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The Akha Way
written by Sharon Hainsfurther, fl. 1999 and Mary Flannery; directed by Sharon Hainsfurther, fl. 1999; produced by Sharon Hainsfurther, fl. 1999, Yellowcat Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1999), 25 mins
For over a thousand years, the Akha people have inhabited the hills of Asia — mainly Southern China, Burma and Northern Thailand. The Akha Way or Akhazaunh, is the code by which they live. This documentary describes their origins and their culture.
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written by Sharon Hainsfurther, fl. 1999 and Mary Flannery; directed by Sharon Hainsfurther, fl. 1999; produced by Sharon Hainsfurther, fl. 1999, Yellowcat Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1999), 25 mins
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For over a thousand years, the Akha people have inhabited the hills of Asia — mainly Southern China, Burma and Northern Thailand. The Akha Way or Akhazaunh, is the code by which they live. This documentary describes their origins and their culture. For over a thousand years, the Akha people have inhabited the hills of Asia — mainly Southern China, Burma and Northern Thailand. The Akha Way or Akhazaunh, is the code by which they live. This doc...
For over a thousand years, the Akha people have inhabited the hills of Asia — mainly Southern China, Burma and Northern Thailand. The Akha Way or Akhazaunh, is the code by which they live. This documentary describes their origins and their culture. For over a thousand years, the Akha people have inhabited the hills of Asia — mainly Southern China, Burma and Northern Thailand. The Akha Way or Akhazaunh, is the code by which they live. This documentary describes their origins and their culture. It contains extraordinary footage of a shaman healing ceremony; a funeral, with the ritual sacrifice of a water buffalo; the reading of a pig's liver after a new house is built, and more. Today the Akha Way is fast disappearing. Forced migration, Christianity, money and drugs are eroding the cultural heritage of the Akha tribe.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sharon Hainsfurther, fl. 1999, Mary Flannery, Yellowcat Productions
Author / Creator
Sharon Hainsfurther, fl. 1999, Mary Flannery
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Mary Flannery
Topic / Theme
Akha, Cultural change and history, Religious beliefs, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography
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Alaskan Eskimo, From The First People
directed by Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015 and Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012; produced by Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012, Alaska Native Heritage Film Project, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1977), 46 mins
This is a film about change and contemporary life in Shungnak, a village on the Kobuk River in northwestern Alaska, 75 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Life in this inland community is dominated by the seasons and the river. In October, when the film begins, the Kobuk becomes filled with ice, which slowly thicken...
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directed by Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015 and Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012; produced by Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012, Alaska Native Heritage Film Project, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1977), 46 mins
Description
This is a film about change and contemporary life in Shungnak, a village on the Kobuk River in northwestern Alaska, 75 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Life in this inland community is dominated by the seasons and the river. In October, when the film begins, the Kobuk becomes filled with ice, which slowly thickens until freeze-up is complete. Traditional subsistence activities still continue: women net fish under the ice, and a man and his wife...
This is a film about change and contemporary life in Shungnak, a village on the Kobuk River in northwestern Alaska, 75 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Life in this inland community is dominated by the seasons and the river. In October, when the film begins, the Kobuk becomes filled with ice, which slowly thickens until freeze-up is complete. Traditional subsistence activities still continue: women net fish under the ice, and a man and his wife construct a cottonwood mudshark trap that is carefully placed in the river ice. The combination of old and new technology is pervasive. Some people hitch their teams of huskies to a sled, others travel by snowmobile.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012, Alaska Native Heritage Film Project
Author / Creator
Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015, Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012
Date Published / Released
1977
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Alaskan Eskimo
Topic / Theme
Cold weather, Hunting, Daily life, Cultural change and history, Inupiat
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1977 Documentary Educational Resources
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Alaskan Eskimo, In Iirgu's Time
directed by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-; produced by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1988), 19 mins
Iirgu is an elder from the Siberian Yupik Eskimo village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. As two grandchildren listen, Iirgu recounts events in Gambell from the time the first missionaries arrived. His story is known as an ungipamsuk or true historical narrative. With ambivalent feelings, he describes more recen...
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directed by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-; produced by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1988), 19 mins
Description
Iirgu is an elder from the Siberian Yupik Eskimo village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. As two grandchildren listen, Iirgu recounts events in Gambell from the time the first missionaries arrived. His story is known as an ungipamsuk or true historical narrative. With ambivalent feelings, he describes more recent changes - how whaling practices have changed, how life has become easier, but also how younger generations are losing touch with the...
