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The Temple in the Sea 2008 26'

‘The Temple in the Sea’ looks at ritual and religious practice at a well-known Hindu shrine and its associated cremation grounds in Central Trinidad. Documenting the daily life of the Temple, and

Caribbean Islands Ritual

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Temporary Sanity: The Skerrit Boy Story 2006 32'

Directed by Dan Bruun .

This film deals with the culture of Jamaican dancehall music as it exists in New York. It follows one young dancehall participant who makes his living performing and promoting dancehall music.

North America Music / Ethnomusicology Alternative culture

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Tenonde’i - a Beautiful Future 2008 30'

Directed by Nadja Marin .

In a village inside the world’s fifth largest and tough city, São Paulo, a young Guaraní created a children’s choir to raise money for his community. Filled with beautiful sounds, the film is a

South America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Children / Young people

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These Objects, Those Memories 2015 29'

Directed by Roger Horn .

"These Objects, Those Memories" is a split-screen film focused on material culture, specifically, that of three long-term Zimbabwean female migrants currently residing in Cape Town, South

They Say We’re All Winners 2002 32'

Directed by Mari Finnestad .

The Zimbabwean girls' team comes to Norway to take part in the world's largest kids' football tournament. The film questions the outcome of this well-intentioned cultural exchange because some of the

Scandinavia Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Sport Collective / Community identity

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This Is A Majlis - A Sound Essay 2020 17'

Directed by Timothy Cooper Abeera Arif-Bashir .

This short film is a multi-platform sound essay. It is primarily illustrated with still images, that conjure an atmosphere of intimacy and intensity of the majlis-e-aza, a mourning gathering central

South Asia Music/Ethnomusicology Urban Art/ Aritists/ Artisans Social Change

The Thompsons 1996 29'

Directed by Andy Lawrence .

In 1996 the troubles in Northern Ireland continued to the sound of beating drums and marching feet. This is the story of a Protestant family in rural Ulster and their fight to remain British and free from Irish rule.

British-Irish Isles War / Conflict / Reconciliation

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Those Who Don’t Work Don’t Make Love 1998 30'

Directed by Cristina Grasseni .

An observational documentary about dairy farmers in the Italian Alps. Caught between pride for tradition and the pressure for modernisation, the story of one family is told through the eyes of

Western Mediterranean Agriculture / Farming Social Change

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Those who Care: Faith and Freedom in a Ladakhi Village 2001 31'

Directed by Henriette Levaulx-Vrecourt .

In Tia village, in an isolated area of Ladakh - North West India - lives an amchi (a local herbal doctor) and his wife. It is summer - a short season in the Indian Himalayas and the only period of

South Asia Health / Health care / Healing Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany

Tiempo de Vals 2006 22'

Directed by Rebecca Savage .

The ‘Quinceañera’ celebration is a lived illusion. A daydream shared by the whole community of Tetlanohcan, a rapidly urbanising agricultural town in Tlaxcala, Central Mexico. The dream is

Central America Festivals / Carnival Social Change

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Time to Look at Girls: Migrants in Bangladesh and Ethiopia 2015 31'

Directed by Marco Speroni .

More migrants move within their own country or region than migrate to Northern countries. Bangladesh and Ethiopia have been experiencing increasingly high rates of migration of adolescent girls to

To Work is to Grow 2015 32'

Directed by Léa Klaue .

Gerald, Ruben, Neysa and their friends are children and adolescents who work as wheelbarrow pusher at a market and as prayer boys in a cemetery in the region of Cochabamba in Bolivia. With their own

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

A Transfer of Power 1986 22'

Directed by Judith MacDougall David MacDougall .

Replacing the engine in an old car is a familiar rural task, but how people go about it differs. For these Aboriginal men in New South Wales, it’s an occasion for affirming continuing

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Education / Knowledge transmission Infrastructure / Transport

True Body 2016 5'

Directed by Louise Hollerup Christensen Shannon Turner Maja Rosenlund Byriel .

What do you do to your body hair, and what does your body hair do to you? True Body is a performative documentary that draws the viewer into a debate about gender norms and cultural body practices.

Two Ears, One Mouth 1999 25'

Directed by Andy Benfield .

Duncan Williamson is of Traveller descent and lives in Scotland, Amy Douglas is fifty years younger and lives in Cheshire. But they share a love for telling stories and both manage to make a living

British-Irish Isles Travellers / Roma Art / Artists / Artisans

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The trial, sentence and execution of Johnny Woodstock 2010 15'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Carnival trials such as that held in Valda, in the mountains of Trentino, are commonplace throughout Europe. Death sentence is for granted. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 8 -

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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