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Films
277 Films
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Showing 12
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84
films hosted on Kanopy
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short films
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films available on demand
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18
C
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D
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E
8
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G
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H
12
I
11
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K
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L
16
M
14
N
7
O
14
P
8
R
12
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41
T
18
U
6
V
7
W
16
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Australia
5
British-Irish Isles
36
Caribbean Islands
5
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1
Central America
10
Central Asia and Far East
23
Central Europe
9
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3
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1
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3
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10
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1
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15
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6
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7
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19
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18
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19
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37
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6
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19
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24
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12
not set
1
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3
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1
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5
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1
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3
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1
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5
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1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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1
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11
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4
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3
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1
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1
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4
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1
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1
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1
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3
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3
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7
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3
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5
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1
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1
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1
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1
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12
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11
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1
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1
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22
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2
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7
Jordan
1
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1
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1
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1
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2
Mexico
9
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1
Morocco
1
Myanmar
4
Namibia
1
Nepal
4
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
1
Nigeria
8
Norway
3
Pakistan
1
Palestine
2
Papua New Guinea
3
Peru
4
Poland
1
Portugal
2
Republic of Macedonia
1
Romania
6
Russian Federation
3
Senegal
1
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2
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1
Slovenia
2
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1
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1
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3
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2
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4
Syria
1
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1
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1
The Netherlands
2
Togo
2
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1
Turkey
1
Uganda
2
United Kingdom
37
United States
11
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
3
Virtual Space
1
Yemen
2
not set
5
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
7
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Alternative culture
15
Animals
11
Animation
2
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
4
Archaeology
2
Archival material / Museum displays
11
Art / Artists / Artisans
12
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
22
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
15
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
5
Dance / Theatre / Performance
13
Death
6
Development projects
6
Digital media
1
Disasters
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
6
Education / Knowledge transmission
6
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
5
Environment
7
Ethnofiction
2
Everyday Life
6
Family / Kinship
13
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
44
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
9
Folklore
38
Food
3
Food / Water
3
Gender Role and Identity
19
Gender Role and identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
11
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Herding
2
History
5
History of Anthropology
3
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
6
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
18
Informant-researcher relationship
4
Infrastructure / Transport
3
Infrastructure/transport
1
Inter-religious relations
5
Intergenerational relations
10
Internet
4
LGBTQI*
4
Labour
12
Land Rights
4
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
4
Life Story / Life History
3
Life Story/ Life History
1
Linguistics / Language
2
Love
6
Marriage
10
Material Culture
13
Memory
9
Migration
14
Music / Ethnomusicology
14
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Music/Ethnomusicology
1
Myths/ Fairy tales
1
Nationalism
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Personal Narrative
3
Political Activists
5
Popular Culture
3
Possession
3
Post-communism
4
Prison
2
Public Figure
2
Race / Racism / Antiracism
5
Reflexivity
9
Refugees / Displaced populations
6
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
30
Reproduction (biology)
4
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1
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1
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2
Ritual
27
Rural
10
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1
Sensory Ethnography
1
Sex / Sexuality
7
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5
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11
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6
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1
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1
Socioeconomic conditions
6
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5
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8
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7
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2
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6
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4
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14
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11
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Allward, Caroline
1
Alves-Costa, Catarina
1
Anttila, Birgitta H.
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Asadullah, Sara
1
Asare-Nyako, Afua
1
Asch, Patsy
6
Asch, Timothy
5
Austena, Aunund
1
Baily, John
3
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Berg, Julia
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bolchover, James
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Cai, Hua
2
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Cao, Umberto
1
Cheetham, Ben
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Christodoulou, Chris
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Clifford-Jaeger, Simone
1
Cole, Sarah
1
Connor, Linda
3
Contreras, Elisa
1
Contreras, Isis
1
Cook, Alistair
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppe, Alexia
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Elliot, Dominic
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Eschenbach, Sebastian
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Farrell, Emma
1
Fassnidge, Matthew
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Ferrarese, Adriana
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Ford, Ellie
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
French, Dominic
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
1
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Goldberg, Claudia
1
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Greenwood, Rachel
1
Griggs, David
1
Grossman, Alyssa
2
Grove-White, Will
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Grégoire, Charlotte
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
Hammill, Ruth
1
Hann, Amelia
1
Hansen, Anne-Katrine
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Heer, Madelief de
1
Henley, Paul
3
Hertog, Ester
1
Hill, Amanda
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horton, Robin
1
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Hughes, Richard
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Huysmans, Carla
1
Hörmann, André
1
Ihle, Johanne Haaber
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Johnston, Graham
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Juárez-Allen, Gema
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kezich, Giovanni
1
Kirk, Laura
1
Kirkwood, Nick
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Kurc, Julia
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Lopes, André
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
Maagdenberg, Ester
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
4
MacDougall, Judith
3
Magaña, Jaime
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Marin, Nadja
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
McGuirk, Siobhan
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Merli, Laetitia
1
Merrun, Gabriel
1
Milling, Julie
1
Moderbacher, Christine
1
Moggan, Julie
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Namondwe, Charles
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nitzky, William
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Ono, Ray
1
Oo, Zaw Naing
1
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Pardee, Lucy
1
Paterek, Austin
1
Patriarca, Niccolo
1
Payne, Becky
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
1
Petropoulou, Irene
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Read, Rosie
1
Reed, Alex
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rice, Tom
1
Richards, Naomi
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Robertson, Rachel
1
Rosen, Jennifer
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Saltman, Carlyn
2
Samir-Shakir, Yasmin
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schädler, Natalie
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
7
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Straube, Anna
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tovey, Ana
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Tucker, Andrew
1
Vella, Steve
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vybiral, James
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waage, Trond
1
Waddell, Anna
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Werner, Louis
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Wright, Evie
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
not set
1
Östör, Ákos
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
7
Ambulante Beyond
3
Carnival King of Europe
38
Decolonising Shorts
4
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
121
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
1
National Film and Television School
4
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
Yangon Film School
3
not set
70
Country of production
Australia
14
Austria
1
Cameroon
1
Canada
2
China
7
Colombia
2
Denmark
2
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
1
France
2
Germany
7
Greece
2
Iceland
1
India
4
Indonesia
1
Italy
40
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Mexico
5
Myanmar
3
Netherlands
2
Nigeria
6
Norway
2
Pakistan
1
Peru
1
Romania
1
Russia
1
Singapore
1
Slovenia
1
South Korea
1
Switzerland
3
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
160
United States
21
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
1
not set
4
Year of production
1931
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1970
2
1973
2
1975
1
1980
1
1982
1
1983
6
1984
1
1985
1
1986
1
1987
2
1988
3
1989
2
1990
1
1991
2
1992
5
1993
1
1994
4
1995
5
1996
5
1997
6
1998
6
1999
5
2000
8
2001
7
2002
10
2003
12
2004
10
2005
2
2006
5
2007
8
2008
16
2009
18
2010
18
2011
9
2012
7
2013
6
2014
10
2015
11
2016
13
2017
9
2018
8
2019
11
2020
11
Film list
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
Raised by Humans
2010
25
‘
Directed by
Karlia Campbell
.
‘Raised by Humans’ follows two dogs with difficult life histories as volunteers from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals try to find families to adopt them in Stockport,
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Development projects
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
Read Me
2008
29
‘
Directed by
Janina Kriszio
.
Reading traditionally played an important role for German (self-)identification. In 2000 an international survey revealed that German pupils are lacking basic reading skills, giving rise to
Western Europe
Education / Knowledge transmission
Reclaiming the Forest
1987
39
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Georges Drion
.
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Social Conflict
Return of the Nightingales
2013
33
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
In 2010 Afghan musicologist Dr. Ahmad Sarmast opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a coeducational vocational music school in Kabul that teaches Afghan, Indian and Western
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Children / Young people
Ringtone
2014
30
‘
Directed by
Jennifer Deger
Paul Wunungmurra
.
Yolngu Aboriginal families offer glimpses into their lives and relationships through their choice of ringtones. From ancestral clan songs to 80s hip hop artists and local gospel tunes, these songs
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Music / Ethnomusicology
Material Culture
A Rite on the Run: the Blùmari of Benecija
2015
10
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In the Slovenian-speaking Italian Benecija, the Blùmari run across the village fields once a year, just like the Arval Brethren of ancient Rome. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD
South-East Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
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
Room 11, Ethiopia Hotel
2006
23
‘
Directed by
Itsushi Kawase
.
The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the filmmaker. The entire film was shot in the room of Ethiopia
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity
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