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6 Generations
directed by Paul Goldsmith, fl. 1967-2017; produced by Paul Goldsmith, fl. 1967-2017 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011), 57 mins
Ernestine De Soto is a Chumash Native American whose mother Mary Yee was the last speaker of her native Barbareño language. In 6 Generations, her family reaches back to the days the Spanish arrived in Santa Barbara and made first contact. Ernestine tells this history from the perspective of her female ancestors,...
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directed by Paul Goldsmith, fl. 1967-2017; produced by Paul Goldsmith, fl. 1967-2017 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011), 57 mins
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Ernestine De Soto is a Chumash Native American whose mother Mary Yee was the last speaker of her native Barbareño language. In 6 Generations, her family reaches back to the days the Spanish arrived in Santa Barbara and made first contact. Ernestine tells this history from the perspective of her female ancestors, making her a unique link with the past. Famous anthropologist John Peabody Harrington, whose work focused on native peoples of Califor...
Ernestine De Soto is a Chumash Native American whose mother Mary Yee was the last speaker of her native Barbareño language. In 6 Generations, her family reaches back to the days the Spanish arrived in Santa Barbara and made first contact. Ernestine tells this history from the perspective of her female ancestors, making her a unique link with the past. Famous anthropologist John Peabody Harrington, whose work focused on native peoples of California, started research with her family in 1913 and continued with three generations for nearly 50 years. This inspired Ernestine's mother to begin taking notes and, combined with mission records (which survived intact from the late 1700s), they form the heart of this story. Because of these circumstances, her story, possible only in California, is unique in America. The impact of loss of land, language, culture and life itself is made all the more clear as this story is told in Native American voices, who describe the events as they experienced them. Ultimately, it is a story of survival and the fierce endurance of Ernestine's ancestors, particularly the women.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Peabody Harrington, 1884-1961, Paul Goldsmith, fl. 1967-2017
Author / Creator
Paul Goldsmith, fl. 1967-2017, John Peabody Harrington, 1884-1961
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Ernestine De Soto, fl. 2011
Person Discussed
Ernestine De Soto, fl. 2011
Topic / Theme
War and Violence, Family and Culture, Imperialism and Colonialism, Coastal Chumash
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Abstinence Comes To Albuquerque
written by Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001; directed by Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001; produced by Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 1 hour 31 mins
Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque provides a glimpse into a nationwide debate over what young people should be taught about sexuality. Through personal stories, community profiles, and expert interviews, the program highlights the differences between a strict abstinence-only-until-marriage approach and more comprehe...
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written by Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001; directed by Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001; produced by Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 1 hour 31 mins
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Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque provides a glimpse into a nationwide debate over what young people should be taught about sexuality. Through personal stories, community profiles, and expert interviews, the program highlights the differences between a strict abstinence-only-until-marriage approach and more comprehensive sexuality education. Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque provides a glimpse into a nationwide debate over what young people should be...
Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque provides a glimpse into a nationwide debate over what young people should be taught about sexuality. Through personal stories, community profiles, and expert interviews, the program highlights the differences between a strict abstinence-only-until-marriage approach and more comprehensive sexuality education. Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque provides a glimpse into a nationwide debate over what young people should be taught about sexuality. Through personal stories, community profiles, and expert interviews, the program highlights the differences between a strict abstinence-only-until-marriage approach and more comprehensive sexuality education. In the documentary film a ninth grader tells her mother that she’s heard some unusual things from a sexuality education program in her school. The family talks about their problems with the program, and a school board member speaks about its weaknesses. The film then profiles an abstinence-only-until-marriage program as well as a more balanced sexuality education program. Following the documentary are interviews with national experts on sexuality education and adolescent health.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001
Author / Creator
Charles C. Stuart, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2006, 2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
American, Education Law/Legal Issues, Community and Family Issues, Behavior, Political causes, Birth control, Education, School curriculums, Sexual behavior, Sex education, Secondary, Ethnography, Americans
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Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia, Ritual Burdens
directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions, in Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011), 25 mins
Ritual Burdens is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia series of ethnographic films on severe mental illness in Indonesia, based on material drawn from 12 years of person-centered research by director and anthropologist Robert Lemelson.
The film focuses on Ni Ketut Kasih who has lived he...
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directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions, in Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011), 25 mins
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Ritual Burdens is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia series of ethnographic films on severe mental illness in Indonesia, based on material drawn from 12 years of person-centered research by director and anthropologist Robert Lemelson.
