Films 6 Films Keywords "Ritual" and "Social Conflict" x films with a digital version 5 short films 1 Region Melanesia 3 North and Northeast Africa 2 West Africa 1 Country Ethiopia 2 Nigeria 1 Papua New Guinea 2 Solomon Islands 1 Keywords Death 2 Festivals / Carnival 2 Gender Role and Identity 2 Health / Health care / Healing 1 Informant-researcher relationship 1 Religion / Belief / Faith 1 Ritual 6 x Social Change 1 Social Conflict 6 x Directors Harper, Peggy 1 Nairn, Charlie 1 Nielsen, Christian Suhr 1 Otto, Ton 1 Speed, Frank 1 Woodhead, Leslie 3 Series Disappearing World Series 4 not set 2 Country of production Denmark 1 Nigeria 1 United Kingdom 5 Year of production 1970 1 1974 1 1982 1 1991 2 2007 1 Film list Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade 1970 30' Directed by Frank Speed Peggy Harper. Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria and Dahomey the Gelede cult honours the earth spirits, the ancestors and especially the Great Mother. The festival filmed here emphasises the status of women and West Africa Gender Role and Identity Ritual Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict The Kawelka: Ongka’s Big Moka 1974 52' Directed by Charlie Nairn. Ongka is a charismatic big-man of the Kawelka tribe who live scattered in the Western highlands, north of Mount Hagen, in Papua New Guinea. The film focuses on the motivations and efforts involved Melanesia Ritual Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict The Lau of Malaita 1982 52' Directed by Leslie Woodhead. *Pierre Miranda and a team from Granada Television have made a fine film exploring the trouble realities of the people of the lagoon in the 1980s.* (B. Shore) This film focuses on the people of Melanesia Social Change Social Conflict Ritual Death Religion / Belief / Faith Mursi: The Land is Bad 1991 52' Directed by Leslie Woodhead. A further visit to the Mursi of Southern Ethiopia with whom contact was established 17 years ago, for an important coming of age ceremony which has had to be postponed many times. An elder of the North and Northeast Africa Ritual Social Conflict Health / Health care / Healing Mursi: Nitha 1991 52' Directed by Leslie Woodhead. The proper time for a man to go through the Age Set Ceremony, the nitha, is just as he reaches physical maturity. But many years may elapse from one nitha to the next, so it is inevitable that some North and Northeast Africa Ritual Social Conflict Gender Role and Identity NGAT IS DEAD: STUDYING MORTUARY TRADITIONS 2007 59' Directed by Christian Suhr Nielsen Ton Otto. A film about how anthropological knowledge is developed through active participation in traditional exchange ceremonies on the small island of Baluan in the South Pacific. The film follows the Melanesia Death Ritual Informant-researcher relationship Social Conflict