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Films
5 Films
with a digital version available
x
Keywords
“Tourism Travel Pilgrimage”
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Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
5
x
Region
East Africa
1
Micronesia
1
South Asia
3
Country
Federated States of Micronesia
1
India
3
Madagascar
1
Keywords
Development projects
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Environment
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Inter-religious relations
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
5
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Directors
Hajee, Amin
1
Picard, David
1
Singer, André
1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Series
not set
5
x
Country of production
India
1
Sweden
1
United Kingdom
4
United States
1
Year of production
1989
1
2005
1
2008
2
2009
1
Film list
Black Mountain
2008
84
‘
Directed by
Charlotte Whitby-Coles
Amin Hajee
.
A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage to a Sufi Saint has been transformed and its local history rewritten – the film documents the journey of Charlotte, a student undertaking her PhD
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Inter-religious relations
The Golden Beach
2008
58
‘
Directed by
Hasse Wester
.
A small group of farmers belonging to the Halakki Gowda tribe live near a small beach in a valley in southern India. When the Swedish film maker Hasse Wester was first there twenty years ago the
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Rural
Social Change
Holy Men and Fools
2005
61
‘
Directed by
Michael Yorke
.
The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
The Last Navigator
1989
50
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
This is the story of two cultures and two technologies. An American navigator is taught the skills of navigation by a traditional Micronesian navigator on Satawal island. The American tries to
Micronesia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Infrastructure / Transport
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Uncanny Strangers
2009
46
‘
Directed by
David Picard
.
Uncanny Strangers has been filmed in a fishing village in the South-West of Madagascar. Through a series of everyday life episodes the film provides insight into the relationships between the
East Africa
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Development projects
Environment