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Films
4 Films
with a digital version available
x
Keywords
“Collective Community identity”
and
“Religion Belief Faith”
x
films with a digital version
4
x
short films
1
films available on demand
1
Region
Central Europe
1
North America
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1
Colombia
1
France
1
Italy
1
Myanmar
1
Spain
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Collective / Community identity
4
x
Gender Role and Identity
1
History
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
4
x
Directors
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Moser, Brian
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
3
Country of production
United Kingdom
2
United States
2
Year of production
1971
1
1996
1
2015
2
Film list
Journey into Europe
2015
122
‘
Directed by
Akbar Ahmed
.
In Journey into Europe, Akbar Ahmed, a world-renowned anthropologist, Islamic scholar, and filmmaker who the BBC has called “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam,” explores Islam
Central Europe
Western Europe
South-East Europe
History
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
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
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
Youth Group
2015
28
‘
Student
Directed by
Wanwan Lu
.
Set in the predominantly Asian “ethnoburbs” of Los Angeles County, this film follows a vibrant Buddhist youth group in a Chinese-American temple. Youth group members, most raised by immigrant
North America
Collective / Community identity
Religion / Belief / Faith
Intergenerational relations