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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Ritual”
x
Country of production
“United States”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
South-East Asia
1
West Africa
1
Country
China
1
Indonesia
1
Nigeria
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Death
1
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Possession
1
Ritual
3
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Directors
Asch, Patsy
1
Asch, Timothy
1
Connor, Linda
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
1
Seaman, Gary
1
Song, Zhifang
1
Speed, Frank
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
Song Family Village
1
not set
1
Country of production
Australia
1
China
1
Nigeria
1
United States
3
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Year of production
1963
1
1991
1
2009
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Releasing the Spirits: a village cremation in Bali
1991
44
‘
Directed by
Patsy Asch
Linda Connor
Timothy Asch
.
In 1978, as part of the preparations for the island-wide ceremony eka dasa rudra, religious officials urged all Balinese to cleanse the island by cremating their dead. Many were forced to pool
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, ‘Song Family Village’ is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Were Ni! He is a Madman
1963
30
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Raymond Prince
.
This ethnopsychiatric film shows the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria. There are two basic types of institutions to deal with psychiatric disorders. First there are
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Possession