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Films
10 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Year of production
“2002”
x
short films
10
x
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
North America
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Southern Africa
3
Country
China
1
India
1
Lesotho
1
Malawi
1
Norway
1
Peru
1
Romania
1
South Africa
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Alternative culture
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
2
Collective / Community identity
3
Disasters
1
Ethnofiction
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
2
Personal Narrative
1
Public Figure
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Sport
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
2
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
2
Trade
1
Travellers / Roma
1
Urban
2
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Berg, Julia
1
Bolchover, James
1
Elliot, Dominic
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Greenwood, Rachel
1
Griggs, David
1
Pardee, Lucy
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
10
Country of production
United Kingdom
10
Year of production
2002
10
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Film list
Business as Usual
2002
27
‘
Directed by
Lucy Pardee
.
Everyone knows about Ground Zero in New York, but have you bought into the memory? Big Mike, Tyrone and the other street vendors will sell you part of the disaster whilst offering you their views on
North America
Trade
Memory
Disasters
Drive it, Crash it, Paint it
2002
26
‘
Directed by
James Bolchover
.
Kelzo grew up in Hulme and has been writing on walls, wrecked cars and other urban surfaces since 1984. But now that he is a ‘graffiti artist’ whose work is sold in galleries, is he still in touch with his roots?
British-Irish Isles
Personal Narrative
Alternative culture
Art / Artists / Artisans
The Most Admired Man
2002
29
‘
Directed by
Julia Berg
.
‘Wise’? ‘Serene’? ‘A Sage’? Mythologized as the Daoist physician from the Jade Dragon Mountain of Lijiang Province in southwest China , Dr Ho receives hundreds of visitors in search of the ‘Real
South-East Asia
Public Figure
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Native
2002
29
‘
Directed by
Rachel Greenwood
.
Through his clothing, a young South African fashion designer of mixed race urges freedom and unity in post-apartheid South Africa. His message is reaching not only his fellow South Africans, but also
Southern Africa
Collective / Community identity
Material Culture
The Ragged Ones
2002
30
‘
Directed by
David Griggs
.
The Basotho live in Lesotho, a kingdom of high mountains surrounded by South Africa. Afflicted by famine, poverty and AIDS, they carry on making a science out of their witchcraft beliefs.
Southern Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Socioeconomic conditions
Ravi and Bhajay
2002
26
‘
Directed by
Rachel Webster
.
Street boys Ravi and Bhajay lead a tough life on the pavements of Mumbai in India. To get away from it, they visit the nearby holy city of Ujjain with the film-maker. But the call of life on the streets is still strong.
South Asia
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Urban
Self Defence
2002
28
‘
Directed by
María Elena Planas
.
With the Shining Path guerilla movement in decline, the government in Peru set up a Commission for Peace and Reconciliation to hear the testimonies of those who had suffered in the war. Framed by the
South America
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Street Fiction
2002
32
‘
Directed by
Dominic Elliot
.
Through combining their own dramatic reconstructions and real life observation, this film tells the story of children who run away from their homes in search of a better life on the streets of Blantyre, Malawi.
Southern Africa
Urban
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Children / Young people
Ethnofiction
The Sweet Life and All That Goes With It
2002
29
‘
Directed by
Anne Schiltz
.
Although the Saxons arrived in Transylvania, Romania over 800 years ago, they have retained a strong sense of their distinctive identity and still speak German. After the Revolution of 1989, most
South-East Europe
Collective / Community identity
Travellers / Roma
They Say We’re All Winners
2002
32
‘
Directed by
Mari Finnestad
.
The Zimbabwean girls’ team comes to Norway to take part in the world’s largest kids’ football tournament. The film questions the outcome of this well-intentioned cultural exchange because some of the
Scandinavia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Sport
Collective / Community identity