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Films
11 Films
Year of production
“1998”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
6
Region
British-Irish Isles
2
South America
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
2
South-East Europe
1
West Africa
2
Western Mediterranean
2
Country
Ghana
1
Greece
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
1
Ivory Coast
1
Malta
1
Nepal
1
United Kingdom
2
Venezuela
1
Vietnam
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
2
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Family / Kinship
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
3
Health / Health care / Healing
3
Intergenerational relations
1
Love
2
Marriage
2
Material Culture
1
Memory
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Social Change
1
Social participation
1
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Allward, Caroline
1
Coppe, Alexia
1
Fassnidge, Matthew
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Kerlogue, Fiona
1
Kirk, Laura
1
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Nguyen, M. Trinh
1
Plessis, Nancy du
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Wendl, Tobias
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
6
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
not set
4
Country of production
Belgium
1
Germany
1
United Kingdom
8
United States
1
Year of production
1998
11
x
Film list
The Boy From Allison Street
1998
30
‘
Directed by
Caroline Allward
.
Wayne has left school, sweet 16, disillusioned, with no qualifications. He is briefly distracted by Becka, the girl next door, and the discovery of his father’s porno movie. But all he really wants
British-Irish Isles
Children / Young people
Love
Fatmawati’s Wedding: the Weddings of two Sisters, the Preparations
1998
50
‘
Directed by
Fiona Kerlogue
.
This film records the preparations for the wedding of two sisters in eastern Sumatra in December 1996. There is an emphasis on the importance of the role of women in the village. Ritual exchanges
South-East Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Ritual
Material Culture
Fighting for Control
1998
30
‘
Directed by
Alexia Coppe
.
An unconventional household of two women and five children in South London, attempting to leave a difficult past behind, and build a happy future.
British-Irish Isles
Family / Kinship
Future Remembrance – Photography and Image Arts in Ghana
1998
54
‘
Directed by
Tobias Wendl
Nancy du Plessis
.
The film portrays a vibrant range of contemporary and historical images by artists and photographers in Ghana. While glancing through the history of black & white photography in Ghana, the film
West Africa
Film / Photography / Mass media
Art / Artists / Artisans
Memory
Harpoons and Heartache
1998
28
‘
Directed by
Bessie Morris
.
Bessie Morris, a Greek-American, portrays the romantic relationships between Greek men and women tourists. She explores the story of Vassilis, a young male bartender in the tourist town of Hania, Crete.
South-East Europe
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Gender Role and Identity
Love
Holding the Tradition
1998
28
‘
Directed by
Matthew Fassnidge
.
The annual regatta on the island of Malta has been passionately contested for over 200 years by a number of local rowing clubs. Marsamxett has been dismissed by the others as being a club for ‘old
Western Mediterranean
Sport
A Little Bit of Freedom
1998
34
‘
Directed by
Laura Kirk
.
This film is set in a traditional household in Nepal and documents a servant girl, Nani; a married woman, Sarita; and a mother-in-law, Ama. In interesting mixture of entrapment, duty and tradition unfold.
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Intergenerational relations
Marriage
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
Tigers Apprentice
1998
57
‘
Directed by
M. Trinh Nguyen
.
Tiger’s Apprentice is the story of M. Trinh Nguyen’s journey to her native Vietnam. She observes and documents her great-uncle’s folk medicine practices treating many patients and making his
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Uncle Poison
1998
60
‘
Directed by
Ricardo Leizaola
.
Filmed in the city of Caracas, capital of Venezuela, Uncle Poison is an intimate portrait of a traditional faith healer, set against the backdrop of his community’s Easter celebrations. Every day,
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Ymako
1998
52
‘
Directed by
Laurent Van Lancker
Robin Shuffield
.
Ymako Teatri, a theatre company based in the Ivory Coast, uses street theatre to question some contemporary West African problems. Their originality consists in using the ‘invisible theatre’
West Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Health / Health care / Healing
Social participation