Iirgu is an elder from the Siberian Yupik Eskimo village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. As two grandchildren listen, Iirgu recounts events in Gambell from the time the first missionaries arrived. His story is known as an ungipamsuk or true historical narrative. With ambivalent feelings, he describes more recent changes - how whaling practices have changed, how life has become easier, but also how younger generations are losing touch with the old ways.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-
Author / Creator
Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-
Date Published / Released
1988
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Alaskan Eskimo
Topic / Theme
Traditional history, Oral history, Cultural change and history, Yupik
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1988 Documentary Educational Resources
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Alaskan Eskimo, The Drums of Winter (Uksuum Cauyai)
written by Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015 and Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012; directed by Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015 and Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012; produced by Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012 and Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1988), 42 mins
This feature-length documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of the Yupik Eskimo people of Emmonak, a remote village at the mouth of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea coast.
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written by Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015 and Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012; directed by Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015 and Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012; produced by Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012 and Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1988), 42 mins
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This feature-length documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of the Yupik Eskimo people of Emmonak, a remote village at the mouth of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea coast. This documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of the Yupik Eskimo people of Emmonak, a remote village at the mouth of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea coast. In The Drums of Winter, the people of Emmonak tell us throu...
This feature-length documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of the Yupik Eskimo people of Emmonak, a remote village at the mouth of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea coast. This documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of the Yupik Eskimo people of Emmonak, a remote village at the mouth of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea coast. In The Drums of Winter, the people of Emmonak tell us through actualities and interviews how their history, social values and spiritual beliefs are woven around the songs and dances that have been handed down to them through the generations. It is not just old songs that are important; new songs and dance movements are created to reflect modern life with all its complexities. Each time a person gets up to dance, he is strengthening the continuity of the ages. The film follows the elders of Emmonak as they prepare for the coming ceremonial gathering (potlatch) with a neighboring village. In the Kashim (qasgiq or men's house), they practice their songs and painstakingly work out the motions of the dances. Each movement has meaning and plays a part in telling a story. In the days before television, radio, bingo and weekly basketball games, dance was the sole means of entertainment. Throughout the film, archival photographs and film footage accompany the words of early missionaries who brought Christianity to the area. These sequences provide a historical context for the film and give us a strong sense of the resilience of Yup'ik culture, having survived despite a century of missionary suppression.
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Date Written / Recorded
1977
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015, Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012
Author / Creator
Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015, Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012
Date Published / Released
1988
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Alaskan Eskimo
Topic / Theme
Folk music, Spirituality, Tribal and national groups, Cultural change and history, Cultural identity, Dance and dancing, Indigenous ethnic groups, Ethnography
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Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka, Episode 1
directed by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997; produced by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997 and Georgina Hill, fl. 1897, Burning Bright Productions, in Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 44 mins
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural di...
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directed by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997; produced by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997 and Georgina Hill, fl. 1897, Burning Bright Productions, in Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 44 mins
Description
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural disasters and the economic crisis of 2022). As this ancient land reopens after months of restrictions, Armstrong is speeding across the o...
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural disasters and the economic crisis of 2022). As this ancient land reopens after months of restrictions, Armstrong is speeding across the ocean to get the first glimpse of the land of serendipity.
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Field of Study
Travel
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alexander Armstrong, 1970-, Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997, Georgina Hill, fl. 1897, Burning Bright Productions
Author / Creator
Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka
Topic / Theme
Economic conditions, Traditional history, Regional cuisine, Cultural diversity, Sri Lankan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 BBC Worldwide
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Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka, Episode 2
directed by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997; produced by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997, Burning Bright Productions, in Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 45 mins
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural di...
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directed by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997; produced by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997, Burning Bright Productions, in Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 45 mins
Description
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural disasters and the economic crisis of 2022). As this ancient land reopens after months of restrictions, Armstrong is speeding across the o...
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural disasters and the economic crisis of 2022). As this ancient land reopens after months of restrictions, Armstrong is speeding across the ocean to get the first glimpse of the land of serendipity.
