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Films
3 Films
Region
“Central Asia and Far East”
x
Keywords
“Gender Role and Identity”
and
“Social Change”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
3
x
Country
China
1
Japan
1
Russian Federation
1
Keywords
Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
3
x
Herding
1
Marriage
2
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
3
x
Directors
Hunt, Clare
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
1
Seaman, Gary
1
Sheppard, John
1
Song, Zhifang
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Song Family Village
1
not set
1
Country of production
China
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1989
1
1992
1
2009
1
Film list
The Good Wife of Tokyo
1992
52
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Clare Hunt
.
Kazuko Hohki goes back to Tokyo with her band, the ‘Frank Chickens’, after living in England for 15 years. This wry and delightful film records her re-experiencing of Japan after a long absence,
Central Asia and Far East
Music / Ethnomusicology
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Social Change
The Herders of Mongun-Taiga
1989
52
‘
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
The Tuvinians live deep inside the Soviet Union, at the very centre of Asia. Tuva is geographically closer to Peking than to Moscow. It only entered the USSR in 1944 and was closed to foreigners
Central Asia and Far East
Herding
Nomads and Nomadism
Shamans and Shamanism
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
Song Family Village Takes a Bride
2009
27
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Most weddings in the village still reflect traditional patterns of patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence. The bride leaves her natal home to marry into her husband’s village, where she is a
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change