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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Rural”
and
“Social Organisation”
x
films with a digital version
2
Region
Scandinavia
1
South-East Asia
1
West Africa
1
Country
China
1
Faroe Islands
1
Sierra Leone
1
Keywords
Everyday Life
2
Ritual
1
Rural
3
x
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Organisation
3
x
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Curling, Chris
1
MacDonald, Bruce
1
Moser, Brian
1
Rasmussen, Ulla
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
2
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
1
Country of production
Denmark
1
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
1972
1
1990
1
1992
1
Film list
The Light on Mykines Island
1992
66
‘
Directed by
Ulla Rasmussen
.
Ulla Boje Rasmussen’s at once historical and contemporary documentary from 1992 about the life and nature of the sparsely populated and spellbound island of Mykines. With outstanding footage she
Scandinavia
Everyday Life
Social Organisation
Rural
The Mende
1990
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
This is a portrait of Kpuawala, Sierra Leone, a village of some 260 Mende people living in a clearing in the forest in houses of mud brick and tin. Like any village portrait it gossips, happy
West Africa
Everyday Life
Social Organisation
Rural
The Meo
1972
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
Chris Curling
.
Over the last three thousand years the Meo (Miao or Hmong) have migrated south from north and central China to avoid oppression and protect their way of life. Today they live in scattered mountain
South-East Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Shamans and Shamanism
Ritual
Social Organisation
Rural