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Films
15 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Collective Community identity”
x
films with a digital version
7
short films
15
x
films available on demand
4
Region
Australia
1
British-Irish Isles
1
Caribbean Islands
1
Central Africa
1
Central Asia and Far East
2
Middle and Near East
1
North America
3
Scandinavia
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Southern Africa
1
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Anguilla
1
Australia
1
Cameroon
1
China
2
Germany
1
India
1
Los Angeles
1
Norway
1
Portugal
1
Romania
1
Russian Federation
1
South Africa
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
2
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Alternative culture
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Collective / Community identity
15
x
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Digital media
1
Family / Kinship
3
Festivals / Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Internet
1
LGBTQI*
1
Labour
1
Material Culture
2
Migration
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Sex / Sexuality
2
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Travellers / Roma
1
Directors
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Cai, Hua
1
Deger, Jennifer
1
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Greenwood, Rachel
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
1
Samir-Shakir, Yasmin
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Seaman, Gary
1
Song, Zhifang
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
6
Pleasure Shorts
1
Shorts collection 2
1
Song Family Village
1
not set
5
Country of production
Australia
1
China
2
Norway
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
9
United States
2
Year of production
1995
1
1997
1
1999
1
2002
3
2009
1
2010
1
2012
1
2013
1
2015
1
2016
1
2020
3
Film list
Making Worlds Otherwise
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Paul Gurrumuruwuy
Jennifer Deger
Enid Guruŋulmiwuy
Warren Balpatji
Meredith Balanydjarrk
James Ganambarr
Kayleen Djingadjingawuy
Victoria Baskin Coffey
Sebastian Lowe
.
An exuberant experiment in the ethnographic art of remix that gives new form to Miyarrka Media’s project of yuṯa, or new, anthropology. Sound, images, colour, light, and deeply felt patterns of
Australia
Collective / Community identity
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Internet
Digital media
Participatory / Collaborative methods
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
Ocak
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Zeynep Kaserci
.
The story of a family who earns their livelihood as hazelnut cultivators in rural north-eastern Turkey. Filmed in an observational style, it offers glimpses into the local social life of the village
Middle and Near East
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Rural
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
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
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, ‘Song Family Village’ is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
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
Together as One
2013
39
‘
Directed by
Kilian Lamtur Tanlaka
.
Nso’ is the biggest kingdom of the Western Grassfields and an ethnic group in the northeast corner of Cameroon’s northwest region. Its capital Kumbo is where the ruler (Fon) lives. The Nso’
Central Africa
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Collective / Community identity
Inter-religious relations
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
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
Without Fathers or Husbands
1995
26
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and as
South-East Asia
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Youth Group
2015
28
‘
Student
Directed by
Wanwan Lu
.
Set in the predominantly Asian “ethnoburbs” of Los Angeles County, this film follows a vibrant Buddhist youth group in a Chinese-American temple. Youth group members, most raised by immigrant
North America
Collective / Community identity
Religion / Belief / Faith
Intergenerational relations
Yukaghir Stories
1997
30
‘
Directed by
Rane Willerslev
.
The Yukhagirs are one of the small indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia. This film, shot in the village of Nelemnoye, explores what it means to be a Yukhagir.
Central Asia and Far East
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Collective / Community identity
[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