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Fashioning Faith
directed by Yasmin Moll, fl. 2009; produced by New York University (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2009), 23 mins
When most Americans think of the Islamic veil, the image of Afghan women in blue burkas or the black chador of the Islamic Republic of Iran may come to mind. But what about the Muslim-American woman who easily combines her headscarf with jeans or haute couture gowns? Fashioning Faith takes a behind the scenes look...
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directed by Yasmin Moll, fl. 2009; produced by New York University (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2009), 23 mins
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When most Americans think of the Islamic veil, the image of Afghan women in blue burkas or the black chador of the Islamic Republic of Iran may come to mind. But what about the Muslim-American woman who easily combines her headscarf with jeans or haute couture gowns? Fashioning Faith takes a behind the scenes look at the emerging world of Islamic fashion and US-based clothing designers who make it possible. The film interweaves interviews and ver...
When most Americans think of the Islamic veil, the image of Afghan women in blue burkas or the black chador of the Islamic Republic of Iran may come to mind. But what about the Muslim-American woman who easily combines her headscarf with jeans or haute couture gowns? Fashioning Faith takes a behind the scenes look at the emerging world of Islamic fashion and US-based clothing designers who make it possible. The film interweaves interviews and verité footage from a diverse array of Muslim women with one goal in common – to express their faith through fashion. Nzinga Knight is a young Brooklynite who has won fashion accolades for her modest evening dresses – a first for the Islamic style market in America. Jenneh Williams has been in the Islamic retail business for decades, recently opening up her own boutique in Queens that caters to the growing number of black converts to Islam. Sabrina Enayatulla is a blogger fashionista with a mission – to change negative stereotypes of Islam through stylish creations. Brooke Samad hopes that her pious clothing collection will hit home with young professional Muslims looking for new alternatives to traditional garb, while the designers of the Eva Khurshid label seek to attract all Americans — regardless of creed — to their stylish clothing by making modesty the new mainstream. Through these women's stories, Fashioning Faith takes viewers on a colorful exploration of a world where fashion and faith fuse with often surprising results.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
New York University
Author / Creator
Yasmin Moll, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Women's wear, Tunics, Dresses, Hijabs, Muslim
Copyright Message
Copyright © Yasmin Moll 2009
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Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart
directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Alessandra Pasquino, 1961- and Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2012), 16 mins
The Balinese cremation ceremony, or ngaben, has primarily been known in the West as either a major tourist attraction that dazzles visitors with the splendor, intricacy, and drama of its performance, or as fodder for long-standing anthropological arguments about personhood and emotion on the island that debated w...
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directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Alessandra Pasquino, 1961- and Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2012), 16 mins
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The Balinese cremation ceremony, or ngaben, has primarily been known in the West as either a major tourist attraction that dazzles visitors with the splendor, intricacy, and drama of its performance, or as fodder for long-standing anthropological arguments about personhood and emotion on the island that debated whether or not Balinese people expressed, or even experienced, grief. According to Balinese Hindu beliefs, cremation is one of the most...
The Balinese cremation ceremony, or ngaben, has primarily been known in the West as either a major tourist attraction that dazzles visitors with the splendor, intricacy, and drama of its performance, or as fodder for long-standing anthropological arguments about personhood and emotion on the island that debated whether or not Balinese people expressed, or even experienced, grief. According to Balinese Hindu beliefs, cremation is one of the most important steps in a person's spiritual life, and a heavy responsibility to the family, because it is through cremation that the physical body is returned to its five constituent elements and the soul is cleansed and released from the body to ascend to heaven and be reincarnated. Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart takes an impressionistic look at the ngaben from the perspective of a mourning son, Nyoman Asub, and reveals the intimacy, sadness, and tenderness at the core of this funerary ritual and the feeling and force that underlie an exquisite cultural tradition. Amidst ample cultural and interpretive understandings of the cremation ceremony, the film purposefully provides a personalistic, impressionistic, and poetic glimpse of the process and the complex emotions involved.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alessandra Pasquino, 1961-, Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions
Author / Creator
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Hindu
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Elemental Productions
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The Poojari's Daughter
directed by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996; produced by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 1 hour 6 mins
The Poojari's Daughter opens with flashbacks of the South Indian priestess Rajathiammal 'cutting the goat' and ritually having her head tonsured. The year is 2001; the place Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Both these moments fulfill the priestess' deepest desires: to have herself filmed performing the annual goat sacrifice...
