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Films
10 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Gender Role and Identity”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
10
x
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Central Europe
1
South America
2
South Asia
2
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Southern Africa
1
West Africa
1
Country
Austria
1
Botswana
1
Brazil
2
Greece
1
India
1
Indonesia
1
Japan
1
Nepal
1
Nigeria
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Gender Role and Identity
10
x
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Love
2
Marriage
2
Ritual
2
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Conflict
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Harper, Peggy
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Kirk, Laura
1
Kurc, Julia
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
Moderbacher, Christine
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Speed, Frank
1
Werbner, Richard
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
7
not set
3
Country of production
Austria
1
Nigeria
1
United Kingdom
10
x
United States
1
Year of production
1970
1
1996
1
1998
2
2001
1
2003
1
2008
1
2010
2
2018
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
Breaking the Yard
2018
21
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
"Breaking-the-Yard" documents the court hearings and troubled affairs of a quarrelsome young couple, a stay-at-home farmer and his police constable, town-savvy wife. They claim to be still
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage
Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade
1970
30
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Peggy Harper
.
Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria and Dahomey the Gelede cult honours the earth spirits, the ancestors and especially the Great Mother. The festival filmed here emphasises the status of women and
West Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Social Conflict
Harpoons and Heartache
1998
28
‘
Directed by
Bessie Morris
.
Bessie Morris, a Greek-American, portrays the romantic relationships between Greek men and women tourists. She explores the story of Vassilis, a young male bartender in the tourist town of Hania, Crete.
South-East Europe
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Gender Role and Identity
Love
Hillside Beauties
2008
25
‘
Directed by
Julia Kurc
.
In a violent, marginalized and discriminated environment such as the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, women create a time and a space to construct their identities and their beauty. Marcella, Thuany and
South America
Gender Role and Identity
Socioeconomic conditions
Lessons from the Tiger
2010
22
‘
Directed by
Ife Olatunji
.
A brief glimpse into the Foundation Fior Di Loto girls’ school, this film explores the competing ideas of traditional and contemporary womanhood in Rajasthan, India. Four girls introduce us to the
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
A Little Bit of Freedom
1998
34
‘
Directed by
Laura Kirk
.
This film is set in a traditional household in Nepal and documents a servant girl, Nani; a married woman, Sarita; and a mother-in-law, Ama. In interesting mixture of entrapment, duty and tradition unfold.
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Intergenerational relations
Marriage
Men at Work
2010
32
‘
Directed by
Christine Moderbacher
.
"Men at Work" depicts the daily working life of one of the few remaining institutions in Austria that still employs only men. They are responsible for a 39 km stretch of Austria’s biggest
Central Europe
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Pushy Women
2001
23
‘
Directed by
Caro MacDonald
.
The modern Japanese woman has the world at her feet: she can pursue any career, wear whatever she likes, and spend her leisure time however she likes – even playing sumo. This film follows five young
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sport
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