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Films
6 Films
Keywords
“Rural”
x
Series
“Disappearing World Series”
x
films with a digital version
6
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Albania
1
China
1
France
1
Mongolia
1
Sierra Leone
1
Spain
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Everyday Life
2
Herding
3
Land Rights
1
Post-communism
1
Ritual
1
Rural
6
x
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
3
Social Organisation
2
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Carr, Peter
1
Curling, Chris
1
MacDonald, Bruce
1
Moser, Brian
2
Wason, David
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
6
x
Country of production
United Kingdom
6
Year of production
1972
1
1975
1
1987
1
1989
1
1990
1
1991
1
Film list
The Albanians of Rrogam
1991
52
‘
Directed by
David Wason
.
With the fall of the Stalinist regime in Albania, one of the poorest countries in Europe, the people of a remote mountain village, Rrogam, are faced with the dilmma of how to re-allocate the land and
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Social Change
Land Rights
Rural
The Basques of Santazi
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
*In her book ‘The Circle of Mountains’ Sandra Ott provided a fascinating analysis of social reciprocity (…) The film highlights the village’s contemporary dilemmas and thereby complements rather
Western Europe
Herding
Social Change
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
Mongolia, part 1: On the Edge of the Gobi
1975
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
Mongolia is a country the size of Western Europe with under 1.5 million people but over 23 million head of livestock. This film concentrates on life in the great plains of Mongolia, at the foot of
Central Asia and Far East
Herding
Social Change
Rural
Everyday Life
The Villagers of Sierra de Gredos
1989
52
‘
Directed by
Peter Carr
.
The 130 villagers of Navalguijo in the Sierra de Gredos of Central Spain live in a village perched high in the mountains and they face an extreme climate with very cold winters and hot summers. The
Western Mediterranean
Herding
Rural
Collective / Community identity