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Films
3 Films
Region
“Central Asia and Far East”
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Keywords
“Collective Community identity”
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films with a digital version
2
short films
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
3
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Country
China
2
Russian Federation
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
3
x
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Ritual
1
Social Change
1
Directors
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
1
Seaman, Gary
1
Singer, André
1
Song, Zhifang
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Song Family Village
1
Country of production
China
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1983
1
1997
1
2009
1
Film list
The Kazakhs of China
1983
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
The Kazakhs of Xinjiang (Sinkiang) are one of the fifty-five national minorities that now live within the borders of the People’s Republic of China. The policy of the Chinese Communist Party toward
Central Asia and Far East
Social Change
Nomads and Nomadism
Collective / Community identity
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, ‘Song Family Village’ is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Yukaghir Stories
1997
30
‘
Directed by
Rane Willerslev
.
The Yukhagirs are one of the small indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia. This film, shot in the village of Nelemnoye, explores what it means to be a Yukhagir.
Central Asia and Far East
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Collective / Community identity