In Search of Cool Ground - The Mursi Trilogy. I, The Mursi / ITV Global Entertainment.

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This first of three films begins an 11-year chronicle - from 1974 to 1985 - of life among the Mursi. As a tribe of 5,000 cattle herders in a remote region of southwestern Ethiopia, the Mursi have a remarkable, leaderless democratic system of self-government. Filmed when war with a neighboring tribe...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Disappearing world.
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
ITV Global Entertainment
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], ©1974.
Series:Films on Demand.
Disappearing world.
Subjects:
Assimilation (Sociology)
Cultural geography.
Population.
Tribes.
Urbanization.
Murzu (African people)
Ethiopia.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (52 min.) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
Mursi
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
This first of three films begins an 11-year chronicle - from 1974 to 1985 - of life among the Mursi. As a tribe of 5,000 cattle herders in a remote region of southwestern Ethiopia, the Mursi have a remarkable, leaderless democratic system of self-government. Filmed when war with a neighboring tribe was threatening, this program follows the council's debates and records the dramatic ending of the conflict.
Note:Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 21, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Electronic resource.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description.