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Films
3 Films
Series
“0”
x
Year of production
“1999”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
1
Region
Melanesia
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Country
Bulgaria
1
China
1
Samoa
1
Keywords
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Post-communism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Directors
Cai, Hua
1
Croall, Heather
1
Dontchev, Antonii
1
Series
not set
3
x
Country of production
Australia
1
Bulgaria
1
China
1
Year of production
1999
3
x
Film list
Daba – Portrait of a Na Shaman
1999
40
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
After more than a quarter of a century without any form of religious ceremony, the Na, an ethnic group living on the Himalayan plateau, began openly practising their religion again in the early
South-East Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Religion / Belief / Faith
Shamans and Shamanism
A Month in the Life of Ephtim D.
1999
56
‘
Directed by
Antonii Dontchev
.
Ephtim D., 73 years old, is a retired postman. He lives in Sofia with his wife Ghinka in a three room suburban apartment. As a socialist he feels confused by the ‘crazy’ democracy and the
South-East Europe
Health / Health care / Healing
Post-communism
Socioeconomic conditions
Paradise Bent. Boys will be Girls in Samoa
1999
51
‘
Directed by
Heather Croall
.
Paradise Bent is a fascinating and entertaining film that tells the story of the Samoan fa’afafines: boys who are raised as girls and take on the domestic duties performed by women around the home,
Melanesia
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality