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Films
4 Films
Keywords
“Archaeobotany Ethnobotany”
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Series
“0”
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films with a digital version
4
short films
2
Region
Central Africa
1
Central America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South-East Asia
1
Country
Cameroon
1
Egypt
1
Mexico
1
Vietnam
1
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
4
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Collective / Community identity
1
Environment
1
Food
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
History
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Rural
1
Directors
Brown, David
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Nguyen, M. Trinh
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Series
not set
4
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Country of production
Egypt
1
Norway
1
United States
2
Year of production
1998
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
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