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Films
9 Films
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
and
“United States”
x
films with a digital version
5
short films
3
films available on demand
1
Region
East Africa
1
Melanesia
1
Micronesia
1
North America
3
South America
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Bolivia
1
Federated States of Micronesia
1
India
1
Indonesia
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Uganda
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
3
Keywords
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Children / Young people
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Development projects
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
2
Environment
1
Gender Role and Identity
3
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Infrastructure / Transport
2
Labour
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Political Activists
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Belkind, Lukas
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Hawkins, Richard
1
Kildea, Gary
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Leach, Jerry
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Singer, André
2
Solomons, Natasha
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
not set
7
Country of production
United Kingdom
9
x
United States
9
x
Year of production
1974
1
1988
1
1989
3
2010
2
2015
2
Film list
Doctors of Two Worlds
1989
55
‘
Directed by
Natasha Solomons
.
In the Bolivian highlands an English doctor is setting up a network of health care for remote mountain villages. While teaching the inhabitants the essentials of Western medicine the doctor is
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Informant-researcher relationship
Development projects
A Donation to the Museum
2015
25
‘
Directed by
Teri F. Brewer
.
Human remains from the California Channel Islands were donated to an English city museum nearly a century ago. More recently research began into how they came to be there, and whose remains they
North America
Western Europe
Archaeology
Archival material / Museum displays
Dreamcatcher
2015
98
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
A film set in Chicago about an inspirational woman who has defied her past and now rescues girls and young women from a life on the streets.
North America
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Sex / Sexuality
Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda
1988
69
‘
Directed by
Richard Hawkins
.
An insightful documentary, constructed with visual restraint, about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts
East Africa
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity
The Last Navigator
1989
50
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
This is the story of two cultures and two technologies. An American navigator is taught the skills of navigation by a traditional Micronesian navigator on Satawal island. The American tries to
Micronesia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Infrastructure / Transport
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Lessons from the Tiger
2010
22
‘
Directed by
Ife Olatunji
.
A brief glimpse into the Foundation Fior Di Loto girls’ school, this film explores the competing ideas of traditional and contemporary womanhood in Rajasthan, India. Four girls introduce us to the
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism
1974
50
‘
Directed by
Gary Kildea
Jerry Leach
.
The film documents the transformation by the Trobriand Islanders of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries into a highly distinctive political ritual. Shot in 1973-1974,
Melanesia
Sport
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Political Activists
Vaud and the Villains
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Lukas Belkind
.
Three members of an 18-piece, 1930s style, American folk big band explore their personal relationships with Los Angeles, performing, the music they love, and the band that binds them all together.
North America
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology
The Water Goddess and the Computer
1989
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
Steven Lansing
.
The film demonstrates how in Bali, development projects can threaten a carefully balanced ecological irrigation system that is maintained by temple priests. A biologist and an anthropologist look at
South-East Asia
Infrastructure / Transport
Development projects
Environment