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Films
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10
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7
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4
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5
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9
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11
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7
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11
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6
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5
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2
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3
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19
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Ritual
72
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Social Change
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Social Conflict
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Social Organisation
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Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
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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
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1963
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1966
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1970
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1972
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1973
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1974
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1975
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1977
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1981
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1988
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2019
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Film list
NGAT IS DEAD: STUDYING MORTUARY TRADITIONS
2007
59
‘
Directed by
Christian Suhr Nielsen
Ton Otto
.
A film about how anthropological knowledge is developed through active participation in traditional exchange ceremonies on the small island of Baluan in the South Pacific. The film follows the
Melanesia
Death
Ritual
Informant-researcher relationship
Social Conflict
Ngarap: fighting over a corpse
1973
17
‘
Directed by
Anthony Forge
.
In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays