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Films
6 Films
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Year of production
“1977”
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Status
“A”
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films with a digital version
5
films available on demand
1
Region
East Africa
2
North America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South America
1
South Asia
1
Country
Brazil
1
Canada
1
Kenya
2
Morocco
1
Nepal
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Everyday Life
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Herding
2
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Labour
2
Marriage
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Possession
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Social Change
2
Social Conflict
1
Social Norms
1
Social Organisation
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Cross, Stephen
1
Curling, Chris
1
Grigsby, Michael
1
Llewelyn-Davies, Melissa
1
MacDougall, David
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Winter, Pattie
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
5
Turkana Conversations
1
Country of production
Australia
1
United Kingdom
6
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Year of production
1977
6
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Status
Film list
The Eskimos of Pond Inlet
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Grigsby
.
For the Eskimos of Pond Inlet – a new village in North Baffin Island in which they have been settled by the Canadian Government – the life of the semi-nomadic hunter has given way to that of
North America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Collective / Community identity
Social Conflict
Lorang’s Way
1977
69
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
The Turkana are a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists who inhabit a harsh environment of dry thorn country in northwestern Kenya. Lorang’s Way focuses upon a Turkana elder. Having spent time away
East Africa
Herding
Social Change
Nomads and Nomadism
The Rendille
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Chris Curling
.
The Rendille are camel herders who live in villages and camps dotted over 10,000 square miles of desert and scrub bush in Northern Kenya. As the terrain they occupy is so dry, the Rendille grow no
East Africa
Herding
Animals
Social Organisation
Everyday Life
Sherpas of Nepal
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Pattie Winter
.
Thami is a village 12,000 feet up in the Himalayas in the Kingdom of Nepal. As the film’s opening shots illustrate, in a type of filmic short-hand, Thami is composed of a patchwork of individual
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Labour
Marriage
Social Change
Some Women of Marrakech
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
.
In Marrakech, traditional attitudes to women prevail perhaps more strongly than in other Moroccan cities. This is especially true for those women who live by the standards of traditional ideals in
North and Northeast Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Social Norms
Umbanda
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Stephen Cross
.
Umbanda is a syncretic religious movement, combining elements from orthodox Catholicism with submerged African and indigenous Indian spiritual beliefs. In spite of past attempts to suppress it,
South America
Possession
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual