Faces of Change Collection

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Filmmaker Name:	produced by Norman Miller
Film Length:	645 min
Film Year:	1974
Duration:	Over 120 min
Decade:	1970s
Color:	color

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Faces of Change is a series of 25 films that examines 5 cultures selected for their distinct geographic locations: starting with the China Coast at sea level and moving up to Taiwan, then to Afghanistan, Kenya and finally to the mountains of Bolivia. Each location is examined through 5 themes: Rural Society, Education, Rural Economy, Women, and Beliefs.

Shot on 16mm film and funded by the National Science Foundation, the series was produced by Norman Miller, and features the works of some of the finest ethnographic filmmakers of our time.

Films by theme

THEME & LOCATION

Rural Society

Education

Rural Economy

Women

Belief Systems

Afghanistan*

Bolivia*

Magic and Catholicism,
The Spirit Possession
of Alejandro Mamani

China Coast*

Island in the China Sea

Hoy Fok and the Island School

Kenya*

Harambee:
Pull Together

Taiwan

People are Many, Fields are Small

They Call Him Ah Kung

Wet Culture Rice

A Chinese Farm Wife

The Rural Cooperative

* Remastered 2017

Films by series

Afghanistan series (remastered 2017):
Afghan Nomads: The Maldar
An Afghan Village
Afghan Women
Naim and Jabar
Wheat Cycle

Bolivia series (remastered 2017):
Andean Women
The Children Know
Magic and Catholicism
Potato Planters
The Spirit Possession of Alejandro Mamani
Viracocha

China Coast series (remastered 2017):
China Coast Fishing
Hoy Fok and the Island School
The Island Fishpond
Island in the China Sea
Three Island Women

Kenya series (remastered 2017):
Boran Herdsmen
Boran Women
Harambee: Pull Together
Kenya Boran

Taiwan series:
A Chinese Farm Wife
People are Many, Fields are Small
The Rural Cooperative
They Call Him "Ah Kung"
Wet Culture Rice