The film focuses on Ni Ketut Kasih who has lived her whole life surrounded by the complex rhythms of the Balinese ritual calendar. Here, participation in ritual events is both a spiritua...
Ritual Burdens is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia series of ethnographic films on severe mental illness in Indonesia, based on material drawn from 12 years of person-centered research by director and anthropologist Robert Lemelson.
The film focuses on Ni Ketut Kasih who has lived her whole life surrounded by the complex rhythms of the Balinese ritual calendar. Here, participation in ritual events is both a spiritual mandate and social obligation for women who spend countless hours crafting offerings. Ni Ketut's masterful hand has contributed to her status as a highly respected ceremonial leader. However, the pressures of ritual requirements often overwhelm her, crowding her mind with memories of her difficult childhood during Indonesia's war for independence. This may trigger Ketut's bi-polar disorder episodes, for which she has been hospitalized over 35 times. Ni Ketut's case reveals the binding associations that may make certain burdens unbearable as cultural obligations, traumatic historical events, and personal experience overlap in unique schemas of stress that trigger cyclical episodes of mental illness.
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Date Written / Recorded
1997
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Ketut Kasih, Elemental Productions
Author / Creator
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia
Topic / Theme
Balinese, Bipolar disorder, Religious rites and ceremonies, Cultural norms, Mental illnesses, Ethnography
Copyright Message
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African Christianity Rising: Ghana
directed by James Ault, fl. 2004; produced by James Ault, fl. 2004, Documentary Educational Resources (DER) (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2013), 1 hour 17 mins
Christianity's explosive growth in Africa was totally unexpected at the dawn of independence from colonial rule and is part of a startling reversal in world history. Christianity is no longer the religion of the West. Over two-thirds of the world's Christians now live in the global South — with Africa growing th...
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directed by James Ault, fl. 2004; produced by James Ault, fl. 2004, Documentary Educational Resources (DER) (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2013), 1 hour 17 mins
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Christianity's explosive growth in Africa was totally unexpected at the dawn of independence from colonial rule and is part of a startling reversal in world history. Christianity is no longer the religion of the West. Over two-thirds of the world's Christians now live in the global South — with Africa growing the fastest.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James Ault, fl. 2004, Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Author / Creator
James Ault, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Cultural ethos, Religious beliefs, Christianity, Ghanaians
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Aftertaste
written by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-; directed by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-; produced by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 36 mins
Wine has been made in the Western Cape region of South Africa for over 300 years. At first, slaves and indigenous Khoisan worked the vineyards owned by white European settlers. Classified as 'Coloureds,' the descendants of these laborers have continued to work these vineyards for generations. Until recently, they...
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written by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-; directed by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-; produced by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 36 mins
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Wine has been made in the Western Cape region of South Africa for over 300 years. At first, slaves and indigenous Khoisan worked the vineyards owned by white European settlers. Classified as 'Coloureds,' the descendants of these laborers have continued to work these vineyards for generations. Until recently, they could not own the houses they lived in, and were paid for their labor partly in alcohol. This instituted form of abuse – called the d...
Wine has been made in the Western Cape region of South Africa for over 300 years. At first, slaves and indigenous Khoisan worked the vineyards owned by white European settlers. Classified as 'Coloureds,' the descendants of these laborers have continued to work these vineyards for generations. Until recently, they could not own the houses they lived in, and were paid for their labor partly in alcohol. This instituted form of abuse – called the dop system – was designed by wine farm owners to encourage alcohol dependency in their workers so that they would not leave the farm to look for work elsewhere. Wine has been made in the Western Cape region of South Africa for over 300 years. At first, slaves and indigenous Khoisan worked the vineyards owned by white European settlers, and the descendants of these laborers have continued to work these vineyards for generations. Until recently, laborers could not own their houses, and were paid for their labor partly in alcohol. This exploitation – called the dop system – was designed by wine farm owners to encourage alcohol dependency in their workers so that they would not leave the farm to look for work elsewhere. This film focuses on two wine farms where “empowerment” projects have recently been started in response to calls for change. The wine farm workers receive part of the profits from the sale of “empowerment” brand wine Winds of Change. They have used this money to buy their own houses and shares in the wine farm business. On the surface, these “empowerment” projects seem to be a radical departure from the abusive, paternalistic labor relationship between farm owners and workers that has existed for so long. But the legacy of centuries of abuse cannot be eradicated overnight. The film tells an optimistic – but realistic – story about life and change in the new South Africa.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-, Jaco van der Merwe, Loala Van der Westhuizen, Johan Booysen, Andries Lotter, Lilly Lotter
Author / Creator
Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Khoisan, South African, Cultural change and history, Economics, Wine, Agriculture, Imperialism, Human rights, Racial integration, Ethnography, South Africans
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Alaskan Eskimo, On the Spring Ice
directed by Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012 and Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1975), 46 mins
Walrus as well as whales are hunted by the Eskimos of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. As the film opens, an old man tells of the dangers of moving ice, how people used to drift on such ice and never return.
