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Films
4 Films
with a digital version available
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Region
“South Asia”
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Keywords
“Tourism Travel Pilgrimage”
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films with a digital version
4
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Region
South Asia
4
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Country
India
3
Nepal
1
Keywords
Inter-religious relations
2
Labour
1
Marriage
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Rural
1
Social Change
2
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
4
Directors
Hajee, Amin
1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Winter, Pattie
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
3
Country of production
India
1
Sweden
1
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1977
1
2005
1
2008
2
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
Sherpas of Nepal
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Pattie Winter
.
Thami is a village 12,000 feet up in the Himalayas in the Kingdom of Nepal. As the film’s opening shots illustrate, in a type of filmic short-hand, Thami is composed of a patchwork of individual
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Labour
Marriage
Social Change