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Films
10 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Dance Theatre Performance”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
10
x
films available on demand
1
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Middle and Near East
1
North America
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
2
South-East Asia
1
Southern Africa
1
West Africa
2
Country
Brazil
1
Denmark
1
Indonesia
1
Nigeria
2
Palestine
1
Peru
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
not set
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
10
x
Development projects
1
Ethnofiction
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
History
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Ritual
4
Sex / Sexuality
1
Directors
Belkind, Lukas
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
1
Harper, Peggy
1
Hertog, Ester
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Kirkwood, Nick
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Namondwe, Charles
1
Speed, Frank
2
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
6
not set
4
Country of production
Nigeria
2
Peru
1
United Kingdom
10
x
United States
1
Year of production
1963
1
1975
1
1991
1
1994
1
1996
1
2003
2
2007
1
2010
1
2019
1
Film list
Bailarinas
2003
32
‘
Directed by
Heidi Lipsanen
.
Majê Molê is an Afro-Brazilian dance group which offers girls and young women in Olinda, Northeast Brazil, the opportunity to rise above the poverty, drug addiction and crime that scars their
South America
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Benin Kingship Rituals
1963
20
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Ray Bradbury
.
Until it was conquered by the British in 1897, the city of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was the centre of a powerful kingdom. Its rulers, the Obas of Benin, were mysterious, secluded figures who
West Africa
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
History
Gule Wamkulu: The Great Dance
1991
37
‘
Directed by
Charles Namondwe
.
Performed by the Chewa secret societies, Gule Wamkulu is a form of masked dance which takes place at male initiation ceremonies, funerals, and other major celebrations. Acting as a medium between the
Southern Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ritual
Hope, Despair and Laughter: A circus project in Palestine
2007
27
‘
Directed by
Ester Hertog
.
Filmed in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West bank, this film is about a circus summer-camp dedicated to bring laughter and hope for Palestinian children. Children are taught all sorts of activities
Middle and Near East
Development projects
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Children / Young people
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
Kwagh Hir
1975
30
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Peggy Harper
.
Four million Tiv people form the major culture of the Benue state of southern Nigeria. They are popularly known as the greatest democrats in Africa as their society is based on fraternal cooperation
West Africa
Festivals / Carnival
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ritual
The Most Wasted of All Days
2003
24
‘
Directed by
Nick Kirkwood
.
A day without laughter is the most wasted of all days, according to veteran circus performer Jan Erik, a.k.a ‘Fips the Clown’. So when his back goes in the middle of the summer tour round Scotland,
British-Irish Isles
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Staging a Return
1994
30
‘
Directed by
Jakob Hogel
.
The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic are a Danish dependency and for generations, young people have gone to Denmark to complete their studies. When they return for the summer, there is a tradition
Scandinavia
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity
Vaud and the Villains
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Lukas Belkind
.
Three members of an 18-piece, 1930s style, American folk big band explore their personal relationships with Los Angeles, performing, the music they love, and the band that binds them all together.
North America
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology