbert, Sylvie
1
Tovey, Ana
1
Tsering Lepcha, Dawa
1
Vella, Steve
1
Vischer, Michael P.
1
Wason, David
2
Werbner, Richard
2
Woodhead, Leslie
4
Wright, Evie
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
not set
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
8
Disappearing World Series
12
Forbidden Rites
3
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
7
National Film and Television School
2
Shorts collection 2
1
Song Family Village
2
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
2
not set
35
Country of production
Australia
11
Canada
1
China
2
Côte d’Ivoire
1
Denmark
1
France
2
Germany
1
Greece
1
India
2
Japan
2
Nigeria
6
Papua New Guinea
1
Spain
1
United Kingdom
45
United States
7
Uzbekistan
1
not set
1
Year of production
1931
1
1963
2
1966
1
1970
1
1972
1
1973
2
1974
3
1975
2
1977
2
1980
2
1981
1
1982
1
1984
1
1987
3
1988
5
1989
2
1990
1
1991
5
1992
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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
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2007
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2008
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2009
3
2010
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2011
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2012
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2014
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2015
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2019
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Film list
Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda
1988
69
‘
Directed by
Richard Hawkins
.
An insightful documentary, constructed with visual restraint, about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts
East Africa
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity
In Our Blood
2003
26
‘
Directed by
Steve Vella
.
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
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