Films 14 Films shorter than 40 minutes x Keywords "Alternative culture" x Series "Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film" x Country of production "United Kingdom" x short films 14 x Region British-Irish Isles 8 Central Asia and Far East 1 New Zealand and Polynesia 1 North America 1 Scandinavia 1 West Africa 1 Western Europe 1 Country Denmark 1 Germany 1 Japan 1 New Zealand 1 Togo 1 United Kingdom 8 United States 1 Keywords Alternative culture 14 x Art / Artists / Artisans 2 Collective / Community identity 1 Environment 1 Health / Health care / Healing 2 Land Rights 1 Personal Narrative 2 Religion / Belief / Faith 1 Ritual 1 Rural 1 Social Conflict 1 Squatter Settlements / Homelessness 1 Urban 2 Directors Bolchover, James 1 Clifford-Jaeger, Simone 1 Farrell, Emma 1 French, Dominic 1 Goldberg, Claudia 1 Grove-White, Will 1 Hatland, Line 1 Milling, Julie 1 Ono, Ray 1 Payne, Becky 1 Robertson, Rachel 1 Samir-Shakir, Yasmin 1 Schäuble, Michaela 1 Tovey, Ana 1 Series Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film 14 x Country of production United Kingdom 14 x Year of production 1994 1 1995 1 1997 3 2001 1 2002 1 2003 1 2004 1 2007 2 2009 2 2010 1 Film list Back to Basics 1994 33' Directed by Dominic French . A group of environmentalists and homeless have purchased some land on which to settle and get back to a simpler way of life. But the nearby residents of the 'best-kept village’ in Somerset, British-Irish Isles Social Conflict Alternative culture Land Rights Cae Dai - a Home From Home 1997 30' Directed by Will Grove-White . After the closure of the North Wales psychiatric hospital in the late 1980s, Sparrow Harrison opened his family home to local people suffering from mental illness. This film explores the humour, British-Irish Isles Health / Health care / Healing Alternative culture 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 Eco trip 1997 30' Directed by Rachel Robertson . A group of eco-activists travel around Britain attending festivals and other events aimed at raising awareness of ecological issues and of new, alternative ways of living. But sometimes relationships British-Irish Isles Alternative culture Environment In Pursuit of Happiness 2009 31' Directed by Ray Ono . Tokyo life as rarely seen on mainstream media. This short film takes you to the lives of men who live on the outskirts of the city and of Japanese society. Central Asia and Far East Alternative culture Urban Squatter Settlements / Homelessness The Land on which We Stand 2007 31' Directed by Becky Payne . This film is a glimpse into the life of the Landmatters Co-operative, a community of 11 adults and 4 children living in benders and yurts in rural Devon as they develop a permaculture project. The 42 British-Irish Isles Rural Alternative culture Making it Big in Berlin 2009 24' Directed by Claudia Goldberg . In Berlin, where low rents and space for creative ideas are still available, self-employed workers live the alternative to a nine-to-five-job. A sewing café owner, a freelance journalist and two Western Europe Alternative culture Art / Artists / Artisans A New Kind of Life 1997 28' Directed by Emma Farrell . How is someone’s life affected when faced with cancer? This film is a portrait of three people from Manchester, England, who have chosen to include complementary therapies as part of their daily coping strategies. British-Irish Isles Health / Health care / Healing Alternative culture A Saint from New York 1995 30' Directed by Line Hatland . Dorothy Day, ex-communist, anarchist, single mother and co-founder of the widespread ‘Catholic Worker’ movement — died in New York in 1980. Soon after the Claretian Fathers started a campaign North America Alternative culture Religion / Belief / Faith Smell the Roses 2003 28' Directed by Julie Milling . Christiania is a self-governing community in the heart of Copenhagen set up by squatters at the height of 1970s idealism. Faced with extinction or urban redevelopment, residents struggle to redefine a fading ideology. Scandinavia Alternative culture Urban Standing Places 2007 31' Directed by Ana Tovey . A model of Stonehenge has been built in rural New Zealand, functioning like the original not only in its astronomical alignment but also in its role as a ceremonial site. The film explores what New Zealand and Polynesia Alternative culture Ritual Suspend your Beliefs 2004 29' Directed by Simone Clifford-Jaeger . Suspension of the living body from hooks has been practiced in various cultural contexts and places in the past, but today forms part of a growing global interest in body modification. This film British-Irish Isles Alternative culture 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 [S+P2] 2010 30' Directed by Yasmin Samir-Shakir . Following various members of The Forest Collective in the run-up to the 'DIY' arts space's Tenth Birthday celebrations, we observe some of the internal and external struggles faced by this British-Irish Isles Alternative culture Collective / Community identity