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Films
4 Films
Keywords
“Refugees Displaced populations”
x
Series
“Disappearing World Series”
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films with a digital version
4
Region
Middle and Near East
1
North and Northeast Africa
2
South Asia
1
Country
Ethiopia
1
Iran
1
Pakistan
1
Sudan
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Migration
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
4
x
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Social Change
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
2
Directors
MacDonald, Bruce
1
Moser, Brian
1
Singer, André
1
Wason, David
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
4
x
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1973
1
1980
1
1985
1
1993
1
Film list
Afghan Exodus
1980
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
When Granada Television visited Afghanistan to make the award-winning Disappearing World ‘The Kirghiz’, they were a proud, independent, nomadic people who made their living by rearing herds of yaks
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Migration
Dervishes of Kurdistan
1973
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
A community of Kurds resident in Iran on the border with Iraq forms the subject of this film. Many of the inhabitants of the community are refugees from Kurdish areas of Iraq and the villagers are
Middle and Near East
Refugees / Displaced populations
Religion / Belief / Faith
The Migrants
1985
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
David Wason
.
The Migrants is the third film in the trilogy ‘In Search of Cool Ground’ for Granada Television’s Disappearing World series. It is about a drought-induced migration of Mursi from their traditional
North and Northeast Africa
Social Change
Collective / Community identity
Refugees / Displaced populations
Orphans of Passage: The Uduk
1993
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
In 1987 Sudanese government forces attacked the Uduk of Southern Sudan, and 20-25000 Uduk fled. Since then they have criss-crossed the Sudanese/Ethiopian border 5 times. In the spring of 1992, 13000
North and Northeast Africa
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Religion / Belief / Faith
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness