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Films
9 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
available to watch on demand
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
7
short films
9
x
films available on demand
9
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Region
British-Irish Isles
2
Caribbean Islands
2
Central Asia and Far East
1
North America
3
South America
1
South Asia
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
2
Country
Anguilla
1
Germany
1
Haiti
1
Los Angeles
1
Nepal
2
Nigeria
1
Peru
1
Sierra Leone
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
2
Keywords
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
2
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Collective / Community identity
2
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Ethnofiction
1
Everyday Life
1
Family / Kinship
1
Family/ Kinship
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
2
Gender Role and identity
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
LGBTQI*
1
Life Story/ Life History
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Nationalism
1
Personal Narrative
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
2
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Organisation
1
Directors
Basu, Paul
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Owles, Edward
1
Ross, Nina
1
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Pleasure Shorts
1
Shorts Collection 2
3
Shorts collection 2
1
not set
3
Country of production
Peru
1
United Kingdom
9
x
United States
1
Year of production
2015
1
2016
1
2018
1
2019
3
2020
3
Film list
The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Nina Ross
.
As a child, Nancy Willis dreamt of joining the circus, longing for freedom and adventure. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and told she would not live beyond her twenties, the now 65-year-old artist
British-Irish Isles
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Personal Narrative
Health/ Health care/ Healing
Life Story/ Life History
A Donation to the Museum
2015
25
‘
Directed by
Teri F. Brewer
.
Human remains from the California Channel Islands were donated to an English city museum nearly a century ago. More recently research began into how they came to be there, and whose remains they
North America
Western Europe
Archaeology
Archival material / Museum displays
Faces Voices
2018
18
‘
Directed by
Paul Basu
Christopher Thomas Allen
.
The film complicates any simple reading of a colonial photographic archive from Southern Nigeria and Sierra Leone that was collected between 1909 and 1915. Through a collaborative creative effort
West Africa
British-Irish Isles
Archival material / Museum displays
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Gula – Music for a sacred time
2020
15
‘
Directed by
Remigiusz Sowa
.
Introduces the rich and varied Hindu-Buddhist religious and ritual musical heritage of the ancient royal city of Bhaktapur (Nepal).
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Horror in the Andes
2019
33
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
.
Horror in the Andes is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the process of making a horror movie in Ayacucho, Peru. Directed by audio-visual anthropologist Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, it
South America
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ethnofiction
Film / Photography / Mass media
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
IntranQu’îllités
2019
20
‘
Directed by
Edward Owles
.
Lyrically narrated by award-winning Haitian poet James Noël, the short film interweaves the work of several Haitian artists who want to redefine how their nation is perceived. The film explores the
Caribbean Islands
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Nationalism
Social Organisation
Oink!
2020
22
‘
Directed by
Rob Eagle
.
An experimental research documentary offering a portrait of gay men who‚ in different ways‚ relate to the “pig” sexual imaginary. It provides insight into their experiences of identity,
Western Europe
North America
Sex / Sexuality
LGBTQI*
Collective / Community identity
Spirit
2019
19
‘
Directed by
Jane Dyson
Ross Harrison
.
Saraswati is a new arrival in an Indian Himalayan village. She wonders how she will ever feel at home in the new setting. “Spirit” by Jane Dyson and Ross Harrison is a story of longing and
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and identity
Agriculture/ Farming
Everyday Life
Family/ Kinship
Treasured Moments
2016
33
‘
Student
Directed by
Ravi Hart Lloyd
.
This is the personal story of a boy who grew up mixed in every aspect of his life, his parents, where he was from, his race. The black kid who thought that he was white. The white kid who thought
Caribbean Islands
North America
Family / Kinship
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Film / Photography / Mass media