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Films
7 Films
Keywords
“Archaeobotany Ethnobotany”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
4
Region
Central Africa
1
Central America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South America
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
2
Country
Cameroon
1
Egypt
1
India
1
Indonesia
1
Mexico
1
Venezuela
1
Vietnam
1
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
7
x
Collective / Community identity
1
Environment
2
Food
1
Health / Health care / Healing
3
History
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Rural
1
Directors
Asch, Patsy
1
Asch, Timothy
1
Brown, David
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Fox, J.
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Nguyen, M. Trinh
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
not set
4
Country of production
Australia
1
Egypt
1
Norway
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
2
Year of production
1983
1
1998
2
2001
1
2013
1
2014
2
Film list
Agave is Life
2014
59
‘
Directed by
Meredith Dreiss
David Brown
.
Agave is Life is a documentary film about mankind’s 10,000 year-long symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico’s iconic distilled spirit, is derived. The
Central America
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Food
History
The Orchard Keepers
2014
24
‘
Directed by
Bryony Dunne
.
Against the backdrop of political upheaval, an ancient network of orchards thrives in the mountains of the Sinai desert. Filmmaker Bryony Dunne shadows two Bedouins as they nurture their gardens and
North and Northeast Africa
Environment
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Rural
Those who Care: Faith and Freedom in a Ladakhi Village
2001
31
‘
Directed by
Henriette Levaulx-Vrecourt
.
In Tia village, in an isolated area of Ladakh – North West India – lives an amchi (a local herbal doctor) and his wife. It is summer – a short season in the Indian Himalayas and the only period of
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Tigers Apprentice
1998
57
‘
Directed by
M. Trinh Nguyen
.
Tiger’s Apprentice is the story of M. Trinh Nguyen’s journey to her native Vietnam. She observes and documents her great-uncle’s folk medicine practices treating many patients and making his
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Together as One
2013
39
‘
Directed by
Kilian Lamtur Tanlaka
.
Nso’ is the biggest kingdom of the Western Grassfields and an ethnic group in the northeast corner of Cameroon’s northwest region. Its capital Kumbo is where the ruler (Fon) lives. The Nso’
Central Africa
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Collective / Community identity
Inter-religious relations
Uncle Poison
1998
60
‘
Directed by
Ricardo Leizaola
.
Filmed in the city of Caracas, capital of Venezuela, Uncle Poison is an intimate portrait of a traditional faith healer, set against the backdrop of his community’s Easter celebrations. Every day,
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
The Water of Words: a cultural ecology of a small island in Eastern Indonesia
1983
30
‘
Directed by
J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
This film examines the ecology and poetry of everyday life. Two Rotinese narrate this film, each offering his perception of the importance of the Lontar (Borassus) palm: a clan leader describes the
South-East Asia
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Linguistics / Language
Environment
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