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Films
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Central Asia and Far East
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West Africa
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Western Europe
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Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
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Collective / Community identity
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Colonialism / Postcolonialism
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Dance / Theatre / Performance
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Family / Kinship
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History
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Marriage
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Memory
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Ritual
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Social Change
2
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
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Ahmed, Akbar
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Bradbury, Ray
1
Brown, David
1
Dreiss, Meredith
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Fales, Ludovica
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Harries, Andy
1
Lasko, Claire
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
1
Seaman, Gary
1
Singer, André
1
Song, Zhifang
1
Speed, Frank
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
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Disappearing World Series
2
Song Family Village
1
not set
4
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China
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Nigeria
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United Kingdom
4
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3
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Film list
Journey into Europe
2015
122
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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
Benin Kingship Rituals
1963
20
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Directed by
Frank Speed
Ray Bradbury
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Until it was conquered by the British in 1897, the city of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was the centre of a powerful kingdom. Its rulers, the Obas of Benin, were mysterious, secluded figures who
West Africa
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
History
Khyber
1979
49
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Directed by
André Singer
Andy Harries
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For more than a century Britain was engaged in war with the Pashtun tribesmen of India’s North West frontier. It began with the bloodiest massacre in the history of the British Empire when, in
South Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
History
Living with the Revolution
1983
52
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Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Claire Lasko
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*These three films (‘Inside China: Living with the Revolution’; ‘The Newest Revolution’; ‘The Kazakhs of China’) present a valuable record of aspects of most recent developments in China.* (A.
Central Asia and Far East
Social Change
History
Family / Kinship
Marriage, Maoism and Modernity
2009
30
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Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
This film outlines the types of marriage exchange practiced in a Chinese village over the last fifty years. Dowry, brideprice and exchange marriages have dominated the marriage market in turn as
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
History
Social Change
Letters from Palestine
2011
35
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Directed by
Ludovica Fales
.
What if in your great-grandfather’s letters there is a mystery your family doesn’t want to talk about? In 1920 Angelo Levi Bianchini set out to Palestine on an Italian diplomatic mission and never
Western Mediterranean
Middle and Near East
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
History
Agave is Life
2014
59
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Directed by
Meredith Dreiss
David Brown
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Agave is Life is a documentary film about mankind’s 10,000 year-long symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico’s iconic distilled spirit, is derived. The
Central America
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Food
History