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In 1961, anthropologist Robert Gardner organised an expedition to the highlands of New Guinea to film the Dani people. He stayed for six months to create an essay on the themes of violence and death most...
Following in the same template as 1992’s BARAKA (also directed by Fricke), SAMSARA is a study in the ways humanity works as a collective and as individuals, with the cycle of human existence providing the...
The film introduces the audience to ten Muslim women from various backgrounds who now live in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Their discussion about hijab, the headscarf, revolves around a lecture on the same...
About the encounter between tradition and modernity in a small village of Papua New Guinea. Three exceptional men rival with each other in the field of rituals and artistic creation in order to win over...
Brings together excerpts from 15 films to illustrate the relationship between Spanish cinema and culture. Primarily intended as an accompaniment to Professor Marsha Kinder’s critique of Spanish film,...
A characteristic of the Na, an ethnic group in south-east China, is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives. Their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and, in that...
Series using archaeological and historical source materials to present in a drama-documentary format a thematic exposition of social, economic, cultural and political aspects of Buddhism, focusing on the...
Depicts a fast-disappearing way of life - that of goat-herders in the mountains of eastern Sardinia. Three generations are seen: Pietro, a teenager, is thinking of going on to secondary school to study hotel...
Scenes of nature are followed by scenes of religious celebrations, human life and work, death in war and funeral rituals. Filmed in 24 countries including Tanzania, China, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait, Cambodia,...
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