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Films
2 Films
Region
“Southern Africa”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Year of production
“2014”
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films with a digital version
1
Region
South America
1
Southern Africa
2
x
Country
Angola
1
Botswana
1
Brazil
1
Keywords
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Death
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Directors
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Werbner, Richard
1
Series
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
not set
1
Country of production
Brazil
1
South Africa
1
United Kingdom
2
x
Year of production
2014
2
x
Film list
Body Games – Capoeira and Ancestry
2014
87
‘
Student
Directed by
Richard Pakleppa
Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Christine Dettmann
.
The film follows master Cobra Mansa and his friends in the search for the African roots of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira. A powerful myth links Capoeira to a legendary Angolan game called Engolo
South America
Southern Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
Burying Hallelujah
2014
51
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
Hallelujah, a ‘bush mechanic’ turned archbishop, gets the funeral he deserves, one of the very biggest in Botswana’s railway town, Palapye. Many churches come together, their robes, splendid, their
Southern Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Death