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P06a: Worker’s precarity: audio-visual representations of resistance '

Conference
Convened by Lana Askari Paloma Yáñez Serrano Jose Luis Fajardo-Escoffie .

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P06b: Worker’s precarity: audio-visual representations of resistance '

Conference
Convened by Lana Askari Paloma Serrano Jose Luis Fajardo-Escoffie .

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P17: Workshop: Radical inclusivity and visual ethnography '

Conference
Convened by Mike Poltorak .

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Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises 2006 104'

Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin Directed by Alanis Obomsawin .

The filmmaker returns to the village where she was raised to craft a lyrical account of her own people. After decades of tirelessly recording others’ stories, she focuses this film on her own home

Waiting for Harry 1980 57'

Directed by Kim McKenzie .

Although the events around which this film was planned were the final mortuary rites for Les Angabarraparra, the subject of the film became interaction. Interaction between the anthropologist Les

Australia Informant-researcher relationship Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Death Reflexivity

Walker's 2018 11'

Student Directed by Kyle Myers-Haugh .

In this portrait of a historic black barbershop in Wilmington, North Carolina, we witness the everyday rituals that bind the men in this community together. Tight close ups illuminate intimate

Walking is Medicine 2018 5'

Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin Directed by Alanis Obomsawin .

This is the story of the Nishiyuu walkers, six young Cree men who decided to trek 1600km from Whapmagoostui, Quebec, to Ottawa, in the spirit of their ancestors, whose traditions were to travel long

War of the Gods 1971 52'

Directed by Brian Moser .

While relying on a polemical stance directed against the cultural genocide wrought by missionaries, 'War of the Gods' also contains a wealth of information and detail about Amazonian Indian

South America Religion / Belief / Faith Collective / Community identity Agriculture / Farming Hunting / Gathering / Fishing

Warehouse 2018 8'

Directed by Lillian Dam Bracia S. Buse Yildirim Constantinos Diamantis Malwa Grabowska .

Warehouse is a meditative ethnographic short film. Warehouse is a place where sound moves the objects. It is an intimate encounter in the cosmos of objects, sounds and textures where carpenter

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The Water Goddess and the Computer 1989 52'

Directed by André Singer Steven Lansing .

The film demonstrates how in Bali, development projects can threaten a carefully balanced ecological irrigation system that is maintained by temple priests. A biologist and an anthropologist look at

South-East Asia Infrastructure / Transport Development projects Environment

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The Water Goddess and the Computer 1988 58'

Lifetime Achievement Directed by J. Stephen Lansing Andre Singer .

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The Water Holds Me / The Water Binds Us 2021 2'

Animation Directed by Lily Mae Kroes .

Based on the stories of women who dip, dive and swim in rivers, lakes and seas, this animated film evokes many different experiences in one swim, from the anticipation of getting in cold water to the

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The Water of Words: a cultural ecology of a small island in Eastern Indonesia 1983 30'

Directed by J. Fox Timothy Asch Patsy Asch .

This film examines the ecology and poetry of everyday life. Two Rotinese narrate this film, each offering his perception of the importance of the Lontar (Borassus) palm: a clan leader describes the

South-East Asia Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany Linguistics / Language Environment

The Way I See Today 2016 46'

Directed by Antonia Gama Márcio Gomes .

The critically-acclaimed film City of God (2002) is a fiction film based on a novel about a real place known as Cidade de Deus (City of God), located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Through the

The Way We Live Now 2016 32'

Student Directed by Sophia Hersi Smith .

'The Way We Live Now' is an intimate portrait of the daily routines and rituals of the Hadza; modern-day hunter-gatherers living in the acacia-baobab woodlands surrounding Lake Eyasi in North-Central

East Africa Hunting / Gathering / Fishing Everyday Life

We Are All Neighbours 1993 52'

Directed by Debbie Christie .

