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Films
12 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Country
“India”
x
films with a digital version
3
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
12
x
films available on demand
2
Region
South Asia
12
Country
India
12
x
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Children / Young people
4
Collective / Community identity
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
3
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Environment
1
Everyday Life
1
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Health / Health care / Healing
2
Informant-researcher relationship
1
LGBTQI*
1
Labour
2
Life Story / Life History
1
Love
1
Marriage
1
Material Culture
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Rural
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
2
Travellers / Roma
1
Urban
3
Directors
Banks, Marcus
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Hansen, Anne-Katrine
1
Hörmann, André
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
MacDougall, David
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Rosen, Jennifer
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
6
not set
6
Country of production
Australia
1
Germany
1
India
4
United Kingdom
7
United States
1
not set
1
Year of production
1988
1
2001
1
2002
1
2006
1
2007
1
2008
1
2009
1
2010
1
2012
2
2017
1
2018
1
Film list
Arnav At Six
2012
28
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
Filmed as a collaborative project with Arnav Koshy in 2008, this film explores the mind and activities of an intelligent and observant child of six. Arnav is fascinated by the geology, plant-life,
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Barah Pal
2009
30
‘
Directed by
Jennifer Rosen
.
12 castes of gypsy artists ended their nomadic ways nearly 45 years ago to squat in New Delhi. Now the slum is being dismantled and rehabilitated. These are their last months in the colony as they
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Travellers / Roma
Urban
Calcutta Calling
2006
16
‘
Directed by
André Hörmann
.
“Business Process Outsourcing” is the fastest growing industry in the world. In India, approximately 350,000 people are currently working in call centres to maintain the contact between western
South Asia
Labour
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
Paani: of women and water
2018
22
‘
Student
Directed by
Costanza Burstin
.
Against the bleached sky of Rajasthan, we encounter the women of a small Muslim village as they engage in their work. Here, water binds their daily labour rituals: they collect and carry water in
South Asia
Environment
Food / Water
Gender Role and Identity
Rural
Everyday Life
Raju and His Friends
1988
40
‘
Directed by
Marcus Banks
.
This film is set in the city of Jamnagar, western India. The film focuses on the emotions, quality of life, and on duty. Raju’s friendship with different people, including the director, provide a
South Asia
Urban
Informant-researcher relationship
Life Story / Life History
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
Sangita Priya: Lover of Music
2007
30
‘
Directed by
Anne-Katrine Hansen
.
From temples to recording studios of Kochi, Kerala in South India, we follow four musicians -a student and his master, a professional and a promoter – all uniquely devoted to the music that permeates
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge transmission
A Spark in Him
2008
28
‘
Directed by
Claudia Engels
.
‘A Spark in Him’ is a film about the life story of Sajay Kumar, a young man without arms who lives in a home for disabled children in Kerala, India, and studies at the College of Fine Arts. By
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
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
Unravel
2012
14
‘
Directed by
Meghna Gupta
.
‘Unravel’ follows the Western worlds least wanted clothes, on a journey across Northern India, from sea to industrial interior. They get sent to Panipat, a sleepy town and the only place in the world
South Asia
Labour
Material Culture
Collective / Community identity
Welcome Valentine 2017
2017
16
‘
Student
Directed by
Dhruv Satija
.
In a temple dedicated to Hanuman in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a priest flouts convention by marrying couples who are shunned elsewhere: mostly those who have eloped from families who disapprove of their
South Asia
Marriage
Love
LGBTQI*
Religion / Belief / Faith