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directed by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996; produced by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 1 hour 6 mins
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The Poojari's Daughter opens with flashbacks of the South Indian priestess Rajathiammal 'cutting the goat' and ritually having her head tonsured. The year is 2001; the place Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Both these moments fulfill the priestess' deepest desires: to have herself filmed performing the annual goat sacrifice to the Saivite God Paandi that her famous priest father once carried out, and to renounce her family life altogether. Using experimenta...
The Poojari's Daughter opens with flashbacks of the South Indian priestess Rajathiammal 'cutting the goat' and ritually having her head tonsured. The year is 2001; the place Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Both these moments fulfill the priestess' deepest desires: to have herself filmed performing the annual goat sacrifice to the Saivite God Paandi that her famous priest father once carried out, and to renounce her family life altogether. Using experimental film techniques that recall the work of Trinh Minh Ha, The Poojari's Daughter weaves dramatic footage of these rituals and temple life at Paandi Kooyil with Rajathiammal's moving narration of her process, interviews with close family, and brief narrations by the filmmaker. Together, these create a vivid and unforgettably intimate portrait of the devotional worlds of this remarkable woman and South Indian Hinduism.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996
Author / Creator
Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Women, Priests, Hindu, Hindi, Tamil
Copyright Message
Copyright © Gillian Goslinga 2010
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Powerhouse for God
written by Barry Dornfeld, 1958-, Tom Rankin, 1957- and Jeff Todd Titon, 1943-; directed by Barry Dornfeld, 1958-, Tom Rankin, 1957- and Jeff Todd Titon, 1943-; produced by Barry Dornfeld, 1958-, Tom Rankin, 1957- and Jeff Todd Titon, 1943- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1989), 58 mins
Powerhouse for God is a stunning portrait of an old-fashioned Baptist preacher, his family, and their church in Virginia's northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Audiences who were born and raised among old-time southern Baptists say this film captures the fierce preaching, determined singing, autobiographical witnessing,...
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written by Barry Dornfeld, 1958-, Tom Rankin, 1957- and Jeff Todd Titon, 1943-; directed by Barry Dornfeld, 1958-, Tom Rankin, 1957- and Jeff Todd Titon, 1943-; produced by Barry Dornfeld, 1958-, Tom Rankin, 1957- and Jeff Todd Titon, 1943- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1989), 58 mins
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Powerhouse for God is a stunning portrait of an old-fashioned Baptist preacher, his family, and their church in Virginia's northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Audiences who were born and raised among old-time southern Baptists say this film captures the fierce preaching, determined singing, autobiographical witnessing, and stern doctrine that characterizes these religious communities. Powerhouse for God is a stunning portrait of an old-fashioned Bapti...
Powerhouse for God is a stunning portrait of an old-fashioned Baptist preacher, his family, and their church in Virginia's northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Audiences who were born and raised among old-time southern Baptists say this film captures the fierce preaching, determined singing, autobiographical witnessing, and stern doctrine that characterizes these religious communities. Powerhouse for God is a stunning portrait of an old-fashioned Baptist preacher, his family, and their church in Virginia's northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Audiences who were born and raised among old-time southern Baptists say this film captures the fierce preaching, determined singing, autobiographical witnessing, and stern doctrine that characterizes these religious communities. The filmmakers offer the portrait with an intimacy seldom achieved in documentary films. The church members reveal themselves in the film as complex human beings, not stereotypes. That they do reveal themselves is perhaps the result of their ten-year friendship with one of the filmmakers, and the production procedure itself. The small crew of three filmmakers spent three months on location and came to understand the church members' feelings and beliefs; the church members came to trust the filmmakers' purposes and allowed them into their lives. The film uses a first person narrator (one of the filmmakers) and makes it clear that the audience is viewing the church members through the filmmakers' eyes. Powerhouse for God shows the church members articulating and practicing their religious beliefs, but as a documentary film, its object is understanding - not endorsement or proselytizing. Careful representation is its method, and the portrait of the pastor is particularly complete and moving, as the audience comes to understand why he believes as he does.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Barry Dornfeld, 1958-, Tom Rankin, 1957-, Jeff Todd Titon, 1943-, John Sherfey
Author / Creator
Barry Dornfeld, 1958-, Tom Rankin, 1957-, Jeff Todd Titon, 1943-
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Jeff Todd Titon, 1943-
Topic / Theme
American, Spirituality, Preaching, Religious beliefs, Baptist, Ethnography, Religion & Philosophy, Americans
Copyright Message
© Documentary Educational Resources
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Return to the Land of Souls
directed by Jordi Esteva, 1951-; produced by Centre National des Arts et de la Culture. Côte d'Ivoire, Siwa Productions and TV3 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2016), 1 hour 11 mins
Brief nudity This item also contains graphic content.
