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Films
4 Films
with a digital version available
x
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Archival material Museum displays”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
4
x
short films
4
x
films available on demand
1
Region
Australia
1
North America
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Australia
1
Nigeria
1
Spain
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Archaeology
2
Archival material / Museum displays
4
x
Art / Artists / Artisans
2
Environment
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
History of Anthropology
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Material Culture
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Beier, Ulli
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Speed, Frank
1
Series
not set
4
x
Country of production
Nigeria
1
United Kingdom
4
United States
1
Year of production
1964
1
2010
1
2015
1
2018
1
Film list
A Donation to the Museum
2015
25
‘
Directed by
Teri F. Brewer
.
Human remains from the California Channel Islands were donated to an English city museum nearly a century ago. More recently research began into how they came to be there, and whose remains they
North America
Western Europe
Archaeology
Archival material / Museum displays
Masks of Mer
2010
37
‘
Directed by
Michael Eaton
.
The film Alfred Haddon made in 1898 in the Torres Straits, lasting for less than a minute, is the world’s first example of anthropological cinema. ‘The Masks of Mer’ tells the extraordinary story of
Australia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual
New Images
1964
27
‘
Directed by
Ulli Beier
Frank Speed
.
The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archival material / Museum displays
Tindaya Variations
2018
40
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Isaac Marrero-Guillamon
.
The mountain of Tindaya (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands) is more than a mountain. It was a sacred site for the indigenous people of Fuerteventura; later, its rock was quarried and sold for ornamental
Western Mediterranean
Archival material / Museum displays
Art / Artists / Artisans
Environment
Material Culture
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Archaeology