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Field of Study
Travel
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alexander Armstrong, 1970-, Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997, Burning Bright Productions
Author / Creator
Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka
Person Discussed
Thomas Lipton, 1848-1931
Topic / Theme
Traditional history, Teas and tisanes, Cultural diversity, Biodiversity, Sri Lankan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 BBC Worldwide
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Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka, Episode 3
directed by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997; produced by Georgina Hill, fl. 1897 and Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997, Burning Bright Productions, in Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 44 mins
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural di...
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directed by Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997; produced by Georgina Hill, fl. 1897 and Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997, Burning Bright Productions, in Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 44 mins
Description
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural disasters and the economic crisis of 2022). As this ancient land reopens after months of restrictions, Armstrong is speeding across the o...
Known for its verdant tea hills, rich wildlife, and fiery cuisine it's no wonder Sri Lanka has frequently topped the Lonely Planet's list of countries to travel to. But beyond the beauty, Sri Lanka is a complicated country that has been quite literally battered for the past few decades (from civil wars, natural disasters and the economic crisis of 2022). As this ancient land reopens after months of restrictions, Armstrong is speeding across the ocean to get the first glimpse of the land of serendipity.
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Field of Study
Travel
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alexander Armstrong, 1970-, Georgina Hill, fl. 1897, Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997, Burning Bright Productions
Author / Creator
Ewen Thomson, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka
Topic / Theme
Postwar reconstruction, Civil war, Traditional history, Cultural diversity, Sri Lankan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 BBC Worldwide
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Also Called Sacajawea: Chief Woman's Stolen Identity
written by Thomas H. Johnson (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 2008, originally published 2008), 140 page(s)
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written by Thomas H. Johnson (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 2008, originally published 2008), 140 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Thomas H. Johnson
Author / Creator
Thomas H. Johnson
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Waveland Press, Inc.
Person Discussed
Paraivo, Sacajawea, 1788-1812, Grace Hebard, 1861-1936
Topic / Theme
Shoshoni, Traditional history, Cultural views
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 by Waveland Press
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Altar of Fire
written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; produced by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 45 mins
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual.
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written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; produced by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 45 mins
Description
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Ve...
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. Long considered extinct and never witnessed by outsiders, the ceremonies require the participation of seventeen priests, involve libations of Soma juice and oblations of other substances, all preceded by several months of preparation and rehearsals. They include the construction, from a thousand bricks, of a fire altar in the shape of a bird. Around 1500 B.C., nomads who spoke an Indo-European language entered India and evolved a complex ritual involving the cults of fire and Soma, a hallucinogenic plant that grew in the Western Himalayas. Their Vedic language developed into Sanskrit, the classical language of Indian civilization. Among the later religions of India, Hinduism accepted and Buddhism rejected the Vedic culture. But both retained many of its ritual forms and recitations. Some of these have traveled all over Asia. Agni, the fire, is still worshipped with the help of Vedic mantras in Japanese Buddhist temples. In India itself, the preservation of the Agnicayana, though partly explained by the extraordinary conservatism of the Vedic Brahmins and their dedication to the culture of their spiritual ancestors, remains one of the miracles of history.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014
Author / Creator
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014, J. F. Staal, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
1976
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Nambudiri, Cultural change and history, Linguistics, Anthropology, Vedas, Religion, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography
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I am the River
written by Mark McNeill, fl. 2002; directed by Mark McNeill, fl. 2002; produced by Mark McNeill, fl. 2002, Naked Flame Productions (Sydney, New South Wales: Naked Flame Productions, 2010), 52 mins
The fascinating story of New Zealand's Partington photography collection; their amazing discovery, the storm of protest that erupted over their ownership and sale, and the surprising resolution.
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written by Mark McNeill, fl. 2002; directed by Mark McNeill, fl. 2002; produced by Mark McNeill, fl. 2002, Naked Flame Productions (Sydney, New South Wales: Naked Flame Productions, 2010), 52 mins
Description
The fascinating story of New Zealand's Partington photography collection; their amazing discovery, the storm of protest that erupted over their ownership and sale, and the surprising resolution.
Date Written / Recorded
2010
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mark McNeill, fl. 2002, Naked Flame Productions
Author / Creator
Mark McNeill, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Naked Flame Productions
Topic / Theme
Australian, Pakeha, Maori, Cultural identity, Intercultural communication, Cultural change and history, Photography, Ethnography, Australians, New Zealanders
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by Naked Flame Productions
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