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Films
3 Films
Series
“0”
x
Year of production
“1996”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
2
films available on demand
1
Region
Central America
1
North America
1
South-East Asia
2
Country
Indonesia
1
Mexico
1
Myanmar
1
United States
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Labour
1
Migration
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Directors
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Moore, Allen
1
Werner, Louis
1
Series
not set
3
x
Country of production
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1996
3
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Film list
Keepers of the Faith: The Buddhist Nuns of Sagaing Hills
1996
51
‘
Directed by
Hiroko Kawanami
.
In the Sagaing Hills, 12 miles from the ancient capital of Mandalay are hundreds of pagodas, stupas, monasteries and nunneries which form a focal point of worship for Buddhism in Burma. In 1986 the
South-East Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
A Sheepherder’s Homecoming
1996
40
‘
Directed by
Allen Moore
Louis Werner
.
This film documents a migrant worker’s experiences as a herder on a Nevada sheep ranch who then returns to his family in Mexico after a long absence to renew ties and find a job at home. It
North America
Central America
Migration
Labour
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity