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Confluences - Emerillon of French Guiana (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Perle Møhl, fl. 2007 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 1 hour 18 mins

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Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy these negative images, delving into their world with a lucid description of the...

directed by Perle Møhl, fl. 2007 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 1 hour 18 mins
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Cultivating Death (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Martin Gruber, fl. 2003 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2003), 22 mins

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Cemeteries are not only places for the dead. They are also spaces in which the living interact with each other – and with the dead. “Cultivating Death” depicts the different ways in which bereaved people remember and commemorate their deceased family members and friends,...

directed by Martin Gruber, fl. 2003 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2003), 22 mins
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Daba / Na Shaman (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Cai Hua; produced by Cai Hua (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1999), 41 mins

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After more than a quarter of a century without any form of religious ceremony, the Na, an ethnic group living on the Himalayan plateau, began openly practising their religion again in the early 1990s. Their priests are called daba. Among the few old shamans who are still livin...

directed by Cai Hua; produced by Cai Hua (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1999), 41 mins
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Democracía Indígena (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Pacho Lane, 1938-; produced by Gerardo Avila Garcia (Watertown, MA: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2000), 38 mins

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This film examines the indigenous rights revolution sweeping Mexico through the municipal elections in Huehuetla, Puebla. In 1989, the Huehuetla Totonacs formed the Organización Independiente Totonaca (OIT), and joined in an electoral alliance with the Partido de la Revoluci..

directed by Pacho Lane, 1938-; produced by Gerardo Avila Garcia (Watertown, MA: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2000), 38 mins
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Disappearing World, In search of cool ground, Part 1. The Mursi: The Mursi Trilogy (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Leslie Woodhead; produced by Leslie Woodhead, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1974), 54 mins

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What made this trilogy special was that, unlike most television reportage, it had a temporal dimension. That is to say, it offered not a brutal, intrusive and uncomprehending snapshot, but a sympathetic, well-informed and thoughtful history of ten difficult years in the life o...

directed by Leslie Woodhead; produced by Leslie Woodhead, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1974), 54 mins
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Disappearing World, The Kawelka: Ongka’s Big Moka (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Charlie Nairn, fl. 1974, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute), 55 mins

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Ongka is a charismatic big-man of the Kawelka tribe who live scattered in the Western highlands, north of Mount Hagen, in New Guinea. The film focuses on the motivations and efforts involved in organising a big ceremonial gift-exchange or moka planned to take place sometime in...

directed by Charlie Nairn, fl. 1974, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute), 55 mins
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Disappearing World, The Herders of Mongun-Taiga (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by John Sheppard; produced by John Sheppard, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute), 55 mins

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The Tuvinians live deep inside the Soviet Union, at the very centre of Asia-. Tuva is geographically closer to Beijing than to Moscow. It only entered the USSR in 1944 and was closed to foreigners until 1988. According to the film-makers the last known British visitors were me...

directed by John Sheppard; produced by John Sheppard, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute), 55 mins
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Disappearing World, The Kayapo: Out of the Forest (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Michael Beckham, 1938-2017; produced by Michael Beckham, 1938-2017, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute), 54 mins

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Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a reunification of the tribes at Altamira-the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam that will flood large parts of the Xingu valley. The gathering also served as a media event as the Kayapo and their al...

directed by Michael Beckham, 1938-2017; produced by Michael Beckham, 1938-2017, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute), 54 mins
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Disappearing World, We Are All Neighbours (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Debbie Christie; produced by Debbie Christie, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1993), 1 hour 5 mins

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The effect of war on families in a racially mixed village outside Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Moslems have hitherto lived peacefully together. In January 1993, Disappearing World set out to make a film about how war affected families and friendships in a...

directed by Debbie Christie; produced by Debbie Christie, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1993), 1 hour 5 mins
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Forbidden Rites, Cannibalism (Teacher's Edition)
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directed by Tom Sheahan, fl. 1999 and Andre Singer, fl. 1975, in Forbidden Rites (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1999), 54 mins
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Drawing on a wide range of international examples, including ancient Britain and Papua New Guinea, this film investigates the history of cannibalism around the world. It encourages viewers to question what is and is not classifed as cannibalism. The film is part of ‘The Fo...

directed by Tom Sheahan, fl. 1999 and Andre Singer, fl. 1975, in Forbidden Rites (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1999), 54 mins
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