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Camels of the Pitjantjara 1969 45'

From the 1920s onwards, when motor vehicles displaced camels as a mode of supply in central Australia, camels gradually went feral. As this film shows, however, in the 1960s, the Pitjantjara were

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Infrastructure / Transport Animals

Casado's Legacy 2009 49'

Directed by Valentina Bonifacio .

For 100 years Maskoy people worked in Carlos Casado’s tannin factory. The factory, which had been founded on their land, based its production on the exploitation of local natural resources. After

South America Political Activists Labour Land Rights

Caught in Between 2016 56'

Directed by Richard Werbner .

The focus is on a leading village elder, John Lelatlhego, a retired Human Resources administrator trained in settling disputes in the South African mines. John gets entangled in the long troubled

Southern Africa Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Love Marriage

Celso and Cora 2000 109'

Directed by Gary Kildea .

The film is about one family who live in the slums of Manila. Gary Kildea and a Filipino collaborator enter this family's life, filming them as they eat, as they care for their children, as they work

South-East Asia Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Family / Kinship Urban

A Chair: in six parts 2013 42'

Student Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

A poem about a chair. In 1960, Bill Coperthwaite bought 300 acres of wilderness in Machiasport, Maine. Influenced by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and by the back to the land movement of Scott and

North America Material Culture Alternative culture Art / Artists / Artisans

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Cham in the Lepcha Village of Lingthem 2007 52'

Directed by Dawa Tsering Lepcha .

Every winter, over a period of six days, the lamas of Lingthem's village monastery hold their annual cham. These dramatic ritual masked dances impart elementary Buddhist teachings while providing

South Asia Ritual Dance / Theatre / Performance Religion / Belief / Faith

Chantal's Choice 1990 30'

Directed by Priscilla Hinckley Carlyn Saltman .

Adolescents in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, create a play for their peers in Europe and the USA. They enact an African folktale about a girl who faces a painful dilemma because she is determined to stay in school.

West Africa Dance / Theatre / Performance Children / Young people Reproduction (biology)

The Child's Eye 2018 '

Directed by David MacDougall .

This video is a series of 12 short films that are the result of ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall’s a five-year project video workshop project with Indian children. In six workshops held in

South Asia Children / Young people Informant-researcher relationship Participatory / Collaborative methods

Cine Rabeca 2022 55'

Directed by Marcia Mansu .

Time dimensions emerge from the relation between the visible and the imagined, between memory and the experience of the present. A unique place emerges through the entanglement of music and archive

Latin America Music / Ethnomusicology Art / Artists / Artisans Dance / Theatre / Performance

The City Beautiful 2003 78'

Directed by Rahul Roy .

Sunder Nagri (Beautiful City) is a small working class colony on the margins of India’s capital city, Delhi. Most families residing here come from a community of weavers. The last ten years have

South Asia Urban Labour Socioeconomic conditions

Collum Calling Canberra 1983 59'

Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall .

An account of Aboriginal people steering their way through the often frustrating processes of official decision-making, as it is seen from their viewpoint far away from Canberra. Gordon Smith, head

Australia Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples

A Colombian Family 2020 80'

Main Competition Directed by Tanja Wol Sørensen .

A powerful mother-daughter drama is at the centre of this film. Rooted in disagreement—both personal and political—the film follows the consequences of a war that leaves them with an impossible

South America War / Conflict / Reconciliation Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Intergenerational relations Memory Migration Personal Narrative Political Activists Refugees / Displaced populations Social Conflict

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Confluences - Emerillon of French Guiana 2007 78'

Directed by Perle Møhl .

Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy

South America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Everyday Life

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Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi 1984 50'

Directed by Ian Dunlop Philippa Deveson .

A series of interviews with Dundiwuy Wanambi, shot over twelve years. They reveal the struggles of one man in the face of the huge changes brought about by the coming of a mining project, and

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Health / Health care / Healing Social Change

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Copperworking in Santa Clara del Cobra, Michoacán, Mexico - Artisans Facing Change 2001 52'

Directed by Beate Engelbrecht .

Santa Clara del Cobre, a village in Mexico's province Michoacán, is well-known for its copperwork, a craft originating from pre-Spanish times. In the late 1940s the people of Santa Clara tried to

Central America Material Culture Labour Art / Artists / Artisans

Cuyagua - Devil Dancers 1987 52'

Directed by Paul Henley .

The men of the Afro-Caribbean population of Cuyagua enact a ritual that occurs 60 days after Easter. The film is a portrait of two men who direct the devil dancing. They tell the history of the

South America Ritual Religion / Belief / Faith

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Cuyagua - the Saint With Two Faces 1987 56'

Student Directed by Paul Henley .

The film centres on the predominantly female celebration of the feast of Saint John. The women sing the songs associated with the Feast, describe their beliefs and how they organise the feast.

South America Ritual Religion / Belief / Faith Festivals / Carnival

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