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Films
3 Films
Series
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Year of production
“2008”
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Festival Prize Category
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films with a digital version
2
Region
Melanesia
1
South Asia
1
Southern Africa
1
Country
Pakistan
1
South Africa
1
Vanuatu
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Development projects
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
2
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Directors
Baily, John
1
Francois, Alexandre
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Series
not set
3
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Country of production
France
1
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
2008
3
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Film list
Across the Border: Afghan Musicians exiled in Peshawar
2008
54
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
It is the year 2000 and most of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. Hearing that many of Afghanistain’s musicians are now in exile across the border in Pakistan, ethnomusicologist John
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
Music / Ethnomusicology
Religion / Belief / Faith
The Poet’s Salary
2008
59
‘
Directed by
Eric Wittersheim
Alexandre Francois
.
For the first time in many years, on the little island of Motalava in Vanuatu, a new song will be composed in the island’s ancestors’ language, the language of god Quat, and become part of the
Melanesia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Linguistics / Language
Informant-researcher relationship
Rough Aunties
2008
103
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
Jackie, Mildred, Eureka and Thuli are the women behind Bobbi Bear, a nonprofit organization based in Durban, South Africa, that counsels sexually abused children and works to bring their abusers to
Southern Africa
Socioeconomic conditions
Children / Young people
Development projects