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Films
4 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Labour”
and
“Material Culture”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
4
x
Region
South America
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Chile
1
India
1
Myanmar
1
Switzerland
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Labour
4
x
Material Culture
4
x
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Rural
1
Directors
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Yangon Film School
1
not set
2
Country of production
Myanmar
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
2008
1
2012
1
2013
1
2016
1
Film list
75 Grams
2008
31
‘
Directed by
Priscilla Clarissou
.
Nestled below the rugged Chilean peaks of the Andes lies the gold mining town of Andacollo. The town’s remoteness and mining economy has nurtured religious beliefs in the power of the Virgin over the
South America
Labour
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
The Log Rafters of Lake Aegeri
2016
29
‘
Material Culture
Directed by
Thomas Horat
.
Aegeri, in a remote part of Switzerland, is one of the few lakes in Central Europe where professional log rafters can still be found. This film is based on the gentle observation of the work of a
Western Europe
Material Culture
Labour
Rural
Tyres
2013
30
‘
Directed by
Kyaw Myo Lwin
.
A recycling workshop in South Okkalapa in Myanmar’s former capital of Yangon is a place where discarded tyres are transformed from their original shape and use, and are re-purposed to new uses.
South-East Asia
Material Culture
Labour
Infrastructure / Transport
Unravel
2012
14
‘
Directed by
Meghna Gupta
.
‘Unravel’ follows the Western worlds least wanted clothes, on a journey across Northern India, from sea to industrial interior. They get sent to Panipat, a sleepy town and the only place in the world
South Asia
Labour
Material Culture
Collective / Community identity