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12
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2
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12
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15
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14
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12
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8
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6
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7
Ethnofiction
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9
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10
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6
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11
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1
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18
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19
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12
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15
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6
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6
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25
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2
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1
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25
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7
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9
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4
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13
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4
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8
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Directors
Aaltonen, Jouko
1
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Akin, Dorcas
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Al Akash, Ruba
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Arcé, Adrian
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Asadi Faezi, Daniel
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Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
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Atieno, Lavine
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Awino, Effie
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Baily, John
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Balikci, Anna
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Balikci, Asen
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Banks, Marcus
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Beier, Ulli
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Bhattachary, Nilanjan
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Bonifacio, Valentina
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Bradbury, Ray
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Brewer, Teri F.
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Bringa, Tone
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Brown, David
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Cabezas Pino, Angélica
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Cai, Hua
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Cao, Umberto
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Chabamier, Gabriel
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Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Chambers, Simon
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Davidson, John Paul
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Day, Mike
1
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Dettmann, Christine
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Diengdoh, Wanphrang
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Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
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Dontchev, Antonii
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Dreiss, Meredith
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1
Dumont, Dirk
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Dunne, Bryony
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Eaton, Michael
1
Elixhauser, Sophie
1
Entell, Peter
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Folly, Anne Laure
1
Fossgard-Moser, Titus
1
Francois, Alexandre
1
Garland, Christy
1
Geißler, Wenzel
1
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Grieco, Anthony
1
Grimshaw, Anna
2
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
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Grossenbacher, Ulrich
1
Grossman, Alyssa
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Hajee, Amin
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Hawkins, Richard
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Heald, Suzette
1
Hellwig, Jean
1
Henley, Paul
3
Heusch, Luc de
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Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Holtedahl, Lisbet
1
Hopkins, Ben
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horton, Robin
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Husmann, Rolf
1
Hörmann, André
1
Iteanu, Andre
1
Jaquerod, Muriel
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Johnson, Dul
1
Journet, Martine
2
Kapon, Eytan
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kerlogue, Fiona
1
Kharel, Dipesh
2
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Kurutuac, Judith
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Levie, Francoise
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lindner, Tobias
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loizos, Peter
2
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Luethi, Damaris
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
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Mai, Nick
2
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Meyknecht, Steef
1
Milner, George
1
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1
Mollona, Massimiliano
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
Munro, Neil G.
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Møhl, Perle
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Njoki, Ruth
1
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2
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Owles, Ed
1
Pakaslahti, Antti
1
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1
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1
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1
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Prothero, Sarah
1
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1
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1
Saraiva Pereira, Eduardo
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Schlenker, Juana
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Seitz, Anni
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Sincich, Francesco
1
Singer, André
2
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Solomons, Natasha
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Sowa, Remigiusz (aka Remi)
1
Speed, Frank
7
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Strasse, Cornelia
1
Straube, Anna
1
Sturtevant, Chuck
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Tari, János
2
Taylor, Jamie
1
Tender, Priit
1
Timbert, Sylvie
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Visser, Mara Lin
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Vohra, Paromita
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Vávrová, Daniela
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Werner, Louis
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Wester, Hasse
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Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
Wittersheim, Eric
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Yorke, Michael
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Zirión, Antonio
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Șalaru, Maria
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France
9
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9
Hungary
2
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1
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7
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3
Italy
7
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Kenya
2
Mexico
2
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1
Netherlands
6
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7
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4
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1
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1
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1
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1
Russia
1
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2
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1
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7
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United Kingdom
71
United States
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Film list
A Kabul Music Diary
2003
52
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
Ethnomusicologist John Baily returns to Kabul to see what is happening in the world of music one year after the defeat of the Taliban. The film documents a variety of musical activities, including
Middle and Near East
Music / Ethnomusicology
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Kanraxël: the Confluence of Agnack
2015
52
‘
Student
Directed by
Remigiusz (aka Remi) Sowa
.
**DVD copies are available for secondary teaching and home use at the following prices: £35 (plus VAT) schools and colleges; £20 (plus VAT) individual / home use licence** Agnack is a
West Africa
Linguistics / Language
Social Change
Keepers of the Faith: The Buddhist Nuns of Sagaing Hills
1996
51
‘
Directed by
Hiroko Kawanami
.
In the Sagaing Hills, 12 miles from the ancient capital of Mandalay are hundreds of pagodas, stupas, monasteries and nunneries which form a focal point of worship for Buddhism in Burma. In 1986 the
South-East Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Kusum
2000
69
‘
Directed by
Jouko Aaltonen
Antti Pakaslahti
.
Kusum is a 14-year-old Indian girl. She lives and attends school in Delhi. Kaushal, her father, drives a motorised rickshaw and works his fingers to the bone to support his family. Sumitra, Kusum’s
South Asia
Children / Young people
Health / Health care / Healing
Possession
Kwagh Hir
1975
30
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Peggy Harper
.
Four million Tiv people form the major culture of the Benue state of southern Nigeria. They are popularly known as the greatest democrats in Africa as their society is based on fraternal cooperation
West Africa
Festivals / Carnival
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ritual