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Films
9 Films
Country of production
“Denmark”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
2
films available on demand
1
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Melanesia
2
Scandinavia
3
South America
2
Western Europe
1
Country
Faroe Islands
3
French Guiana
1
Guyana
1
Netherlands
1
Papua New Guinea
2
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Death
1
Elderly people
1
Everyday Life
3
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Infrastructure / Transport
2
Intergenerational relations
1
Land Rights
2
Love
1
Research Methods
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Conflict
2
Social Organisation
1
Sport
1
Directors
Anttila, Birgitta H.
1
Garland, Christy
1
Møhl, Perle
1
Nielsen, Christian Suhr
1
Otto, Ton
2
Rasmussen, Ulla
2
Rasmussen, Ulla Boje
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Suhr, Christian
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Pleasure Shorts
1
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
3
not set
4
Country of production
Canada
1
Denmark
9
x
France
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1990
1
1992
1
2007
2
2010
1
2011
1
2012
1
2014
1
2019
1
Film list
1700 Metres from the Future
1990
86
‘
Directed by
Ulla Rasmussen
.
Ulla Boje Rasmussen portrays with humour and empathy life in the small Faroese village of Gásadalur, inhabited by just 16 adults and a 9-year old boy. The film gives a unique insight into the
Scandinavia
Land Rights
Infrastructure / Transport
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
Come Here Come Here
2019
28
‘
Directed by
Julia Sterre Schmitz
.
As a poetic manifesto for a more plural understanding of female sexuality, this associative film interweaves many theories, images, fantasies, memories and confusions drawn from popular culture,
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Gender Role and Identity
Research Methods
Confluences – Emerillon of French Guiana
2007
78
‘
Directed by
Perle Møhl
.
Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Everyday Life
For The Love of the Game
2010
24
‘
Directed by
Birgitta H. Anttila
.
Hurling is a game combining skill, speed and strength. Players – even at the highest levels – are amateurs, but still spend hours on training. Through the encounter with hurler Shane Dooley, we learn
British-Irish Isles
Sport
The Light on Mykines Island
1992
66
‘
Directed by
Ulla Rasmussen
.
Ulla Boje Rasmussen’s at once historical and contemporary documentary from 1992 about the life and nature of the sparsely populated and spellbound island of Mykines. With outstanding footage she
Scandinavia
Everyday Life
Social Organisation
Rural
NGAT IS DEAD: STUDYING MORTUARY TRADITIONS
2007
59
‘
Directed by
Christian Suhr Nielsen
Ton Otto
.
A film about how anthropological knowledge is developed through active participation in traditional exchange ceremonies on the small island of Baluan in the South Pacific. The film follows the
Melanesia
Death
Ritual
Informant-researcher relationship
Social Conflict
Unity through Culture
2011
69
‘
Directed by
Christian Suhr
Ton Otto
.
Soanin Killangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island, Manus, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. He organizes the
Melanesia
Festivals / Carnival
Social Conflict
Collective / Community identity
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
2014
140
‘
Directed by
Ulla Boje Rasmussen
.
WESTERN OUTPOSTS – Faroese Cinematic Narratives is a DVD box set containing newly digitised versions of Ulla Buje Rasmussen’s 1990s films about Faroese life, a 2015 epilogfilm and a 32 page booklet
Scandinavia
Land Rights
Infrastructure / Transport
Everyday Life