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Allah In Europe, Hamburg
directed by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018 and Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018; presented by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018; produced by Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018, in Allah In Europe (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2018), 43 mins
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to...
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directed by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018 and Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018; presented by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018; produced by Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018, in Allah In Europe (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2018), 43 mins
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What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex - believers and new converts. What do...
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex - believers and new converts. What do they hope for and what are their concerns? In this series, Jan stays true to his style: nuanced and respectful, without shying away from controversy.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018
Author / Creator
Jan Leyers, fl. 2018, Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
First Hand Films
Series
Allah In Europe
Topic / Theme
Religious conversions, Cultural assimilation, Religion, Islam, Europeans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Film Platform
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Allah In Europe, Paris (2018)
directed by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018 and Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018; presented by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018; produced by Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018, in Allah In Europe (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2018), 43 mins
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to...
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directed by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018 and Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018; presented by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018; produced by Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018, in Allah In Europe (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2018), 43 mins
Description
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex - believers and new converts. What do...
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex - believers and new converts. What do they hope for and what are their concerns? In this series, Jan stays true to his style: nuanced and respectful, without shying away from controversy.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018
Author / Creator
Jan Leyers, fl. 2018, Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
First Hand Films
Series
Allah In Europe
Topic / Theme
Islam, Arabs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Film Platform
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Cities Of The Underworld, Season 1, Episode 12, Secret Pagan Underground
produced by Allison Hynes, fl. 2003, Thirty Four Productions and Authentic Entertainment, in Cities Of The Underworld, Season 1, Episode 12 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2007), 43 mins
Cities of the Underworld descends below the streets of major cities such as New York, Cairo, London, and Tokyo to explore the remnants of subterranean civilizations left buried there. Episode: Secret Pagan Underground: Cappadocia is where East meets West, setting the stage for bloody battles and ruthless land wars...
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produced by Allison Hynes, fl. 2003, Thirty Four Productions and Authentic Entertainment, in Cities Of The Underworld, Season 1, Episode 12 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2007), 43 mins
Description
Cities of the Underworld descends below the streets of major cities such as New York, Cairo, London, and Tokyo to explore the remnants of subterranean civilizations left buried there. Episode: Secret Pagan Underground: Cappadocia is where East meets West, setting the stage for bloody battles and ruthless land wars. This landscape in modern day Turkey is unlike any other in the world.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Don Wildman, 1961-, Allison Hynes, fl. 2003, Thirty Four Productions, Authentic Entertainment
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
Cities Of The Underworld
Person Discussed
Mimar Sinan, 1488-1588
Topic / Theme
History, Churches, Caves, Underground construction, Christianity, Architecture, Religious cults, Arabs, Romans (ancient), Turkish
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 A+E Networks. All Rights Reserved
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Disappearing World, Witchcraft Among the Azande
directed by Andre Singer, fl. 1975; produced by Andre Singer, fl. 1975, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1981), 53 mins
This documentary analyzes the role of witchcraft among the Azande people of central Africa, who considered it to be a major danger. They believe that witchcraft can be inherited and that a person can be a witch without realizing her or his bad influence. The film shows that, because of this danger, effective means...
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directed by Andre Singer, fl. 1975; produced by Andre Singer, fl. 1975, in Disappearing World (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1981), 53 mins
Description
This documentary analyzes the role of witchcraft among the Azande people of central Africa, who considered it to be a major danger. They believe that witchcraft can be inherited and that a person can be a witch without realizing her or his bad influence. The film shows that, because of this danger, effective means of diagnosing witchcraft are vital. Several methods of diagnosis are explored in the film, the most important being benge, a poison wh...
This documentary analyzes the role of witchcraft among the Azande people of central Africa, who considered it to be a major danger. They believe that witchcraft can be inherited and that a person can be a witch without realizing her or his bad influence. The film shows that, because of this danger, effective means of diagnosing witchcraft are vital. Several methods of diagnosis are explored in the film, the most important being benge, a poison which is fed to baby chickens. The chick's death or survival provides a judgment of the person in question.
