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Films
2 Films
Keywords
“Animals”
and
“Indigenous peoples First Nations peoples”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
Status
“A”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
North America
1
Country
Canada
1
Japan
1
Keywords
Animals
2
x
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
x
Ritual
1
Directors
Johnston, Graham
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Series
National Film and Television School
1
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
2
x
Year of production
1931
1
1983
1
Status
Film list
The Ainu Bear Ceremony
1931
27
‘
Directed by
Neil G. Munro
.
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Muktuk
1983
40
‘
Directed by
Graham Johnston
.
Shot on the mosquito-ridden shores of the Mackenzie Delta in Canada’s North-West territories, the film deals with the annual Beluga (white whale) hunt. Three families are followed who have
North America
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Education / Knowledge transmission