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Films
8 Films
available to watch on demand
x
Country of production
“Australia”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
3
films available on demand
8
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Region
Australia
2
East Africa
3
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
2
Country
Australia
2
India
1
Indonesia
2
Kenya
3
Keywords
Animals
2
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Development projects
1
Digital media
1
Family / Kinship
2
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Herding
2
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Internet
1
Marriage
2
Material Culture
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Political Activists
1
Prison
1
Social Change
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Directors
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Colucci, Erminia
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
MacDougall, David
4
MacDougall, Judith
3
Palmer, Lisa
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Shorts Collection 2
1
Turkana Conversations
3
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
8
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Indonesia
1
Italy
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
2
Year of production
1976
1
1977
1
1981
1
2008
1
2014
1
2015
1
2019
1
2020
1
Film list
Breaking the Chains
2015
64
‘
Student
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and
South-East Asia
Prison
Health / Health care / Healing
Political Activists
Development projects
Gandhi’s Children
2008
185
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
A monolithic building on the outskirts of Delhi provides food and shelter for 350 boys. Some are orphans, some have been abandoned, others have run away from home. About half are held under a court
South Asia
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Socioeconomic conditions
Lorang’s Way
1977
69
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
The Turkana are a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists who inhabit a harsh environment of dry thorn country in northwestern Kenya. Lorang’s Way focuses upon a Turkana elder. Having spent time away
East Africa
Herding
Social Change
Nomads and Nomadism
Making Worlds Otherwise
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Paul Gurrumuruwuy
Jennifer Deger
Enid Guruŋulmiwuy
Warren Balpatji
Meredith Balanydjarrk
James Ganambarr
Kayleen Djingadjingawuy
Victoria Baskin Coffey
Sebastian Lowe
.
An exuberant experiment in the ethnographic art of remix that gives new form to Miyarrka Media’s project of yuṯa, or new, anthropology. Sound, images, colour, light, and deeply felt patterns of
Australia
Collective / Community identity
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Internet
Digital media
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Ringtone
2014
30
‘
Directed by
Jennifer Deger
Paul Wunungmurra
.
Yolngu Aboriginal families offer glimpses into their lives and relationships through their choice of ringtones. From ancestral clan songs to 80s hip hop artists and local gospel tunes, these songs
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Music / Ethnomusicology
Material Culture
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
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
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