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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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C
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D
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E
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K
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L
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M
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N
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O
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P
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Q
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R
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S
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T
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U
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Region
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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North and Northeast Africa
2
Scandinavia
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South America
10
South Asia
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South-East Asia
7
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4
Southern Africa
7
West Africa
8
Western Europe
3
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1
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Afghanistan
1
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1
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Botswana
4
Brazil
3
Burkina Faso
1
Cameroon
2
Chile
1
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1
Colombia
1
France
1
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1
Ghana
1
Greece
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
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1
India
11
Indonesia
4
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1
Israel
2
Italy
2
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1
Lesotho
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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3
Norway
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
Sudan
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1
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
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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
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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
1
1973
2
1974
2
1977
1
1981
1
1982
2
1983
1
1984
1
1987
3
1990
1
1992
2
1993
1
1995
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1996
1
1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
3
2002
2
2003
4
2004
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2005
5
2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2012
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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
War of the Gods
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
While relying on a polemical stance directed against the cultural genocide wrought by missionaries, ‘War of the Gods’ also contains a wealth of information and detail about Amazonian Indian
South America
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
We Don’t Need A Grave
2014
27
‘
.
‘We Don’t Need a Grave’ attempts to show how the people who choose Shizenso rather than the typical family grave try to accept one’s death. Shizenso is a natural mortuary practice that has no
Central Asia and Far East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Death
Ritual
Welcome Valentine 2017
2017
16
‘
Student
Directed by
Dhruv Satija
.
In a temple dedicated to Hanuman in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a priest flouts convention by marrying couples who are shunned elsewhere: mostly those who have eloped from families who disapprove of their
South Asia
Marriage
Love
LGBTQI*
Religion / Belief / Faith
Witchcraft Among the Azande
1982
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
*Witchcraft among the Azande’ is suitable for showing in undergraduate and graduate classes on topics of religion, philosophy, and African ethnography. It could also be stimulating to discussions of
North and Northeast Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Health / Health care / Healing
Social Change
Wives
2017
85
‘
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Lisbet Holtedahl
.
Alhajji Ibrahim is an Islamic scholar who has served as judge at the Sultanate of Ngaoundéré in Northern Cameroon for 46 years. The film follows Alhajji during the last years of his life, focusing
West Africa
Family / Kinship
Everyday Life
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Personal Narrative
Religion / Belief / Faith
Social Norms
Women of a Divided Land
1997
22
‘
Directed by
Joanna Hill
.
This film follows the activities of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists in Jerusalem and the West Bank, portraying both the collective and individual experiences of resistance.
Middle and Near East
Resistance
Political Activists
Religion / Belief / Faith
Worldwide, Streetwise
2003
32
‘
Directed by
Naomi Richards
.
A film that explores issues of faith and activism at a radical church in an ethnically and religiously diverse area of Leeds.
British-Irish Isles
Religion / Belief / Faith
Urban
Political Activists