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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Death”
and
“Religion Belief Faith”
and
“Ritual”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
1
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Melanesia
1
West Africa
1
Country
Nigeria
1
Solomon Islands
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Death
3
x
Environment
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
3
x
Ritual
3
x
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Johnson, Dul
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Wright, Evie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
1
Country of production
Nigeria
1
United Kingdom
3
x
Year of production
1982
1
2004
1
2012
1
Film list
Beneath the Budding Greenwoods
2004
25
‘
Directed by
Evie Wright
.
Anne and Rosemary both chose to bury their husbands in the woods, whereas Tony was certain he didn’t want a vicar at his wife’s funeral. Focusing on the experiences of three grieving widows, the film
British-Irish Isles
Environment
Ritual
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
The Lau of Malaita
1982
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
*Pierre Miranda and a team from Granada Television have made a fine film exploring the trouble realities of the people of the lagoon in the 1980s.* (B. Shore) This film focuses on the people of
Melanesia
Social Change
Social Conflict
Ritual
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
There is Nothing Wrong with my Uncle
2012
78
‘
Directed by
Sylvie Bringas
Dul Johnson
.
Nigerian writer Dul Johnson returns to Tarok land to observe the local death rituals and the record of the Tarok ways of dealing with grief and honoring departed. This film provides a rare and
West Africa
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual