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Films
2 Films
with a digital version available
x
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“Central Asia and Far East”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
2
x
short films
2
x
films available on demand
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
x
Country
Japan
1
Nepal
1
Keywords
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Animals
1
Everyday Life
1
Family/ Kinship
1
Gender Role and identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Dyson, Jane
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Series
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
2
x
Year of production
1931
1
2019
1
Film list
The Ainu Bear Ceremony
1931
27
‘
Directed by
Neil G. Munro
.
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Spirit
2019
19
‘
Directed by
Jane Dyson
Ross Harrison
.
Saraswati is a new arrival in an Indian Himalayan village. She wonders how she will ever feel at home in the new setting. “Spirit” by Jane Dyson and Ross Harrison is a story of longing and
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and identity
Agriculture/ Farming
Everyday Life
Family/ Kinship