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Films
3 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Herding”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Year of production
“1975”
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films with a digital version
3
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Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
East Africa
1
Middle and Near East
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Kenya
1
Mongolia
1
Keywords
Everyday Life
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Herding
3
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Nomads and Nomadism
2
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Social Change
2
Social Organisation
2
Directors
Curling, Chris
1
Moser, Brian
1
Nairn, Charlie
1
Singer, André
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
3
Country of production
United Kingdom
3
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Year of production
1975
3
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Film list
The Kirghiz of Afghanistan
1975
51
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
André Singer
.
The Kirghiz of Afghanistan are a group of some 2,000 pastoralists living on a bleak mountain plateau in a narrow isthmus of land between the borders of the Soviet Union and China. For nine months of
Middle and Near East
Herding
Nomads and Nomadism
Social Organisation
Masai Manhood
1975
52
‘
Directed by
Chris Curling
.
This film was made after ‘Masai Women’ and in the same area. Together the two films provide a vivid view of Masai men and women and their place in Masai society. The Masai are pastoral nomads in
East Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
Ritual
Social Organisation
Nomads and Nomadism
Herding
Mongolia, part 1: On the Edge of the Gobi
1975
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
Mongolia is a country the size of Western Europe with under 1.5 million people but over 23 million head of livestock. This film concentrates on life in the great plains of Mongolia, at the foot of
Central Asia and Far East
Herding
Social Change
Rural
Everyday Life