The film shows the effect of war on families in a racially mixed village outside Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Moslems lived peacefully together. Norwegian anthropologist Tone

South-East Europe War / Conflict / Reconciliation Collective / Community identity Inter-religious relations

We Are Born to Survive 1995 30'

Directed by Paul Henley Paul Okojie .

A political biography of the activist Kath Locke, from Manchester's Moss Side, based on an interview conducted by her political comrade Paul Okojie shortly before her death in 1992, aged 64.

British-Irish Isles Political Activists Race / Racism / Antiracism Public Figure

We Belong to the Earth 2015 30'

Directed by Ramona August .

The establishment of the first intentional communities stretches back over two millennia ago, with notable examples such as the ancient Greek commune based on vegetarianism and equality of the sexes

We Don't Need A Grave 2014 27'

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'We Don't Need a Grave' attempts to show how the people who choose Shizenso rather than the typical family grave try to accept one's death. Shizenso is a natural mortuary practice that has no

Central Asia and Far East Religion / Belief / Faith Death Ritual

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We can be heroes just for (two) days. The Jannisaries of Naoussa 2016 20'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The memory of an heroic episode of resistance against the Ottomans is re-enacted in Naoussa every year with the parade of an army of Janissaries. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

A Wedding 2021 15'

Shorts Directed by Emiko Stock .

At a Cham Muslim wedding in rural Cambodia, an ethnographer doubles as a wedding videographer, capturing a day-long event in constant movement. Through unstable camera movements never completely

The Wedding Camels 1976 108'

Directed by Judith MacDougall David MacDougall .

Also about individuals from the Turkana in north-western Kenya (see 'Lorang’s Way' and 'A Wife Among Wives'), this film chronicles a series of events which surround the marriage of Lorang’s

East Africa Family / Kinship Marriage Animals Herding

Welcome Reception '

Gala event
Convened by RAI FILM FESTIVAL .

Join us for a reception to welcome our guests and to celebrate the start of the festival. All welcome. Sponsored by Wiley.

Welcome Valentine 2017 2017 16'

Student Directed by Dhruv Satija .

In a temple dedicated to Hanuman in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a priest flouts convention by marrying couples who are shunned elsewhere: mostly those who have eloped from families who disapprove of their

South Asia Marriage Love LGBTQI* Religion / Belief / Faith

Were Ni! He is a Madman 1963 30'

Directed by Frank Speed Raymond Prince .

This ethnopsychiatric film shows the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria. There are two basic types of institutions to deal with psychiatric disorders. First there are

West Africa Health / Health care / Healing Ritual Possession

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Western Outposts - Faroese Cinematic Narratives 2014 140'

Directed by Ulla Boje Rasmussen .

WESTERN OUTPOSTS - Faroese Cinematic Narratives is a DVD box set containing newly digitised versions of Ulla Buje Rasmussen's 1990s films about Faroese life, a 2015 epilogfilm and a 32 page booklet

Scandinavia Land Rights Infrastructure / Transport Everyday Life

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The Whale Hunters of Lamalera 1988 52'

Directed by John Blake David Wason .

The Whale Hunters of Lamalera was filmed over a period of four weeks during June 1987. Lamalera is a village which is perched on the rocky slopes of an active volcano on the southern coast of the

South-East Asia Hunting / Gathering / Fishing Animals Everyday Life

What about China? 2022 135'

President's Award - Trinh T. Minh-ha Directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha .

Influential filmmaker, writer, composer Trinh T. Minh-ha’s latest film takes the notion of harmony in China as a site of creative manifestation. Highly valued as a virtue and a guiding criterion in

What your eyes can’t see 2018 8'

Shorts Directed by Julieta Pestarino .

An essay-documentary that explores the processes of archival research, and the limits of the kind of knowledge it can provide. Pestarino pursues photographer and traveller André Roosevelt into the

When Four Friends Meet 2000 43'

Directed by Rahul Roy .

