Films

Film list

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Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopó 1987 52'
Directed by Bruce MacDonald.
The documentary shows how Cakchiquel Maya of a village on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala adapted to changes that took place in the decades before the film was made, when the lake became a favoured spot
Central America Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
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The Mende 1990 52'
Directed by Bruce MacDonald.
This is a portrait of Kpuawala, Sierra Leone, a village of some 260 Mende people living in a clearing in the forest in houses of mud brick and tin. Like any village portrait it gossips, happy
West Africa Everyday Life Social Organisation Rural
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Orphans of Passage: The Uduk 1993 52'
Directed by Bruce MacDonald.
In 1987 Sudanese government forces attacked the Uduk of Southern Sudan, and 20-25000 Uduk fled. Since then they have criss-crossed the Sudanese/Ethiopian border 5 times. In the spring of 1992, 13000
North and Northeast Africa Refugees / Displaced populations War / Conflict / Reconciliation Religion / Belief / Faith Squatter Settlements / Homelessness