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Films
7 Films
Keywords
“History of Anthropology”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
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films with a digital version
4
films hosted on Kanopy
1
films available on demand
1
Region
Melanesia
1
Various
4
West Africa
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Belgium
1
Mali
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Various
4
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
History of Anthropology
7
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Public Figure
4
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Directors
De Groof, Matthias
1
Heusch, Luc de
1
Husmann, Rolf
1
Owen, Chris
1
Singer, André
3
Series
Strangers Abroad
3
not set
4
Country of production
Belgium
2
Germany
1
United Kingdom
3
not set
1
Year of production
1981
1
1983
1
1986
3
2009
1
2019
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Off the Verandah – Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Palimpsest of the Africa Museum
2019
69
‘
Directed by
Matthias De Groof
.
In 2013, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Brussels (Belgium) closed for renovation. It is not only the building and the museum cabinets that are in need of renewal: the spirit of the museum has
Western Europe
Archival material / Museum displays
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Education / Knowledge Transmission
History of Anthropology
The Professional Foreigner
2009
60
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
.
Asen Balikci has been a leading figure in making ethnographic films for many decades. In a series of talks between Balikci and filmmaker Rolf Husmann in different locations, the life and work of Asen
Various
Film / Photography / Mass media
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
The Red Bowmen
1981
50
‘
Directed by
Chris Owen
.
In a remote part of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea, the Umeda people eke out a difficult living from the sago swamps and primary rain forest that surround them. Until recently, these
Melanesia
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
History of Anthropology
The Shackles of Tradition – Franz Boas (1858-1942)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Strange Beliefs – Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard (1902-1973)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon
1983
48
‘
Directed by
Luc de Heusch
.
This film tells with verve and a touch of self-irony the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule. The film establishes the original expedition in the
West Africa
History of Anthropology