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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
x
Region
“South America”
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Keywords
“Religion Belief Faith”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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films with a digital version
6
x
Region
South America
6
x
Country
Brazil
2
Colombia
1
Peru
1
Venezuela
2
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Possession
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
6
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Ritual
3
Social Change
1
Directors
Ash, David
1
Cross, Stephen
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Henley, Paul
2
Moser, Brian
1
Pasini, Carlos
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
3
not set
3
Country of production
United Kingdom
6
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Year of production
1971
1
1974
1
1977
1
1987
2
1990
1
Film list
Cuyagua – Devil Dancers
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
.
The men of the Afro-Caribbean population of Cuyagua enact a ritual that occurs 60 days after Easter. The film is a portrait of two men who direct the devil dancing. They tell the history of the
South America
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
Cuyagua – the Saint With Two Faces
1987
56
‘
Student
Directed by
Paul Henley
.
The film centres on the predominantly female celebration of the feast of Saint John. The women sing the songs associated with the Feast, describe their beliefs and how they organise the feast.
South America
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
Festivals / Carnival
The Quechua
1974
52
‘
Directed by
Carlos Pasini
David Ash
.
This film is set in a community of peasant agriculturalists 2 1/4 miles above sea level in the southern Peruvian Andes. Concentrating on a single family, the film explores aspects of religious and
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Religion / Belief / Faith
Social Change
The Storyteller
1990
50
‘
Student
Directed by
John Paul Davidson
.
Unaware of the written word until the 1950s, the Waura tribe who live in the headwaters of the Xingu river in Brazil still practise the art of storytelling. Tribal storyteller Aruta recounts one of
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Religion / Belief / Faith
Umbanda
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Stephen Cross
.
Umbanda is a syncretic religious movement, combining elements from orthodox Catholicism with submerged African and indigenous Indian spiritual beliefs. In spite of past attempts to suppress it,
South America
Possession
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual
War of the Gods
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
While relying on a polemical stance directed against the cultural genocide wrought by missionaries, ‘War of the Gods’ also contains a wealth of information and detail about Amazonian Indian
South America
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing