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Films
2 Films
Keywords
“Everyday Life”
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“Switzerland”
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films with a digital version
2
films available on demand
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
South Asia
1
Country
China
1
India
1
Keywords
Environment
1
Everyday Life
2
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Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Herding
1
Labour
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Directors
Entell, Peter
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Grossenbacher, Ulrich
1
Luethi, Damaris
1
Series
not set
2
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Country of production
Switzerland
2
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Year of production
1988
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1997
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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
Silk, Muthappar and VHS: Portraits from South India
1997
63
‘
Directed by
Ulrich Grossenbacher
Damaris Luethi
.
The documentary, filmed during ethnographic field research, shows three portraits of ‘ordinary’ personalities — Mala, a young weaver sharing a one-bedroom house with nine siblings; Santa Cruz,
South Asia
Labour
Everyday Life
Film / Photography / Mass media