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Films
7 Films
Keywords
“Tourism Travel Pilgrimage”
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Series
“0”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
4
Region
East Africa
1
Micronesia
1
South America
1
South Asia
4
West Africa
1
Country
Brazil
1
Federated States of Micronesia
1
Ghana
1
India
4
Madagascar
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Development projects
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Environment
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Inter-religious relations
2
Memory
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Popular Culture
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
7
Directors
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Hajee, Amin
1
MacDougall, David
2
MacDougall, Judith
1
Pereira, Nilton
1
Picard, David
1
Singer, André
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Series
not set
7
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Country of production
Australia
1
Brazil
1
India
2
United Kingdom
5
United States
1
Year of production
1989
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1991
1
2005
1
2008
1
2009
1
2013
1
2017
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Black Mountain
2008
84
‘
Directed by
Charlotte Whitby-Coles
Amin Hajee
.
A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage to a Sufi Saint has been transformed and its local history rewritten – the film documents the journey of Charlotte, a student undertaking her PhD
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Inter-religious relations
Holy Men and Fools
2005
61
‘
Directed by
Michael Yorke
.
The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
The Last Navigator
1989
50
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
This is the story of two cultures and two technologies. An American navigator is taught the skills of navigation by a traditional Micronesian navigator on Satawal island. The American tries to
Micronesia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Infrastructure / Transport
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Photo Wallahs
1991
60
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
This film is an exploration of the cultural and personal meanings of photographs in a hill station in northern India. The ‘photo wallahs’ are the local photographers of Mussoorie, a town which
South Asia
Film / Photography / Mass media
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Tabom in Bahia
2017
52
‘
Directed by
Juan Diego Diaz
Nilton Pereira
.
There is a small community in Ghana who identify as Brazilians. Their name is the Tabom. They are the descendants of former enslaved Africans and creoles who resettled from Bahia to Ghana during the
South America
West Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
Memory
Migration
Popular Culture
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Uncanny Strangers
2009
46
‘
Directed by
David Picard
.
Uncanny Strangers has been filmed in a fishing village in the South-West of Madagascar. Through a series of everyday life episodes the film provides insight into the relationships between the
East Africa
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Development projects
Environment
Under the Palace Wall
2013
53
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
From the 16th century the Indian village of Delwara in southern Rajasthan was ruled as a principality of the kingdom of Mewar. Its palace, which overlooks the village, is now a luxury hotel – a
South Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Children / Young people
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage