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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
x
Country
“Ethiopia”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
6
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Region
North America
1
North and Northeast Africa
5
Country
Ethiopia
6
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Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Collective / Community identity
2
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
2
Marriage
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Ritual
2
Social Change
2
Social Conflict
2
Social Organisation
2
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Trade
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Harries, Andy
1
Wason, David
1
Woodhead, Leslie
6
Series
Disappearing World Series
6
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
3
Country of production
United Kingdom
6
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Year of production
1974
1
1979
1
1985
1
1987
1
1991
2
Colour / Black and white
Film list
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
This is a trilogy about aspects of the culture of two groups of people, the Kwegu and the Mursi, in Ethiopia. The titles are: THE MURSI , THE KWEGU, THE MIGRANTS *What made this trilogy special
North America
Social Change
Socioeconomic conditions
Health / Health care / Healing
The Kwegu
1979
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Andy Harries
.
*’The Kwegu’ is an entirely tasteful and dignified presentation of the harsh realities of subsistence living, and it may help us understand how, even in stateless societies, dominated groups come to
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Social Organisation
Marriage
Trade
The Migrants
1985
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
David Wason
.
The Migrants is the third film in the trilogy ‘In Search of Cool Ground’ for Granada Television’s Disappearing World series. It is about a drought-induced migration of Mursi from their traditional
North and Northeast Africa
Social Change
Collective / Community identity
Refugees / Displaced populations
The Mursi
1974
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
The Mursi are a cattle-keeping and agricultural group without chiefs or leaders from south-west Ethiopia. This film, made under extremely difficult conditions, focuses on the way decisions are made
North and Northeast Africa
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Social Organisation
Mursi: The Land is Bad
1991
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
A further visit to the Mursi of Southern Ethiopia with whom contact was established 17 years ago, for an important coming of age ceremony which has had to be postponed many times. An elder of the
North and Northeast Africa
Ritual
Social Conflict
Health / Health care / Healing
Mursi: Nitha
1991
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
The proper time for a man to go through the Age Set Ceremony, the nitha, is just as he reaches physical maturity. But many years may elapse from one nitha to the next, so it is inevitable that some
North and Northeast Africa
Ritual
Social Conflict
Gender Role and Identity