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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Informant-researcher relationship”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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films with a digital version
3
short films
1
Region
South America
3
South Asia
1
Southern Africa
1
Country
Bolivia
1
Botswana
1
India
1
Venezuela
2
Keywords
Death
1
Development projects
1
Health / Health care / Healing
2
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Informant-researcher relationship
5
x
Life Story / Life History
1
Memory
1
Public Figure
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Social Change
1
Urban
1
Directors
Banks, Marcus
1
Henley, Paul
1
Nairn, Charlie
1
Solomons, Natasha
1
Werbner, Richard
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
not set
2
Country of production
United Kingdom
5
x
United States
1
Year of production
1970
1
1988
1
1989
1
2000
1
2006
1
Film list
A Clearing in the Jungle
1970
52
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
.
Like that of many other Indian groups in South America, the culture of the Panare Indians of Venezuela is threatened by their almost daily contact with neighbouring creoles, Spanish-speaking
South America
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Informant-researcher relationship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Doctors of Two Worlds
1989
55
‘
Directed by
Natasha Solomons
.
In the Bolivian highlands an English doctor is setting up a network of health care for remote mountain villages. While teaching the inhabitants the essentials of Western medicine the doctor is
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Informant-researcher relationship
Development projects
The Legacy of Antonio Lorenzano
2000
46
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
.
Antonio Lorenzano was an acclaimed musician, shamanic healer and craftsman, and the leader of the Warao community of Morichito on the Winikina River, in the lower Orinoco Delta, Venezuela. The film
South America
Death
Public Figure
Informant-researcher relationship
Social Change
Memory
Raju and His Friends
1988
40
‘
Directed by
Marcus Banks
.
This film is set in the city of Jamnagar, western India. The film focuses on the emotions, quality of life, and on duty. Raju’s friendship with different people, including the director, provide a
South Asia
Urban
Informant-researcher relationship
Life Story / Life History
Shade Seekers and The Mixer
2006
60
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
Set in Moremi village within Botswana’s awesome Tswapong hills, the film makes village elders self-consciously reflexive. The elders, including a controversial healer, view and discuss an earlier
Southern Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Informant-researcher relationship