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Films
4 Films
available to watch on demand
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Keywords
“Health Health care Healing”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
4
short films
1
films available on demand
4
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Region
British-Irish Isles
1
South-East Asia
2
West Africa
1
Country
Ghana
1
Indonesia
2
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
1
Development projects
1
Health / Health care / Healing
3
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
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Life Story/ Life History
1
Personal Narrative
1
Political Activists
1
Prison
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Directors
Colucci, Erminia
3
Ross, Nina
1
Series
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
1
Indonesia
2
Italy
1
United Kingdom
4
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Year of production
2015
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2020
1
2021
2
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Breaking the Chains
2015
64
‘
Student
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and
South-East Asia
Prison
Health / Health care / Healing
Political Activists
Development projects
The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Nina Ross
.
As a child, Nancy Willis dreamt of joining the circus, longing for freedom and adventure. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and told she would not live beyond her twenties, the now 65-year-old artist
British-Irish Isles
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Personal Narrative
Health/ Health care/ Healing
Life Story/ Life History
HARMONI: HEALING TOGETHER
2021
98
‘
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
As a nation of 270 million, Indonesia is facing the grave task of caring for millions of people living with mental illness. Many have experienced human rights abuses in their lifetime. In communities
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Nkabom: A little medicine A little prayer
2021
79
‘
Werbner Award
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
A mother is caring for her son at a healing shrine on the edge of a village in the central belt of Ghana. In another village, a father has taken his son to several Christian and traditional healers
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith