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Films
7 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Year of production
“2001”
x
short films
7
x
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central Asia and Far East
2
South America
1
South Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
West Africa
1
Country
Brazil
1
Greece
1
India
1
Japan
1
Russian Federation
1
Togo
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Alternative culture
1
Animals
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Land Rights
1
Personal Narrative
1
Post-communism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Sport
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Directors
Bernstein, Anya
1
Juárez-Allen, Gema
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
Rice, Tom
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Stefani, Fotini
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
7
Country of production
United Kingdom
7
Year of production
2001
7
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Film list
Dreamland
2001
30
‘
Directed by
Gema Juárez-Allen
.
This film explores the dreams and frustrations of camp squatters in Rio de Janeiro State, as, supported by the MST (Landless People’s Movement), they wait for permission to settle on unused land close by.
South America
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Land Rights
Fish Have Feelings Too
2001
23
‘
Directed by
Tom Rice
.
For Jack and Stan, two men from Manchester, koi carp have become something more than an obsession. Not only have their pets become a source of fame and distinction, but of affection and mutually
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Join Me in Shambala
2001
30
‘
Directed by
Anya Bernstein
.
Once brutally persecuted under the Soviet regime, Buddhism is re-emerging in Siberia. But with a past where Lamas were killed in prisons and temples burnt to the ground, there are few masters left to
Central Asia and Far East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Post-communism
Pushy Women
2001
23
‘
Directed by
Caro MacDonald
.
The modern Japanese woman has the world at her feet: she can pursue any career, wear whatever she likes, and spend her leisure time however she likes – even playing sumo. This film follows five young
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sport
Rock ‘n’ Pray
2001
24
‘
Directed by
Fotini Stefani
.
The monks from the monastery of Saints Augustine and Serapheim Sarow on mainland Greece have found modern ways to appeal to young people. The film explores how their traditional life co-exists with
South-East Europe
Religion / Belief / Faith
Intergenerational relations
Those who Care: Faith and Freedom in a Ladakhi Village
2001
31
‘
Directed by
Henriette Levaulx-Vrecourt
.
In Tia village, in an isolated area of Ladakh – North West India – lives an amchi (a local herbal doctor) and his wife. It is summer – a short season in the Indian Himalayas and the only period of
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Usch in the Bush
2001
32
‘
Directed by
Michaela Schäuble
.
In the 1980s Ursula Heimer leaves behind her husband and children in Germany and goes to live in the African bush. We meet her seventeen years later in a tiny village in Togo, where she has been
West Africa
Personal Narrative
Alternative culture