The Long Search: African Religions (Zulu Zion)
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content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.213
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content: REMC 2 educational film collection
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content: 2 Film reels (1855 feet, 16mm)
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content: 1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation documents host Ronald Eyre's investigation of the Zionist movement among Black South Africans during the apartheid.  Includes scenes of a Zionist Baptism in Durban; interviews with practicing Black South African Lutherans and Zionists, a healing and prayer ceremony by the Zionist Sisterhood, and a ceremony at the holy place of the Nazarites.   Documentation features insight into the importance of healing, purification, diet, prayer, dreams, and the power of the holy spirit among South African Zionist and changing generational theological ideologies. Also features interviews and discussions addressing the relationship between European and African Christianity and the issue of incorporating aspects of both "traditional" African religions with that of Christianity in one's belief system.  

Legacy Keywords: Religion ; Christianity