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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Health Healthcare Healing”
x
Year of production
“1998”
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films with a digital version
2
Region
South America
1
South-East Asia
1
West Africa
1
Country
Ivory Coast
1
Venezuela
1
Vietnam
1
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Health / Health care / Healing
3
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Social participation
1
Directors
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Nguyen, M. Trinh
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Series
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
not set
2
Country of production
Belgium
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Year of production
1998
3
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Film list
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
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
Ymako
1998
52
‘
Directed by
Laurent Van Lancker
Robin Shuffield
.
Ymako Teatri, a theatre company based in the Ivory Coast, uses street theatre to question some contemporary West African problems. Their originality consists in using the ‘invisible theatre’
West Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Health / Health care / Healing
Social participation