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Films
5 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Political Activists”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
5
x
Region
British-Irish Isles
2
Central America
1
Middle and Near East
1
Western Europe
1
Country
France
1
Israel
1
Mexico
1
United Kingdom
2
Keywords
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Political Activists
5
x
Public Figure
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Resistance
1
Urban
1
Directors
Hann, Amelia
1
Henley, Paul
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Richards, Naomi
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
4
not set
1
Country of production
Mexico
1
United Kingdom
4
United States
1
Year of production
1995
1
1996
1
1997
1
2000
1
2003
1
Film list
Democracía Indígena
2000
39
‘
Directed by
Bruce Pacho Lane
.
This film examines the indigenous rights revolution sweeping Mexico through the municipal elections in Huehuetla, Puebla. In 1989, the Huehuetla Totonacs formed the Organización Independiente
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Easy Life
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Amelia Hann
.
This film is about a Breton woman and her family, their vision of life, and their clash with the French state which marked them as ‘terrorists’.
Western Europe
Political Activists
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
We Are Born to Survive
1995
30
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Paul Okojie
.
A political biography of the activist Kath Locke, from Manchester’s Moss Side, based on an interview conducted by her political comrade Paul Okojie shortly before her death in 1992, aged 64.
British-Irish Isles
Political Activists
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Public Figure
Women of a Divided Land
1997
22
‘
Directed by
Joanna Hill
.
This film follows the activities of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists in Jerusalem and the West Bank, portraying both the collective and individual experiences of resistance.
Middle and Near East
Resistance
Political Activists
Religion / Belief / Faith
Worldwide, Streetwise
2003
32
‘
Directed by
Naomi Richards
.
A film that explores issues of faith and activism at a radical church in an ethnically and religiously diverse area of Leeds.
British-Irish Isles
Religion / Belief / Faith
Urban
Political Activists