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Films
4 Films
Country
“India”
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Series
“0”
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Year of production
“2005”
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Status
“A”
x
films with a digital version
2
Region
South Asia
4
Country
India
4
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Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Material Culture
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Social Change
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Balikci, Asen
1
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
MacDougall, David
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Östör, Ákos
1
Series
not set
4
x
Country of production
Australia
1
India
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Year of production
2005
4
x
Status
Film list
Holy Men and Fools
2005
61
‘
Directed by
Michael Yorke
.
The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Inter-religious relations
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Singing Pictures – Women Painters of Naya
2005
45
‘
Directed by
Lina Fruzzetti
Ákos Östör
.
For generations the Patua (Chitrakara) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The film follows the daily lives of Muslim Patua women from Naya
South Asia
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans
Music / Ethnomusicology
Some Alien Creatures
2005
74
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
A film about the famous experimental, co-educational boarding school in South India, the Rishi Valley School, founded by the influential Indian thinker Krishnamurti. In this film about a progressive
South Asia
Children / Young people
Gender Role and Identity
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Tingvong: A Lepcha Village in Sikkim
2005
60
‘
Directed by
Dawa T Lepcha
Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Asen Balikci
.
The film illustrates the changes the Lepcha of the Dzongu reserve, North Sikkim, have been through in the last 60 years. From the 1940s, the Lepcha of Tingvong village gradually abandoned hunting,
South Asia
Social Change
Religion / Belief / Faith
Agriculture / Farming