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directed by Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012 and Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1975), 46 mins
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Walrus as well as whales are hunted by the Eskimos of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. As the film opens, an old man tells of the dangers of moving ice, how people used to drift on such ice and never return. Walrus as well as whales are hunted by the Eskimos of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. As the film opens, an old man tells of the dangers of moving ice, how people used to drift on such ice and never return. A cluster of men stand on a snowy ro...
Walrus as well as whales are hunted by the Eskimos of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. As the film opens, an old man tells of the dangers of moving ice, how people used to drift on such ice and never return. Walrus as well as whales are hunted by the Eskimos of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. As the film opens, an old man tells of the dangers of moving ice, how people used to drift on such ice and never return. A cluster of men stand on a snowy rooftop, scanning the sea ice for walrus, when one spots a skin boat in distress far out on the ice. The crew had not come home the night before, and now were drifting toward Siberia. Long ago, there was nothing that could have been done to save them. Today, the men call the Coast Guard. The next day, preparations for another walrus hunt are made. The hunters load the boat and travel fifty miles out to sea, where they spot two walrus sunning themselves on an ice floe. "Don't move," one hunter tells the camera. The walrus are shot, admired, butchered on the ice, and loaded onto the boat. Back in the village, the meat is cut again and hung to dry.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012, Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015
Author / Creator
Leonard Kamerling, fl. 1974-2012, Sarah Elder, fl. 1973-2015
Date Published / Released
1975
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Alaskan Eskimo
Topic / Theme
Eskimo, Tribal and national groups, Ice floes, Hunting, Ethnography, Inuit
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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
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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, 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, Ethnography
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by Documentary Educational Resources
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Alaskan Eskimo, The Reindeer Thief
written by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-; directed by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-; produced by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1988), 12 mins
Like many St. Lawrence Island legends, this story is set in Siberia where Chukchi, the Reindeer People, live. Pelaasi, an elder from Gambell, speaks Siberian Yupik. His mythical story, about a man who goes out in search of a reindeer thief is an ungipaghaq, a tale that has been passed down unchanged through genera...
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written by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-; directed by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-; produced by Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-, in Alaskan Eskimo (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1988), 12 mins
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Like many St. Lawrence Island legends, this story is set in Siberia where Chukchi, the Reindeer People, live. Pelaasi, an elder from Gambell, speaks Siberian Yupik. His mythical story, about a man who goes out in search of a reindeer thief is an ungipaghaq, a tale that has been passed down unchanged through generations and believed to be based in truth.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-, Pelaasi, 1894-1982, Eva Nevak
Author / Creator
Katrina Kassler Waters, 1957-
Date Published / Released
1988
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Alaskan Eskimo
Speaker / Narrator
Eva Nevak
Topic / Theme
Eskimo, Yupik, Myths and legends, Ethnography, Inuit
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Al-Hadji and His Wives
written by Jie Li, fl. 2006; directed by Jie Li, fl. 2006; produced by Jie Li, fl. 2006 (Cameroon: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 50 mins
The Al-Hadji and His Wives is a film portrait of a Mbororo Fulani patriarch, Al-Hadji Isa, his savvy wives, and their rebellious daughters. The documentary provides a glimpse into their everyday lives, religious and moral practices, as well as the political opinions the Al-Hadji has to offer from his particular co...
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written by Jie Li, fl. 2006; directed by Jie Li, fl. 2006; produced by Jie Li, fl. 2006 (Cameroon: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 50 mins
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The Al-Hadji and His Wives is a film portrait of a Mbororo Fulani patriarch, Al-Hadji Isa, his savvy wives, and their rebellious daughters. The documentary provides a glimpse into their everyday lives, religious and moral practices, as well as the political opinions the Al-Hadji has to offer from his particular corner of the world.
Date Written / Recorded
2006
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jie Li, fl. 2006, Al Hadji, fl. 2006
Author / Creator
Jie Li, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Nigerian, Cameroonian, Cultural identity, Cultural life, Polygamous marriages, Ethnography, Nigerians (Nigeria), Cameroonians
Copyright Message
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