Description |
1 online resource (58 min.) |
Series |
Filmakers library online, volume 3 |
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Hamar trilogy ; 3 |
Summary |
The third program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of Southwestern Ethiopia. This film shows Duka, now a mother with two young children. Her life is dominated by caring for them and her husband, Sago. Although Sago and Duka seem to have an affectionate marriage, he beats her when provoked. She accepts this behavior for she believes it is a man's way of loving. Film also shows the ceremony of Sago's cousin's initiation into manhood |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed June 25, 2014) |
Credits |
Executive producer, Chris Curling ; anthropologist, Jean Lydall ; producer, Joanna Head ; editors, David Hope, Hugo Lawrence ; photography, Graham Johnston, Alessandra Scherillo |
Performer |
Narrator: Veronika Hyks |
Audience |
College Adult |
Notes |
In English |
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Royal Anthropological Institute Film Prize, Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1993, 1994, African Studies Association, 1998, Society for Visual Anthropology, 1995 |
Subject |
Ethnology -- Ethiopia.
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Families -- Ethiopia
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Hamar (African people) -- Ethiopia
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Marriage -- Ethiopia
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Rites and ceremonies -- Ethiopia
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Sex role -- Ethiopia
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Women -- Ethiopia -- Social conditions
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Ethnology.
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Families.
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Hamar (African people)
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Marriage.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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Sex role.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Ethiopia.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Curling, Chris.
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Head, Joanna.
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Hyks, Veronika.
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Lydall, Jean.
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