Bunty, Kamal, Sanjay and Sanju, best of friends and residents of Jehangiripuri, a working class colony on the outskirts of Delhi are young and trying to make their lives in an environment which is

South Asia Gender Role and Identity Children / Young people Urban

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When the Sea Sends Forth a Forest 2020 21'

Shorts Directed by Guangli LIU .

The story revolves around the memory of a Chinese survivor of the Khmer Rouge. This tragedy, which took the lives of two million people, continues to reshape our present. This forgotten moment of

Where the Clouds End 2014 52'

Directed by Wanphrang Diengdoh .

“My late great grandfather was a Bengali who came to Shillong in the early 1900s - long before the present political border divided the lands.” After the creation of borders between India and

South Asia Colonialism / Postcolonialism Race / Racism / Antiracism Collective / Community identity

Where Things go 2022 75'

Werbner Award Directed by Baptiste Aubert .

In the small Belgian town of Verviers in the mid-60s, most of the textile factories that had contributed to the town’s prosperity closed down. On witnessing the end of an epoch, the town council

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The White Primavera of the Agordino 2016 16'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The beauty of the village, impersonating a gypsy woman, the Zinghenesta, has the main dancing role in the masquerade. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE**.

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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Who says the lepchas are vanishing (Bang the Drum) 2019 42'

Music Docs Directed by Abhyuday Khaitan .

A tribute to Sonam Tshering Lepcha, cultural leader and creator of songs, literature, dances and a museum of the Lepcha people of north-west Bengal and Sikkim (India). His life has been devoted to

Why Wear White 1989 28'

Directed by Sarah Cole .

The wedding industry in Britain is currently booming and many people find it necessary to have a long white dress, an old-fashioned car and other specially made details for their wedding. The film,

British-Irish Isles Marriage Social Norms

Why is Mr W. Laughing? 2017 76'

Directed by Jana Papenbrook .

Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than

Western Europe Art / Artists / Artisans Collective / Community identity Elderly people Health / Health care / Healing Life Story / Life History Personal Narrative Social participation

A Wife Among Wives 1981 72'

Directed by Judith MacDougall David MacDougall .

This segment of the trilogy on the Turkana of northern Kenya (see 'Lorang’s Way' and 'The Wedding Camels' above) evolves around the role of women in the society. The audience follows the

East Africa Gender Role and Identity Marriage Family / Kinship

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Wild Honey: Caring for bees in a divided land 2019 30'

Directed by Lisa Palmer .

For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are

South-East Asia Animals Food / Water Hunting / Gathering / Fishing

A Wind of Change 2019 72'

Directed by Toni de Bromhead .

A Wind of Change 72 mins Segesta Production UK/IT Toni de Bromhead Unlike most films that one sees, this film shows what it really means to live with, and to fight the mafia in Sicily - not

Winter Days 2013 59'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

"Winter Days" evokes the stillness and quietness of the forest in winter. Life is lived close to the stove. It’s a time for small tasks and chores – making a wedge, sewing a pocket, the

North America Alternative culture Rural Everyday Life Art / Artists / Artisans

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Witchcraft Among the Azande 1982 52'

Directed by André Singer .

*Witchcraft among the Azande' is suitable for showing in undergraduate and graduate classes on topics of religion, philosophy, and African ethnography. It could also be stimulating to discussions of

North and Northeast Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Health / Health care / Healing Social Change

With Morning Hearts 2001 110'

Directed by David MacDougall .

This film continues MacDougall's long-term study of an elite boys' boarding school in northern India. It focuses on a group of twelve-year-olds during their first year in one of the 'houses' for new

South Asia Children / Young people Education / Knowledge Transmission

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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

Wives 2017 85'

RAI Basil Wright Directed by Lisbet Holtedahl .

Alhajji Ibrahim is an Islamic scholar who has served as judge at the Sultanate of Ngaoundéré in Northern Cameroon for 46 years. The film follows Alhajji during the last years of his life, focusing

West Africa Family / Kinship Everyday Life Gender Role and Identity Marriage Personal Narrative Religion / Belief / Faith Social Norms

The Wodaabe 1988 52'

Directed by Leslie Woodhead David Wason .

