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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Ritual”
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Series
“0”
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Year of production
“1988”
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films with a digital version
3
short films
1
Region
East Africa
1
Melanesia
1
South Asia
1
Country
Papua New Guinea
1
Tibet
1
Uganda
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Children / Young people
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Ritual
3
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Directors
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Hawkins, Richard
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Series
not set
3
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Country of production
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
not set
1
Year of production
1988
3
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Film list
Dor, Low is Better
1988
47
‘
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film offers an experimental approach to the comparative study of cultures: the monks of a Tibetan monastery compare their own flutes with the Swiss alphorn and the Dutch windhorn introduced to
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Ritual
Garden Days: Village in Papua New Guinea
1988
25
‘
Directed by
Ariane Lewis
Jon Jerstad
.
A detailed account of domestic life in the Sepik area of Papua New Guinea, mainly from the women’s point of view. It describes their everyday activities in the ‘gardens’ in order to produce
Melanesia
Agriculture / Farming
Children / Young people
Ritual
Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda
1988
69
‘
Directed by
Richard Hawkins
.
An insightful documentary, constructed with visual restraint, about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts
East Africa
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity