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Films
3 Films
Series
“0”
x
Year of production
“1991”
x
films with a digital version
2
Region
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
1
West Africa
1
Country
India
1
Sudan
1
Togo
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Possession
1
Ritual
1
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Urban
1
Directors
Folly, Anne Laure
1
Husmann, Rolf
1
MacDougall, David
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Series
not set
3
x
Country of production
France
1
Germany
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1991
3
x
Film list
The Guardian of the Forces
1991
52
‘
Directed by
Anne Laure Folly
.
‘The Guardian of the Forces’ introduces the viewer to the world of Sikavi, a ‘fetish priest’ in Lome, Togo. He controls the spirits of several voodoos or gods. The film explores the significance
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Possession
Ritual
Nuba Wrestling
1991
42
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Werner Sperschneider
.
The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Sport
Photo Wallahs
1991
60
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
This film is an exploration of the cultural and personal meanings of photographs in a hill station in northern India. The ‘photo wallahs’ are the local photographers of Mussoorie, a town which
South Asia
Film / Photography / Mass media
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage