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Films
72 Films
Keywords
“Ritual”
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Togo
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Uganda
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Uzbekistan
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Various
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Agriculture / Farming
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Alternative culture
1
Animals
4
Archival material / Museum displays
5
Art / Artists / Artisans
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Children / Young people
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9
Death
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2
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Festivals / Carnival
7
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11
Health / Health care / Healing
9
Herding
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History
1
History of Anthropology
6
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2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
5
Informant-researcher relationship
2
Intergenerational relations
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Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Marriage
3
Material Culture
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
3
Nomads and Nomadism
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Political Activists
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Possession
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Religion / Belief / Faith
19
Reproduction (biology)
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Ritual
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Rural
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Sex / Sexuality
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Shamans and Shamanism
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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
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Asch, Timothy
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Balikci, Anna
1
Basu, Helene
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Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
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Bradbury, Ray
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Bringas, Sylvie
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Connor, Linda
2
Cross, Stephen
1
Curling, Chris
3
Day, Mike
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Esteva, Jordi
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Ferrarini, Lorenzo
1
Folly, Anne Laure
1
Forge, Anthony
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Fox, James J.
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Getzels, Peter
1
Glass, Aaron
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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
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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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1980
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1981
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1982
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1984
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1987
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1988
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1989
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2003
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2004
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2007
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2009
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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
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, ‘Song Family Village’ is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Sons of the Moon
1984
25
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Deirdre LaPin
.
In isolated mountain hamlets in Nigeria’s Jos Plateau the Ngas have traditionally observed the movements of the moon in the night sky. The moon is a key symbol in Ngas cosmology, believed to
West Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Music / Ethnomusicology
Everyday Life
Ritual
Spear and Sword: a Payment of Bridewealth on the Island of Roti
1988
22
‘
Directed by
James J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
The film begins as the groom’s side gathers the animals and money for a bridewealth payment, and discusses problems that might arise in negotiating the exchange. In ritual silence, they walk to the
South-East Asia
Ritual
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Standing Places
2007
31
‘
Directed by
Ana Tovey
.
A model of Stonehenge has been built in rural New Zealand, functioning like the original not only in its astronomical alignment but also in its role as a ceremonial site. The film explores what
New Zealand and Polynesia
Alternative culture
Ritual
Séance Reflections with Richard Werbner
2004
45
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
Njebe and Martha are a childless couple living in Botswana’s capital. Seeking to recover their well-being, they consult a charismatic diviner and healer, in Njebe’s old village, Moremi. They
Southern Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Reproduction (biology)