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Films
6 Films
Keywords
“History”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
3
Region
Central America
1
Central Europe
1
Middle and Near East
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
West Africa
2
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1
France
1
Italy
2
Japan
1
Mexico
1
Nigeria
1
Palestine
1
Spain
1
Togo
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Food
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
History
6
x
Material Culture
1
Memory
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
2
Directors
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brown, David
1
Domenig, Aya
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Saltman, Carlyn
1
Speed, Frank
1
Series
not set
6
x
Country of production
Finland
1
Nigeria
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
3
Year of production
1963
1
1997
1
2011
1
2014
1
2015
2
Film list
Agave is Life
2014
59
‘
Directed by
Meredith Dreiss
David Brown
.
Agave is Life is a documentary film about mankind’s 10,000 year-long symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico’s iconic distilled spirit, is derived. The
Central America
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Food
History
Benin Kingship Rituals
1963
20
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Ray Bradbury
.
Until it was conquered by the British in 1897, the city of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was the centre of a powerful kingdom. Its rulers, the Obas of Benin, were mysterious, secluded figures who
West Africa
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
History
The Blooms of Benjeli: Technology and Gender in West African Ironmaking
1997
29
‘
Directed by
Carlyn Saltman
.
The filmmaker and two historians went into the village of Banjeli in 1985 to recreate for the film the traditional iron smelting techniques (which are no longer used) of the area. By focusing on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays
History
Material Culture
The Day the Sun Fell
2015
78
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Aya Domenig
.
Swiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig, the granddaughter of a doctor on duty for the Red Cross during the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, approaches the experience of her deceased grandfather by
South-East Asia
History
Memory
Health / Health care / Healing
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Journey into Europe
2015
122
‘
Directed by
Akbar Ahmed
.
In Journey into Europe, Akbar Ahmed, a world-renowned anthropologist, Islamic scholar, and filmmaker who the BBC has called “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam,” explores Islam
Central Europe
Western Europe
South-East Europe
History
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Letters from Palestine
2011
35
‘
Directed by
Ludovica Fales
.
What if in your great-grandfather’s letters there is a mystery your family doesn’t want to talk about? In 1920 Angelo Levi Bianchini set out to Palestine on an Italian diplomatic mission and never
Western Mediterranean
Middle and Near East
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
History