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Films
7 Films
with a digital version available
x
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Collective / Community identity”
and
“Collective Community identity”
x
films with a digital version
7
x
short films
7
x
films available on demand
2
Region
Caribbean Islands
1
Central Africa
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
Middle and Near East
1
North America
2
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
Country
Anguilla
1
Cameroon
1
China
2
India
1
Turkey
1
United States
2
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Collective / Community identity
7
x
Family / Kinship
3
Festivals / Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
1
Material Culture
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Directors
Cai, Hua
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
1
Seaman, Gary
1
Song, Zhifang
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Series
Shorts collection 2
1
Song Family Village
1
not set
5
Country of production
China
2
Norway
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
2
Year of production
1995
1
2009
1
2012
1
2013
1
2015
1
2016
1
2020
1
Film list
Ocak
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Zeynep Kaserci
.
The story of a family who earns their livelihood as hazelnut cultivators in rural north-eastern Turkey. Filmed in an observational style, it offers glimpses into the local social life of the village
Middle and Near East
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Rural
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, ‘Song Family Village’ is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Together as One
2013
39
‘
Directed by
Kilian Lamtur Tanlaka
.
Nso’ is the biggest kingdom of the Western Grassfields and an ethnic group in the northeast corner of Cameroon’s northwest region. Its capital Kumbo is where the ruler (Fon) lives. The Nso’
Central Africa
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Collective / Community identity
Inter-religious relations
Treasured Moments
2016
33
‘
Student
Directed by
Ravi Hart Lloyd
.
This is the personal story of a boy who grew up mixed in every aspect of his life, his parents, where he was from, his race. The black kid who thought that he was white. The white kid who thought
Caribbean Islands
North America
Family / Kinship
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Film / Photography / Mass media
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
Without Fathers or Husbands
1995
26
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and as
South-East Asia
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Youth Group
2015
28
‘
Student
Directed by
Wanwan Lu
.
Set in the predominantly Asian “ethnoburbs” of Los Angeles County, this film follows a vibrant Buddhist youth group in a Chinese-American temple. Youth group members, most raised by immigrant
North America
Collective / Community identity
Religion / Belief / Faith
Intergenerational relations