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25
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30
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21
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9
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3
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14
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10
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12
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47
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Afreen, Sara
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Ahmad Simon, Kamar
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Ahmed, Akbar
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1
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1
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1
Burstin, Costanza
1
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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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1
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3
Croall, Heather
1
Curtis, Edward S.
1
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1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Davies, Sera
1
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1
De Groof, Matthias
2
Deger, Jennifer
1
Demiralay, Hakan
1
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1
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1
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1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Domenig, Aya
1
Dontchev, Antonii
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
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1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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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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1
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1
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1
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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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1
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1
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2
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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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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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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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1
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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22
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13
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1
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3
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2
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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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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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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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1
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1
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1
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1
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7
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
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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1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tsering Lepcha, Dawa
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Uribe, Simón
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vohra, Paromita
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waage, Trond
1
Wendl, Tobias
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Werner, Louis
1
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1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
Williams, Jano
3
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1
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1
Yorke, Michael
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
2
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1
van Lanker, Laurent
1
van de Port, Mattijs
3
Östör, Ákos
2
Șalaru, Maria
1
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
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37
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4
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3
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1
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4
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1
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1
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12
Germany
16
Hong Kong
1
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2
Iceland
1
India
21
Indonesia
3
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1
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10
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1
Japan
4
Jordan
1
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2
Mexico
3
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1
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9
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7
Norway
6
Pakistan
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1
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1
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Romania
1
Russia
1
Senegal
2
Slovenia
1
South Africa
1
Spain
3
Sweden
2
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8
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1
United Kingdom
99
United States
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1963
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1964
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1966
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1969
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1970
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1973
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1974
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1975
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1982
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1990
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1992
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1994
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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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2006
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2009
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2010
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2011
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Film list
IT WAS TOMORROW
2018
53
‘
Student
Directed by
Alexandra D’onofrio
.
After living in Italy for almost ten years without documents, three Egyptian men – Ali, Mahmoud and Mohamed – are suddenly awarded legal residence. As a whole new world of opportunities opens up to
Western Mediterranean
Animation
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Film / Photography / Mass media
Life Story / Life History
Memory
Migration
Research methods
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Ignacio’s Legacy
2016
52
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Titus Fossgard-Moser
.
Between 1960 and 1992, the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Brian Moser made four films concerning indigenous peoples of northwest Amazonia: "Piraparana" (1960), "War of the Gods"
South America
Film / Photography / Mass media
Social Change
Reflexivity
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
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 the Land of the War Canoes
1972
47
‘
Directed by
Edward S. Curtis
.
The film was made in 1914 by Edward Curtis. The plot concerns the efforts of a young man, Motana, son of a great chief, to obtain a bride and how he is thwarted by a wicked sorcerer. Many of the
North America
Archival material / Museum displays
Marriage
Film / Photography / Mass media
In the Light of Memory
2010
40
‘
Directed by
Alyssa Grossman
.
‘In the Light of Memory’ explores evocations of memory in contemporary post-socialist Bucharest, nearly twenty years after the fall of Romanian communism. The film is shot in Cismigiu Gardens, one of
South-East Europe
Memory
Post-communism
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
In and Out of Africa
1993
59
‘
Directed by
Ilisa Barbash
Lucien Taylor
.
A classic in ethnographic filmmaking, In and Out of Africa traces the transnational trade of African Art between West Africa and the USA, providing an insight into how value, commoditization and
North America
Art / Artists / Artisans
Trade
Material Culture
Indo Pino
2002
84
‘
Directed by
Martine Journet
Gérard Nougarol
Gabriel Chabamier
.
The small ethnic group of the Wana Wewaju live in Indonesia in the eastern part of Sulawesi (Celebes Island) among the dense equatorial rain forest of the Tokkala Mountains. The film documents the
South-East Asia
Shamans and Shamanism
Health / Health care / Healing