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Films
4 Films
with a digital version available
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Region
“South Asia”
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Keywords
“Music Ethnomusicology”
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Series
“0”
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Status
“A”
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films with a digital version
4
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short films
1
Region
South Asia
4
x
Country
Afghanistan
2
Pakistan
1
Tibet
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
2
Music / Ethnomusicology
4
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Personal Narrative
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Baily, John
3
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Series
not set
4
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Country of production
United Kingdom
3
not set
1
Year of production
1988
1
2008
2
2013
1
Status
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
Dor, Low is Better
1988
47
‘
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film offers an experimental approach to the comparative study of cultures: the monks of a Tibetan monastery compare their own flutes with the Swiss alphorn and the Dutch windhorn introduced to
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Ritual
Return of the Nightingales
2013
33
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
In 2010 Afghan musicologist Dr. Ahmad Sarmast opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a coeducational vocational music school in Kabul that teaches Afghan, Indian and Western
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Children / Young people
Ustad Rahim
2008
55
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
Shot in the city of Heart, western Afghanistan 1994, in the period between the fall of the last leftist government and the coming of the Taliban, this is a portrait film of an outstanding musician,
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Personal Narrative