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Films
8 Films
Country
“Nepal”
x
Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
5
short films
4
films available on demand
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
South Asia
7
Country
India
1
Japan
1
Nepal
8
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Keywords
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Children / Young people
1
Death
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Elderly people
1
Everyday Life
1
Family/ Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Gender Role and identity
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
3
Marriage
2
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Social Change
1
Socioeconomic conditions
2
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Dyson, Jane
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Kharel, Dipesh
2
Kirk, Laura
1
MacDougall, David
1
Saito, Asami
1
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Winter, Pattie
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Doon School Project
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
Shorts Collection 2
1
Shorts collection 2
1
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
1
Japan
1
Nepal
1
Norway
1
United Kingdom
5
Year of production
1977
1
1998
1
2004
2
2006
1
2012
1
2019
1
2020
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
The Age of Reason
2004
87
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
In this fifth and final film in the Doon School quintet, MacDougall focuses on the life of one student whom he discovers at the school. The film was made in parallel with ‘The New Boys’ and
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Informant-researcher relationship
Gula – Music for a sacred time
2020
15
‘
Directed by
Remigiusz Sowa
.
Introduces the rich and varied Hindu-Buddhist religious and ritual musical heritage of the ancient royal city of Bhaktapur (Nepal).
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
A Life with Slate
2006
59
‘
Directed by
Dipesh Kharel
.
Alampu is a beautiful and exceedingly remote village in Nepal. The majority of the settlers there are Thami people, one of the indigenous groups of Nepal. More than 90 percent of them have been
South Asia
Labour
Socioeconomic conditions
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
Playing with Nan
2012
88
‘
Directed by
Dipesh Kharel
Asami Saito
.
Playing with Nan is the story of a Nepali young man who migrated to work in a Nepali restaurant in northern Japan. The film explores his daily life at work and his family at home, which reflects
South Asia
Central Asia and Far East
Labour
Migration
Socioeconomic conditions
Sherpas of Nepal
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Pattie Winter
.
Thami is a village 12,000 feet up in the Himalayas in the Kingdom of Nepal. As the film’s opening shots illustrate, in a type of filmic short-hand, Thami is composed of a patchwork of individual
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Labour
Marriage
Social Change
A Small Light
2004
32
‘
Directed by
Julia Yezbick
.
Through following the daily life of a home for the elderly in Kathmandhu, Nepal, run by Catholic nuns but situated beside the cremation ghats of Pashupathinath Hindu temple, this film explores
South Asia
Death
Inter-religious relations
Religion / Belief / Faith
Elderly people
Spirit
2019
19
‘
Directed by
Jane Dyson
Ross Harrison
.
Saraswati is a new arrival in an Indian Himalayan village. She wonders how she will ever feel at home in the new setting. “Spirit” by Jane Dyson and Ross Harrison is a story of longing and
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and identity
Agriculture/ Farming
Everyday Life
Family/ Kinship