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Films
3 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Socioeconomic conditions”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
3
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Region
British-Irish Isles
1
North America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
Country
Algeria
1
Ethiopia
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Labour
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Social Change
2
Social Organisation
1
Socioeconomic conditions
3
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Directors
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Nairn, Charlie
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
2
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
3
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Year of production
1972
1
1987
1
2005
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
This is a trilogy about aspects of the culture of two groups of people, the Kwegu and the Mursi, in Ethiopia. The titles are: THE MURSI , THE KWEGU, THE MIGRANTS *What made this trilogy special
North America
Social Change
Socioeconomic conditions
Health / Health care / Healing
Steel Lives
2005
45
‘
Directed by
Massimiliano Mollona
.
The anthropologist spent several months working as unskilled labourer alongside Sheffield steelworkers at Morris for his PhD. This film is a look into the working lives of men who earn a living in
British-Irish Isles
Labour
Socioeconomic conditions
Collective / Community identity
The Tuareg
1972
52
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
.
This film is about a group of nomadic Tuareg living high up in the Hoggar Mountains near Tamanrasset in Algeria. The main focus of the film is the collapse of the former economic basis of their
North and Northeast Africa
Social Organisation
Social Change
Socioeconomic conditions
Nomads and Nomadism