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Films
5 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Year of production
“1999”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
5
x
Region
British-Irish Isles
2
South-East Asia
1
West Africa
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Cape Verde
1
China
1
Ireland
1
Portugal
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
History of Anthropology
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Travellers / Roma
1
Directors
Benfield, Andy
1
Cai, Hua
1
Eschenbach, Sebastian
1
Nicolau, João
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
4
not set
1
Country of production
China
1
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1999
5
x
Film list
Daba – Portrait of a Na Shaman
1999
40
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
After more than a quarter of a century without any form of religious ceremony, the Na, an ethnic group living on the Himalayan plateau, began openly practising their religion again in the early
South-East Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Religion / Belief / Faith
Shamans and Shamanism
Looking for the Man Of Aran
1999
25
‘
Directed by
Sebastian Eschenbach
.
It is 60 years since Robert Flaherty made Man of Aran. How do the people of the Aran Islands remember the experience and what do they feel about the image the films gives of their land?
British-Irish Isles
Film / Photography / Mass media
History of Anthropology
Round Trip
1999
36
‘
Directed by
Angela Torresan
.
Portrait of a Brazilian woman and her friends, now living in Lisbon, exploring the basis of their sense of identity in the context of a transnational way of life.
Western Mediterranean
Collective / Community identity
Migration
Two Ears, One Mouth
1999
25
‘
Directed by
Andy Benfield
.
Duncan Williamson is of Traveller descent and lives in Scotland, Amy Douglas is fifty years younger and lives in Cheshire. But they share a love for telling stories and both manage to make a living
British-Irish Isles
Travellers / Roma
Art / Artists / Artisans
You Can’t Live With Your Mouth Shut
1999
29
‘
Directed by
João Nicolau
.
Cape Verde is an archipelago situated 500km off the West Coast of Africa. On the island of Santiago lives Mano Mendi, the last player of cimboa, a one-string violin used to accompany the traditional
West Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology