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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Religion Belief Faith”
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Year of production
“2005”
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films with a digital version
3
short films
1
Region
Melanesia
1
South Asia
2
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Country
India
2
Indonesia
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Romania
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Animation
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Inter-religious relations
2
Possession
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
5
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Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Balikci, Asen
1
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Grossman, Alyssa
1
Journet, Martine
1
Kildea, Gary
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Nougarol, Gérard
1
Simon, Andrea
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
4
Country of production
Australia
1
France
1
India
1
Romania
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
2005
5
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Film list
Gods and Satans
2005
87
‘
Directed by
Martine Journet
Gérard Nougarol
Gabriel Chabanier
.
Among the Wana people, semi nomads from the Indonesian (Sulawesi) forest, Indo Pino is a shaman recognized by everybody. Her nephew, who is also a shaman’s son, converted to Christianity some
South-East Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Shamans and Shamanism
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
Into the Field
2005
28
‘
Directed by
Alyssa Grossman
.
‘Into the Field’ follows the everyday “secular” lives of nuns in a Orthodox nunnery in Romania. Documenting the nuns’ activities, relationships and roles within their community, the film also
South-East Europe
Religion / Belief / Faith
Animation
Koriams Law and the Dead who Govern
2005
110
‘
Directed by
Gary Kildea
Andrea Simon
.
In ‘Koriam’s Law’ Australian anthropologist Andrew Lattas meets his match in philosopher-informant Peter Avarea of Matong village, Pomio, Papua New Guinea. Motivated by their lively dialogue the
Melanesia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Possession
Tingvong: A Lepcha Village in Sikkim
2005
60
‘
Directed by
Dawa T Lepcha
Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Asen Balikci
.
The film illustrates the changes the Lepcha of the Dzongu reserve, North Sikkim, have been through in the last 60 years. From the 1940s, the Lepcha of Tingvong village gradually abandoned hunting,
South Asia
Social Change
Religion / Belief / Faith
Agriculture / Farming