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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Marriage”
x
Country of production
“United States”
x
Status
“A”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
East Africa
2
North America
1
Country
Canada
1
China
2
Kenya
2
Keywords
Animals
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Family / Kinship
3
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Herding
1
History
1
Marriage
5
x
Social Change
2
Directors
Curtis, Edward S.
1
MacDougall, David
2
MacDougall, Judith
2
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
2
Seaman, Gary
2
Song, Zhifang
2
Series
Song Family Village
2
Turkana Conversations
2
not set
1
Country of production
Australia
2
Canada
1
China
2
United States
5
x
Year of production
1972
1
1976
1
1981
1
2009
2
Status
Film list
In the Land of the War Canoes
1972
47
‘
Directed by
Edward S. Curtis
.
The film was made in 1914 by Edward Curtis. The plot concerns the efforts of a young man, Motana, son of a great chief, to obtain a bride and how he is thwarted by a wicked sorcerer. Many of the
North America
Archival material / Museum displays
Marriage
Film / Photography / Mass media
Marriage, Maoism and Modernity
2009
30
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
This film outlines the types of marriage exchange practiced in a Chinese village over the last fifty years. Dowry, brideprice and exchange marriages have dominated the marriage market in turn as
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
History
Social Change
Song Family Village Takes a Bride
2009
27
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Most weddings in the village still reflect traditional patterns of patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence. The bride leaves her natal home to marry into her husband’s village, where she is a
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
The Wedding Camels
1976
108
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Also about individuals from the Turkana in north-western Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘A Wife Among Wives’), this film chronicles a series of events which surround the marriage of Lorang’s
East Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Animals
Herding
A Wife Among Wives
1981
72
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
This segment of the trilogy on the Turkana of northern Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘The Wedding Camels’ above) evolves around the role of women in the society. The audience follows the
East Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Family / Kinship