Anthropologists have long argued about the nature and significance of belief in witchcraft and sorcery and, more generally, about the similarities and differences between such thought and Western science. This film treads this path delicately, exploring an explanation of reality incomprehensible to a majority of Westerners and, at the same time, portraying the Azande as a clear-thinking and familiar group of people.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Ryle, 1952-, Andre Singer, fl. 1975, William Boyd, 1895-1972
Author / Creator
Andre Singer, fl. 1975, John Ryle, 1952-
Date Published / Released
1981
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
Disappearing World
Speaker / Narrator
William Boyd, 1895-1972
Topic / Theme
Zande, Social control, Wicca, African ethnic groups, Religion
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1981 by the Royal Anthropological Institute
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Drums = Tambores
directed by Sérgio Raposo; produced by Mônica Monteiro and Luana Dias (Estonia: Utopic Documentaries, 2011), 52 mins
From the rare budimas in Zambia to the great drums of Chinese temples, passing through religious festivals in Brazil and the rhythmic polyphony of the Arab world, Drums brings with them life stories of those who keep these traditions alive. This documentary presents the reality and worldview for the art and cultur...
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directed by Sérgio Raposo; produced by Mônica Monteiro and Luana Dias (Estonia: Utopic Documentaries, 2011), 52 mins
Description
From the rare budimas in Zambia to the great drums of Chinese temples, passing through religious festivals in Brazil and the rhythmic polyphony of the Arab world, Drums brings with them life stories of those who keep these traditions alive. This documentary presents the reality and worldview for the art and culture of the great musicians from six countries.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mônica Monteiro, Luana Dias
Author / Creator
Sérgio Raposo
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Utopic Documentaries
Topic / Theme
Drums, Religion, Music, Muslim, Buddhist, Mozambicans, Tonga (Zambia), Chinese, Arabs, Portuguese, Brazilians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Utopic Documentaries
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The Great Muslim American Road Trip, Episode 3, Back on the Road Again: Arizona, Nevada, California
directed by Alexander Kronemer, 1960-; presented by Sebastian Robins and Mona Haydar, 1988-; produced by Jeremy Morrison, fl. 2010 and Alexander Kronemer, 1960-, Unity Productions Foundation, in The Great Muslim American Road Trip, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 53 mins
In this three-part travelogue, a young Muslim American couple discover America’s Muslim roots on Route 66. From Chicago to St. Louis to Amarillo Texas, and across the Southwest, rap-star Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins enjoy the iconic highway’s well-known roadside attractions, and along the way disco...
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directed by Alexander Kronemer, 1960-; presented by Sebastian Robins and Mona Haydar, 1988-; produced by Jeremy Morrison, fl. 2010 and Alexander Kronemer, 1960-, Unity Productions Foundation, in The Great Muslim American Road Trip, Episode 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 53 mins
Description
In this three-part travelogue, a young Muslim American couple discover America’s Muslim roots on Route 66. From Chicago to St. Louis to Amarillo Texas, and across the Southwest, rap-star Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins enjoy the iconic highway’s well-known roadside attractions, and along the way discover its overlooked Muslim American story. Touring Route 66, a Muslim couple meet setbacks and surprises: traces of a 16th century Musli...
In this three-part travelogue, a young Muslim American couple discover America’s Muslim roots on Route 66. From Chicago to St. Louis to Amarillo Texas, and across the Southwest, rap-star Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins enjoy the iconic highway’s well-known roadside attractions, and along the way discover its overlooked Muslim American story. Touring Route 66, a Muslim couple meet setbacks and surprises: traces of a 16th century Muslim explorer, a Syrian camel driver who surveyed Route 66, and a Muslim Village in Las Vegas.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jeremy Morrison, fl. 2010, Alexander Kronemer, 1960-, Unity Productions Foundation
Author / Creator
Alexander Kronemer, 1960-, Sebastian Robins, Mona Haydar, 1988-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
The Great Muslim American Road Trip
Topic / Theme
Islam, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2022 Unity Productions Foundation
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In Search of History, The Aztec Empire
produced by Andrew Rothstein, Filmroos Inc., in In Search of History (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1997), 44 mins
In Search of History journeys 2,000 years from ancient times to the present, taking a closer look at the events, places, and hidden mysteries that have puzzled and inspired historians and experts across the ages. Episode: The Aztec Empire: Review the history of the Aztec Empire--from the 1200s, when the nomadic tr...
