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Films
5 Films
Country of production
“Canada”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
North America
2
South America
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Canada
2
Guyana
1
Italy
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
2
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Development projects
1
Elderly people
1
Family / Kinship
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Herding
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Marriage
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Campbell, Karlia
1
Curtis, Edward S.
1
Garland, Christy
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Grieco, Anthony
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
4
Country of production
Canada
5
x
Denmark
1
Italy
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
2
Year of production
1972
1
2004
1
2010
1
2012
1
2016
1
Film list
The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song
2012
71
‘
Directed by
Christy Garland
.
‘The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song’, using direct cinema style, introduces us to the Smith family in Georgetown, Guyana, where both Muscle, and his mother Mary, each struggle to fight the family
South America
Elderly people
Family / Kinship
Intergenerational relations
In the Land of the War Canoes
1972
47
‘
Directed by
Edward S. Curtis
.
The film was made in 1914 by Edward Curtis. The plot concerns the efforts of a young man, Motana, son of a great chief, to obtain a bride and how he is thwarted by a wicked sorcerer. Many of the
North America
Archival material / Museum displays
Marriage
Film / Photography / Mass media
In Search of the Hamat’sa: A Tale of Headhunting
2004
33
‘
Directed by
Aaron Glass
.
The Hamat’sa (or “Cannibal Dance”) is the most important—and highly represented ceremony of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) people of British Columbia. This film traces the history of
North America
Archival material / Museum displays
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ritual
Informant-researcher relationship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Raised by Humans
2010
25
‘
Directed by
Karlia Campbell
.
‘Raised by Humans’ follows two dogs with difficult life histories as volunteers from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals try to find families to adopt them in Stockport,
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Development projects
Shepherds in the Cave
2016
87
‘
Material Culture
Directed by
Anthony Grieco
.
An international team of art restorers, archaeologists and volunteers begin work on the restoration of religious frescoes inside a network of ancient caves. Faced with local bureaucratic challenges
Western Mediterranean
Archaeology
Herding
Art / Artists / Artisans
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
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