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Films
found one film
Region
“North and Northeast Africa”
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Country
“Ethiopia”
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Keywords
“Health Health care Healing”
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Directors
“Woodhead, Leslie”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
1
Region
North and Northeast Africa
1
x
Country
Ethiopia
1
x
Keywords
Health / Health care / Healing
1
x
Ritual
1
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Woodhead, Leslie
1
x
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
1
x
Year of production
1991
1
Colour / Black and white
Film
Mursi: The Land is Bad
1991
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
A further visit to the Mursi of Southern Ethiopia with whom contact was established 17 years ago, for an important coming of age ceremony which has had to be postponed many times. An elder of the Mursi faces his last and most important challenge — to arrange this ceremony. The date has been finally set but life has been very difficult for the Mursi over the past few years owing to attacks by hostile tribes, drought, famine, disease and cattle raiders and even now the ceremony may not take palace. There was a meningitis epidemic from which many people died until a vaccination and treatment programme ended it. This time we visit the South, the heartland of the Mursi, but everyone is fearful for the future.
North and Northeast Africa
Ritual
Social Conflict
Health / Health care / Healing