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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Inter-religious relations”
and
“Religion Belief Faith”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
3
Region
Middle and Near East
1
South Asia
3
Southern Africa
1
Country
India
2
Namibia
1
Nepal
1
Syria
1
Keywords
Death
1
Elderly people
1
Inter-religious relations
5
x
Religion / Belief / Faith
5
x
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
2
Directors
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Hajee, Amin
1
Huysmans, Carla
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
3
not set
2
Country of production
India
1
United Kingdom
5
x
Year of production
2003
1
2004
2
2005
1
2008
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Black Mountain
2008
84
‘
Directed by
Charlotte Whitby-Coles
Amin Hajee
.
A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage to a Sufi Saint has been transformed and its local history rewritten – the film documents the journey of Charlotte, a student undertaking her PhD
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Inter-religious relations
Born Again
2003
19
‘
Directed by
Carla Huysmans
.
Carla last met Maureen Mulozi in 1998 in Lusaka, Zambia where they were colleagues and friends. Since then Maureen’s life has changed considerably: she became a ‘born again’ Christian and moved to
Southern Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
Holy Men and Fools
2005
61
‘
Directed by
Michael Yorke
.
The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Milking the Desert
2004
25
‘
Directed by
Yasmin Fedda
.
This film follows the lives and choices of two monks living at Mar Musa, the Abyssinian Monastery in the desert of Syria. Through their daily lives, the issue of dialogue with Islam emerges.
Middle and Near East
Inter-religious relations
Religion / Belief / Faith
A Small Light
2004
32
‘
Directed by
Julia Yezbick
.
Through following the daily life of a home for the elderly in Kathmandhu, Nepal, run by Catholic nuns but situated beside the cremation ghats of Pashupathinath Hindu temple, this film explores
South Asia
Death
Inter-religious relations
Religion / Belief / Faith
Elderly people