In the 21st century, many ancestral beliefs are struggling to survive in a hostile, fast-changing world. In southeast Côte d'Ivoire, some Akan communities still make contact with the spirits through Komians or animistic priests who go into a trance and are possessed by the spirits of the Forest and the Waters. Je...
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directed by Jordi Esteva, 1951-; produced by Centre National des Arts et de la Culture. Côte d'Ivoire, Siwa Productions and TV3 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2016), 1 hour 11 mins
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In the 21st century, many ancestral beliefs are struggling to survive in a hostile, fast-changing world. In southeast Côte d'Ivoire, some Akan communities still make contact with the spirits through Komians or animistic priests who go into a trance and are possessed by the spirits of the Forest and the Waters. Jean Marie Addiaffi (1941-1999), a writer and intellectual from Ivory Coast, fought to conserve the Akans' oral literature, myths and leg...
In the 21st century, many ancestral beliefs are struggling to survive in a hostile, fast-changing world. In southeast Côte d'Ivoire, some Akan communities still make contact with the spirits through Komians or animistic priests who go into a trance and are possessed by the spirits of the Forest and the Waters. Jean Marie Addiaffi (1941-1999), a writer and intellectual from Ivory Coast, fought to conserve the Akans' oral literature, myths and legends, and the knowledge and uses of the plants. In Return to the Land of Souls, Yéo Douley, a disciple of Jean Marie Addiaffi, will set out on a journey to visit his master's grave and carry out a ritual libation. On his travel, he will attend the initiation rites of three people chosen by the spirits and witness one of them proclaimed as the new Komian, or high animistic priest.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Centre National des Arts et de la Culture. Côte d'Ivoire, Siwa Productions, TV3
Author / Creator
Jordi Esteva, 1951-
Date Published / Released
2010, 2016
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Spiritual leaders, Animism, Akan, Ivorians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Documentary Educational Resources
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Shugendô Now: The Forest of Mountain Learning
directed by Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014; produced by Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation and Enpower Pictures (Middlesex County, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 50 mins
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddh...
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directed by Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014; produced by Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation and Enpower Pictures (Middlesex County, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 50 mins
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How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natur...
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natural world, practitioners purify the six roots of perception, revitalize their energy and reconnect with their truest nature — all while grasping the fundamental interconnectedness with nature and all sentient beings. How does one return to the city after an enlightening experience in the mountains? More poetic than analytical, this film explores how a group of modern Japanese people integrate the myriad ways mountain learning interacts with urban life. With intimate camera work and a sensual sound design the viewer is taken from deep within the Kumano mountains to the floating worlds of Osaka and Tokyo and back again. Might the two be seen as one?
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation, Enpower Pictures
Author / Creator
Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Spirituality, Japanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Enpower Pictures
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Shugendô Now: The Lotus Ascent
directed by Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014; produced by Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation and Enpower Pictures (Middlesex County, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 43 mins
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddh...
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directed by Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014; produced by Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation and Enpower Pictures (Middlesex County, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 43 mins
Description
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natur...
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natural world, practitioners purify the six roots of perception, revitalize their energy and reconnect with their truest nature — all while grasping the fundamental interconnectedness with nature and all sentient beings. How does one return to the city after an enlightening experience in the mountains? More poetic than analytical, this film explores how a group of modern Japanese people integrate the myriad ways mountain learning interacts with urban life. With intimate camera work and a sensual sound design the viewer is taken from deep within the Kumano mountains to the floating worlds of Osaka and Tokyo and back again. Might the two be seen as one?
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation, Enpower Pictures
Author / Creator
Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Spirituality, Japanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Enpower Pictures
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