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Films
6 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“South America”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
6
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films available on demand
1
Region
South America
6
x
Country
Brazil
1
Colombia
1
Ecuador
1
Peru
1
Venezuela
1
not set
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
3
Land Rights
2
Linguistics / Language
1
Love
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
2
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
1
Trade
1
Directors
Coppens, Sharis
1
Drion, Georges
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Henley, Paul
2
Marin, Nadja
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
3
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
Pleasure Shorts
1
not set
1
Country of production
Colombia
1
United Kingdom
5
Year of production
1987
1
1996
1
2003
1
2008
1
2009
1
2020
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Motels
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Claudia F. Quigua
.
Have you ever been in a motel room with rounded beds, love chairs, coloured lights and dancing poles? This film explores a prominent yet often overlooked aspect of Colombian culture through the
South America
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
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
Sin tierra, no somos Shuar
2009
23
‘
Directed by
Stacey Williams
.
Shuar traditions and land are intimately tied to another. This film explores how the traditions and relationships change when foreign mining companies enter their territory.
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
Tenonde’i – a Beautiful Future
2008
30
‘
Directed by
Nadja Marin
.
In a village inside the world’s fifth largest and tough city, São Paulo, a young Guaraní created a children’s choir to raise money for his community. Filled with beautiful sounds, the film is a
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Children / Young people
Vivir la Chicha
2003
28
‘
Directed by
Sharis Coppens
.
Chicha music evokes the experiences of the many Peruvians who migrate from the high Andes down to the cities. This film tells the story of Aurora Ramos, a cobbler and market saleswoman, and the role
South America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Trade
Migration
Writing Panare – Portrait of a Linguist on Fieldwork
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
.
Marie-Claude Muller is a linguist who has worked for many years with the Panare, an Amerindian people of Venezuelan Amazonia. She has now been commissioned by the government literacy programme to
South America
Linguistics / Language
Education / Knowledge Transmission