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Films
3 Films
available to watch on demand
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Keywords
“Herding”
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films with a digital version
1
films available on demand
3
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Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
East Africa
2
Country
China
1
Kenya
2
Keywords
Animals
1
Environment
1
Everyday Life
1
Family / Kinship
1
Herding
3
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Marriage
1
Nomads and Nomadism
2
Social Change
1
Directors
Entell, Peter
1
MacDougall, David
2
MacDougall, Judith
2
Series
Turkana Conversations
2
not set
1
Country of production
Australia
2
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Year of production
1976
1
1977
1
1988
1
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
Lorang’s Way
1977
69
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
The Turkana are a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists who inhabit a harsh environment of dry thorn country in northwestern Kenya. Lorang’s Way focuses upon a Turkana elder. Having spent time away
East Africa
Herding
Social Change
Nomads and Nomadism
The Wedding Camels
1976
108
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Also about individuals from the Turkana in north-western Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘A Wife Among Wives’), this film chronicles a series of events which surround the marriage of Lorang’s
East Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Animals
Herding