*Is the Wodaabe world disappearing? How are we to place the painted male faces? The very considerable success of this film is the ways it answers these questions.* J. Picto The Wodaabe follow

Central Africa Herding Animals Everyday Life Ritual

A Woman's Story 2015 52'

Directed by Azra Rashid .

A look at genocide, survival, and physical and cultural continuity through the eyes of three women who have experienced three different genocides of the 20th century. Shot on location in Canada,

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The Women Weavers of Assam 2019 98'

Special Interest Directed by Aparna Sharma .

The Women Weavers of Assam focuses on the craft, labour and the everyday lives of a group of women weavers in India’s northeastern state of Assam. The weavers belong to a non-profit collective

South Asia Art / Artists / Artisans Gender Role and identity Material Culture

Women in Sink 2015 36'

Directed by Iris Zaki .

At “Fifi’s”, a hair salon owned by a Christian Arab in Haifa, Iris Zaki installs a minimalist film set over the sink, where she converses with the clients she’s shampooing. She thus paints an

Women of a Divided Land 1997 22'

Directed by Joanna Hill .

This film follows the activities of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists in Jerusalem and the West Bank, portraying both the collective and individual experiences of resistance.

Middle and Near East Resistance Political Activists Religion / Belief / Faith

Women of Freedom 2017 58'

Directed by Abeer Zeibak Haddad .

Women of Freedom follows the stories of women who were murdered in the name of ‘honor killing', in the Arab and Palestinian society. This documentary aims to unravel the social and political

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A Women’s Carnival in Tyrol 2017 9'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Patsch is only place in the whole of Tyrol, where a company of women takes on the lead role of the Carnival parade. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE**. On

Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Worldwide, Streetwise 2003 32'

Directed by Naomi Richards .

A film that explores issues of faith and activism at a radical church in an ethnically and religiously diverse area of Leeds.

British-Irish Isles Religion / Belief / Faith Urban Political Activists

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Writing Panare - Portrait of a Linguist on Fieldwork 1996 30'

Directed by Paul Henley .

Marie-Claude Muller is a linguist who has worked for many years with the Panare, an Amerindian people of Venezuelan Amazonia. She has now been commissioned by the government literacy programme to

South America Linguistics / Language Education / Knowledge Transmission

Writing on the City 2015 60'

Directed by Keywan Karimi .

With Writing On The City, Keywan Karimi redraws the history of Tehran through its walls, from the Islamic Revolution in 1979 to nowadays. He was sentenced to a year of detention and 223 whiplashes

Wási 2017 16'

Shorts Directed by Sebastián Gómez Ruíz Amado Villafaña Chaparro .

As the sun rises on a village in northern Colombia, we glimpse its inhabitants as they begin their day. As the scene emerges from obscurity, a voiceover reflects on the nature of sight. It is the

South America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Indigenous Filmmaking History of Anthropology Film / Photography / Mass media

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The world is round so that nobody can hide in the corners – Part I: Refuge 2017 10'

Student Directed by Leandro Goddinho .

The first instalment in a series of shorts that explore LGBTQ+ experiences across the globe, envisioning a queer diasporic community. In Refuge, we hear the moving account of a young man forced to

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The world is round so that nobody can hide in the corners – Part II: The Kiss 2017 5'

Student Directed by Leandro Goddinho .

The second instalment in a series of shorts that explore LGBTQ+ experiences across the globe, envisioning a queer diasporic community. The Kiss stages an act of public sensuality at the Gay Holocaust

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The world like a jewel in the hand: unlearning imperial plunder ii 2022 58'

Focus on: Ariella Aïsha Azoulay Directed by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay .

This film travels over open books, looted objects and postcards to look for the imperial foundations of the world in which we live. Within this wide landscape the film focuses on the destruction of

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