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

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This last part of The Mursi Trilogy continues the story of the tribe's search for a more hospitable environment and further explores their relationship with neighboring peoples. Given their weakened foothold in the pastoral economy and their increased dependence on market exchange, the migrants have...

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Bibliographic Details
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], ©1985.
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:
Migrants
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
This last part of The Mursi Trilogy continues the story of the tribe's search for a more hospitable environment and further explores their relationship with neighboring peoples. Given their weakened foothold in the pastoral economy and their increased dependence on market exchange, the migrants have moved away from their traditional grazing lands in a desperate bid for survival, in turn becoming settled agriculturalists and traders like their highland neighbors, the Ari. As their migration brings them into contact for the first time with the outside world of money and government, traditional ways established over thousands of years are beginning to change. By tracing the current and potential impact of this move on the lives of the Mursi, this finale shows how they are beginning to carve out a new ethnic identity for themselves, as well as a new home.
Note:Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 17, 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.