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produced by Andrew Rothstein, Filmroos Inc., in In Search of History (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1997), 44 mins
Description
In Search of History journeys 2,000 years from ancient times to the present, taking a closer look at the events, places, and hidden mysteries that have puzzled and inspired historians and experts across the ages. Episode: The Aztec Empire: Review the history of the Aztec Empire--from the 1200s, when the nomadic tribe first inhabited the Valley of Mexico, to 1519.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Rothstein, Filmroos Inc., David Ackroyd, 1940-
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
In Search of History
Speaker / Narrator
Elizabeth Hill Boone, 1948-, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, 1940-, Henry Bigger Nicholson, 1925-, David Ackroyd, 1940-
Person Discussed
Elizabeth Hill Boone, 1948-, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, 1940-, Henry Bigger Nicholson, 1925-, La Malinche, 1500-1529, Hernán Cortés, 1485-1547, Montezuma II, Emperor of the Aztecs, 1480-1520
Topic / Theme
Ancient civilizations, Empire, Spirituality, Religious cults, Tribal and national groups, Aztec people, Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, 1519-1521, Spanish, Aztecs, Mexicans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 A+E Networks. All Rights Reserved
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Lovers of the Night
directed by Anna Frances Ewert, fl. 2009; produced by Anna Frances Ewert, fl. 2009 (New York, NY: Grasshopper Film, 2017), 57 mins
Seven elderly monks in a small Cistercian monastery in Ireland strive to keep their spiritual life and fragile community going. With shaky voices – but deeply committed – they gather in church seven times a day to pray.
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directed by Anna Frances Ewert, fl. 2009; produced by Anna Frances Ewert, fl. 2009 (New York, NY: Grasshopper Film, 2017), 57 mins
Description
Seven elderly monks in a small Cistercian monastery in Ireland strive to keep their spiritual life and fragile community going. With shaky voices – but deeply committed – they gather in church seven times a day to pray. General Audience
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Anna Frances Ewert, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Anna Frances Ewert, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Topic / Theme
Religion, Aging
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Grasshopper Film
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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
Description
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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Tsunma, Tsunma: My Summer with the Female Monastics of the Himalaya
directed by Li-fang Lin, 1965-; produced by Gavin Lin, fl. 2017, Smile Hours Entertainment (Taipei Shi: Activator Marketing Co., 2018), 1 hour 10 mins
Tsunma, an honorific term connoting “noble, delicate, and pure”, refers to the Tibetan Buddhist Nuns of the Himalayan Region who have been largely dismissed or forgotten by the traditions they follow and the societies they’ve served.Taiwanese photographer Lin Li-Fang undertook a solo journey up 4,270 mete...
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directed by Li-fang Lin, 1965-; produced by Gavin Lin, fl. 2017, Smile Hours Entertainment (Taipei Shi: Activator Marketing Co., 2018), 1 hour 10 mins
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Tsunma, an honorific term connoting “noble, delicate, and pure”, refers to the Tibetan Buddhist Nuns of the Himalayan Region who have been largely dismissed or forgotten by the traditions they follow and the societies they’ve served.Taiwanese photographer Lin Li-Fang undertook a solo journey up 4,270 meters into the Himalayan Plateau and lived for an entire summer with some of these nuns and recorded life in the unforgiving environment d...
Tsunma, an honorific term connoting “noble, delicate, and pure”, refers to the Tibetan Buddhist Nuns of the Himalayan Region who have been largely dismissed or forgotten by the traditions they follow and the societies they’ve served.Taiwanese photographer Lin Li-Fang undertook a solo journey up 4,270 meters into the Himalayan Plateau and lived for an entire summer with some of these nuns and recorded life in the unforgiving environment dubbed “The Roof of the World”. There, Li-Fang captured a life devoted to hope and faith and a people possessing a unique kind of tolerance, humility, and perseverance. This is a story of the Nuns of the Himalayas, of seeing one’s life through theirs, that is, a life lived in faith and with the spark of a summer eternal.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gavin Lin, fl. 2017, Smile Hours Entertainment, Li-fang Lin, 1965-
Author / Creator
Li-fang Lin, 1965-
Date Published / Released
2017, 2018
Publisher
Activator Marketing Co.
Speaker / Narrator
Li-fang Lin, 1965-
Topic / Theme
Religious occupations, Monasteries, Tibetan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Activator Marketing Co
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