Films 8 Films Series "The Well-Being Quest in Botswana" x films with a digital version 1 short films 1 Region British-Irish Isles 3 Southern Africa 5 Country Botswana 5 United Kingdom 3 Keywords Death 1 Health / Health care / Healing 3 Informant-researcher relationship 1 Possession 1 Reflexivity 3 Religion / Belief / Faith 4 Reproduction (biology) 2 Ritual 2 Urban 1 Directors Werbner, Richard 8 Series The Well-Being Quest in Botswana 8 x Country of production United Kingdom 8 Year of production 2004 1 2006 1 2008 1 2009 1 2011 3 2014 1 Film list 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 Counterpoint Botswana 2011 45' Directed by Richard Werbner. Seeing 'Holy Hustler', the 2009 film made in Botswana, local viewers respond and discuss it with the filmmaker Richard Werbner in 2011. 'Counterpoint Botswana' captures the reception by home British-Irish Isles Reflexivity Counterpoint One 2011 37' Directed by Richard Werbner. The first in the Forum Follies series, 'Counterpoint One' pitches the ethnographic filmmaker Richard Werbner into debate with audiences for his film 'Holy Hustlers' (2009), from a rough to a final British-Irish Isles Reflexivity Counterpoint Two 2011 45' Directed by Richard Werbner. The second in the 'Forum Follies' series, 'Counterpoint Two' pitches the ethnographic filmmaker Richard Werbner into debate with audiences for his film 'Encountering Eloyi' (2008), from a rough to a British-Irish Isles Reflexivity Encountering Eloyi 2008 56' Directed by Richard Werbner. Of all the faith-healing churches in Botswana, Eloyi is the most controversial. Sensational stories in newspapers and on television have made Eloyi notorious for so-called witch-busting and for Southern Africa Health / Health care / Healing Ritual Religion / Belief / Faith Reproduction (biology) Holy Hustlers 2009 53' Directed by Richard Werbner. Charismatic, street-wise young men, living in Botswana’s capital, command the prophetic domain in Eloyi, their Apostolic faith-healing church, at a time of escalating crisis. Bitter, sinful Southern Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Urban Possession Shade Seekers and The Mixer 2006 60' Directed by Richard Werbner. Set in Moremi village within Botswana’s awesome Tswapong hills, the film makes village elders self-consciously reflexive. The elders, including a controversial healer, view and discuss an earlier Southern Africa Health / Health care / Healing Religion / Belief / Faith Informant-researcher relationship Séance Reflections with Richard Werbner 2004 45' Directed by Richard Werbner. Njebe and Martha are a childless couple living in Botswana’s capital. Seeking to recover their well-being, they consult a charismatic diviner and healer, in Njebe’s old village, Moremi. They Southern Africa Health / Health care / Healing Ritual Reproduction (biology)