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South Eastern Nuba

Chris Curling
1982 United Kingdom 60 minutes English

Dance, sport and body paintings play a vital role for the Nuba people. In the seventies, the sensational photographs taken among them by Leni Riefenstahl caused an embarrassed reaction from the Sudanese government and have had consequences for traditional Nuba art.

Production :
BBC Bristol
Distribution :
BBC Enterprises; Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Editing :
Ian Pitch
Sound :
Bruce White
Photography :
Roger Deakins

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