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Films
4 Films
Region
“South-East Asia”
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Series
“Disappearing World Series”
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films with a digital version
4
Region
South-East Asia
4
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Country
China
1
Indonesia
2
Myanmar
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Everyday Life
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Land Rights
1
Memory
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
1
Social Organisation
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
2
Directors
Blake, John
1
Curling, Chris
1
Moser, Brian
1
Sheppard, John
2
Wason, David
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
4
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Country of production
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1972
1
1974
1
1988
1
1993
1
Film list
The Longest Struggle: The Karen of Burma
1993
52
‘
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
In the forested hills of eastern Burma, a war has been going on for more than 50 years. A war that is rarely reported and is often apparently at a stalemate. For the Karen people of this part of
South-East Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
The Meo
1972
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
Chris Curling
.
Over the last three thousand years the Meo (Miao or Hmong) have migrated south from north and central China to avoid oppression and protect their way of life. Today they live in scattered mountain
South-East Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Shamans and Shamanism
Ritual
Social Organisation
Rural
The Sakuddei
1974
52
‘
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
The Sakuddei are a small and ethnically separate community living on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Their distinctive way of life and elaborate religious
South-East Asia
Collective / Community identity
Social Change
Land Rights
The Whale Hunters of Lamalera
1988
52
‘
Directed by
John Blake
David Wason
.
The Whale Hunters of Lamalera was filmed over a period of four weeks during June 1987. Lamalera is a village which is perched on the rocky slopes of an active volcano on the southern coast of the
South-East Asia
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Animals
Everyday Life