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Films
6 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Social Change”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
6
x
Region
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
China
2
Cyprus
1
Italy
1
Mexico
1
not set
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Food
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Labour
1
Land Rights
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Social Change
6
x
Social Conflict
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Drion, Georges
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Henley, Paul
1
Hughes, Richard
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
4
not set
2
Country of production
United Kingdom
6
x
Year of production
1985
1
1987
1
1998
1
2000
1
2006
1
2010
1
Film list
Guiyang Beautiful Flavour Barbecue
2000
30
‘
Directed by
Richard Hughes
.
In the teeming cities of the most populated country on earth, 20 years of economic reform have brought new opportunity, new energy, and new dangers. This film follows one family’s efforts to navigate
South-East Asia
Food
Social Change
Labour
Reclaiming the Forest
1987
39
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Georges Drion
.
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Social Conflict
Sophia and Her People
1985
35
‘
Directed by
Peter Loïzos
.
Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Change
Family / Kinship
Those Who Don’t Work Don’t Make Love
1998
30
‘
Directed by
Cristina Grasseni
.
An observational documentary about dairy farmers in the Italian Alps. Caught between pride for tradition and the pressure for modernisation, the story of one family is told through the eyes of
Western Mediterranean
Agriculture / Farming
Social Change
Tiempo de Vals
2006
22
‘
Directed by
Rebecca Savage
.
The ‘Quinceañera’ celebration is a lived illusion. A daydream shared by the whole community of Tetlanohcan, a rapidly urbanising agricultural town in Tlaxcala, Central Mexico. The dream is
Central America
Festivals / Carnival
Social Change
Views from Heavenly Lake
2010
26
‘
Directed by
Polly Vinken
.
Since the beginning of the Mao era in 1949, populations that were once nomadic, isolated by miles of desert and mountains across the Tian Shan ranges, are now becoming highly sought after objects of
Central Asia and Far East
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Social Change