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Films
2 Films
Keywords
“Sport”
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Series
“0”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
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films with a digital version
1
Region
Melanesia
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
Country
Papua New Guinea
1
Sudan
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Political Activists
1
Sport
2
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Urban
1
Directors
Husmann, Rolf
1
Kildea, Gary
1
Leach, Jerry
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Series
not set
2
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Country of production
Germany
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Year of production
1974
1
1991
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Nuba Wrestling
1991
42
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Werner Sperschneider
.
The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Sport
Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism
1974
50
‘
Directed by
Gary Kildea
Jerry Leach
.
The film documents the transformation by the Trobriand Islanders of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries into a highly distinctive political ritual. Shot in 1973-1974,
Melanesia
Sport
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Political Activists