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Films
8 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“MusicEthnomusicology”
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Directors
“Baily, John”
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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films with a digital version
8
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short films
1
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Middle and Near East
3
North America
1
South Asia
3
Country
Afghanistan
5
Pakistan
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
3
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
8
Personal Narrative
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Baily, John
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Series
not set
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Country of production
United Kingdom
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Year of production
1983
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1986
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2001
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2003
1
2007
1
2008
2
2013
1
Film list
Across the Border: Afghan Musicians exiled in Peshawar
2008
54
‘
Directed by
John Baily
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It is the year 2000 and most of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. Hearing that many of Afghanistain’s musicians are now in exile across the border in Pakistan, ethnomusicologist John
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
Music / Ethnomusicology
Religion / Belief / Faith
Herat Films: The Annual Cycle of Music in Herat
1983
54
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Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology
A Kabul Music Diary
2003
52
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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
Lessons from Gulam
1986
52
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Directed by
John Baily
.
A detailed study of musical enculturation within the Asian community of Bradford in northern England. Gulam Musa is the principal character and he is shown as a teacher and as a musician. The film
British-Irish Isles
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Return of the Nightingales
2013
33
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Directed by
John Baily
.
In 2010 Afghan musicologist Dr. Ahmad Sarmast opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a coeducational vocational music school in Kabul that teaches Afghan, Indian and Western
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Children / Young people
Scenes of Afghan Music: London, Kabul, Hamburg, Dublin
2007
97
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Directed by
John Baily
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Scenes of Afghan Music is Part IV of ‘A Quartet of Afghan Music Films’, made in the author’s personal “fieldwork movie” style. It reveals the diversity of music and dance practices in the
Middle and Near East
Music / Ethnomusicology
Migration
Collective / Community identity
Tablas and Drum Machines: Afghan Music in California
2001
58
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Directed by
John Baily
.
Ethnomusicologist John Baily visits Fremont, California, the new home of the large community of exiled Afghans. He is joined by Kabuli master-musician, Ustad Asif Mahmoud, who plans to open a small
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge transmission
Refugees / Displaced populations
Ustad Rahim
2008
55
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Directed by
John Baily
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Shot in the city of Heart, western Afghanistan 1994, in the period between the fall of the last leftist government and the coming of the Taliban, this is a portrait film of an outstanding musician,
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Personal Narrative