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Films
6 Films
Country
“Ethiopia”
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Keywords
“Agriculture Farming”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
1
films hosted on Kanopy
5
short films
1
films available on demand
2
Region
North and Northeast Africa
6
Country
Ethiopia
6
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Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
6
x
Collective / Community identity
1
Everyday Life
1
Food / Water
4
Marriage
1
Rural
1
Social Organisation
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Trade
1
Directors
Defersha, Eyob
1
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Haddis, Tesfahun
1
Harries, Andy
1
Lydall, Jean
1
Strecker, Ivo
1
Strecker, Kaira
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
5
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
1
Country of production
Ethiopia
4
Germany
5
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1979
1
2017
1
2018
1
2019
3
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Abraham and Sarah II. Hosting the Gundagundo Pilgrims
2019
41
‘
Directed by
Tesfahun Haddis
.
The film is part of the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series and a sequel to ‘Abraham and Sarah I: Creators of a productive landscape’. A Tigrean farmer and his wife, who host pilgrims to a
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Food / Water
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Abraham and Sarah. Creators of a productive landscape.
2017
53
‘
Directed by
Ivo Strecker
.
In the highlands of Tigray – northern Ethiopia – on the edge of the escarpment that descends steeply to the Danakil dessert, Hagos Mashisho and Desta Gidey have toiled and struggled for years to turn
North and Northeast Africa
Rural
Agriculture / Farming
Dancing Grass. Harvesting teff in the Tigrean highlands
2018
40
‘
Directed by
Mitiku Gabrehiwot
.
Dancing Grass is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). It captures the communal harvesting of teff among Tigreans of Northern Ethiopia. Teff, an ancient
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Food / Water
Family Subsistence in the Hills of Hamar. We are guests of Shawa
2019
58
‘
Directed by
Jean Lydall
Kaira Strecker
.
The film is a sequel to former films on Hamar directed by Jean Lydall and Kaira Strecker, and contributes to the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series. Kaira’s childhood friend Shawa moved as a
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Everyday Life
Food / Water
In Aiye’s Garden. Propagation and Processing of Enset in the Gamo Highlands
2019
58
‘
Directed by
Eyob Defersha
.
In Aiye’s Garden is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). Enset, which is related to the banana plant, is very drought resistant and a good source of
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Food / Water
The Kwegu
1979
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Andy Harries
.
*’The Kwegu’ is an entirely tasteful and dignified presentation of the harsh realities of subsistence living, and it may help us understand how, even in stateless societies, dominated groups come to
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Social Organisation
Marriage
Trade