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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Everyday Life”
and
“Herding”
x
films with a digital version
4
films available on demand
1
Region
Central Africa
1
Central Asia and Far East
2
East Africa
1
Middle and Near East
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Cameroon
1
China
1
Kenya
1
Mongolia
1
Keywords
Animals
2
Environment
1
Everyday Life
5
x
Herding
5
x
Nomads and Nomadism
2
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Social Organisation
1
Directors
Asch, Timothy
1
Balikci, Asen
1
Curling, Chris
1
Entell, Peter
1
Moser, Brian
1
Newman, David
1
Sorensen, Richard
1
Wason, David
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
3
not set
2
Country of production
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
1975
1
1977
1
1978
1
1988
2
Film list
Depending on Heaven
1988
56
‘
Directed by
Peter Entell
.
The film is in two parts and focuses on the Mongols living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Part One (28 minutes) follows the life of a nomadic Mongol family on their yearly journey
Central Asia and Far East
Environment
Nomads and Nomadism
Herding
Everyday Life
Mongolia, part 1: On the Edge of the Gobi
1975
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
Mongolia is a country the size of Western Europe with under 1.5 million people but over 23 million head of livestock. This film concentrates on life in the great plains of Mongolia, at the foot of
Central Asia and Far East
Herding
Social Change
Rural
Everyday Life
The Rendille
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Chris Curling
.
The Rendille are camel herders who live in villages and camps dotted over 10,000 square miles of desert and scrub bush in Northern Kenya. As the terrain they occupy is so dry, the Rendille grow no
East Africa
Herding
Animals
Social Organisation
Everyday Life
Sons of Haji Omar
1978
58
‘
Directed by
Timothy Asch
Asen Balikci
David Newman
Richard Sorensen
.
Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakenkhel, a Pashtun tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. Concentrating within one family, the film draw sharp, colourful portraits of the protagonists
Middle and Near East
Everyday Life
Nomads and Nomadism
Herding
The Wodaabe
1988
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
David Wason
.
*Is the Wodaabe world disappearing? How are we to place the painted male faces? The very considerable success of this film is the ways it answers these questions.* J. Picto The Wodaabe follow
Central Africa
Herding
Animals
Everyday Life
Ritual