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Films
2 Films
with a digital version available
x
Keywords
“Health Health care Healing”
and
“Religion Belief Faith”
and
“Ritual”
x
films with a digital version
2
x
Region
South America
1
South Asia
1
Country
Brazil
1
India
1
Keywords
Health / Health care / Healing
2
x
Possession
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
x
Ritual
2
x
Directors
Basu, Helene
1
Cross, Stephen
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
1
Country of production
Germany
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1977
1
2009
1
Film list
Drugs & Prayers
2009
55
‘
Directed by
Helene Basu
.
The Sufi shrine of Mira Datar in North Gujarat is a large pilgrimage centre specialising in healing possession and mental illness. It has become a site of experimenting with new forms of community
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
Umbanda
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Stephen Cross
.
Umbanda is a syncretic religious movement, combining elements from orthodox Catholicism with submerged African and indigenous Indian spiritual beliefs. In spite of past attempts to suppress it,
South America
Possession
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual