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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Refugees Displaced populations”
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Year of production
“1985”
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films with a digital version
2
short films
1
films available on demand
1
Region
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Country
Cyprus
1
Ethiopia
1
Pakistan
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Family / Kinship
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
3
Social Change
2
Directors
Baily, John
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Wason, David
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
1
not set
2
Country of production
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1985
3
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Film list
Amir – An Afghan Refugee Musician’s Life in Peshavar, Pakistan
1985
52
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
The film investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of Afghan
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Refugees / Displaced populations
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
Sophia and Her People
1985
35
‘
Directed by
Peter Loïzos
.
Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Change
Family / Kinship