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Films
19 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“South America”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
19
x
films available on demand
3
Region
South America
19
x
Country
Brazil
5
Chile
1
Colombia
4
Ecuador
1
Peru
4
Venezuela
2
not set
2
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Animals
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
3
Dance / Theatre / Performance
2
Development projects
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Ethnofiction
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
2
Gender Role and Identity
2
Health / Health care / Healing
1
History of Anthropology
1
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
5
Internet
1
Labour
1
Land Rights
3
Linguistics / Language
1
Love
1
Marriage
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
2
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
2
Socioeconomic conditions
2
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
1
Trade
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
2
Directors
Cheetham, Ben
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Drion, Georges
1
Edwards, Bob
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Ford, Ellie
1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
Henley, Paul
2
Juárez-Allen, Gema
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kurc, Julia
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Marin, Nadja
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Tucker, Andrew
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
12
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
National Film and Television School
1
Pleasure Shorts
1
not set
4
Country of production
Colombia
2
Peru
1
United Kingdom
17
Year of production
1987
2
1996
1
2001
1
2002
1
2003
4
2004
1
2008
3
2009
1
2011
1
2015
1
2017
1
2019
1
2020
1
Film list
75 Grams
2008
31
‘
Directed by
Priscilla Clarissou
.
Nestled below the rugged Chilean peaks of the Andes lies the gold mining town of Andacollo. The town’s remoteness and mining economy has nurtured religious beliefs in the power of the Virgin over the
South America
Labour
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
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
Between Memories
2015
34
‘
Directed by
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
.
Eudosia is still searching for her husband’s remains in the highlands of Ayacucho; Lucero has been in prison for 25 years now for the crime of terrorism against the Peruvian state; since 2009 the
South America
Memory
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Dreamland
2001
30
‘
Directed by
Gema Juárez-Allen
.
This film explores the dreams and frustrations of camp squatters in Rio de Janeiro State, as, supported by the MST (Landless People’s Movement), they wait for permission to settle on unused land close by.
South America
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Land Rights
Healer on the Street
2003
28
‘
Directed by
Joceny Pinhheiro
.
During the day, Isnar is a community paramedic who works in the local clinic and runs an arts and drugs rehabilitation centre for young people in Fortaleza on the coast of Northeast Brazil. But by
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
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
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
Ian Gleadell: A Falkland Farmer
1987
34
‘
Directed by
Bob Edwards
Alastair Kenneil
.
The 1982 war between Britain and Argentina brought the Falkland or Malwinas Islands into the news headlines. This film is less spectacular: It shows the way of life of one inhabitant of this
South America
Animals
Agriculture / Farming
The Internet Bride
2004
29
‘
Directed by
Ellie Ford
.
Cali in Colombia is celebrated for salsa music and beautiful women and is also the base of the Internet Bride agency, ‘Latin Best’ with 900 women on its files. Accompanying the British and American
South America
Marriage
Internet
Message from a Saint
2003
27
‘
Directed by
Andrew Tucker
.
During the celebration of the Feast of San Juan Bautista in the village of Chuao, on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, an image of Jesus appeared on a drinks tray. The community is trying to find out
South America
Religion / Belief / Faith
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
Saliendo Adelante
2011
28
‘
Directed by
Ben Cheetham
.
Growing up on the streets of Bogotá, where drugs and violence dominate, it seemed as though José might never escape this cycle. It is the job of Orlando and those at the Institution for the
South America
Children / Young people
Socioeconomic conditions
Development projects
Self Defence
2002
28
‘
Directed by
María Elena Planas
.
With the Shining Path guerilla movement in decline, the government in Peru set up a Commission for Peace and Reconciliation to hear the testimonies of those who had suffered in the war. Framed by the
South America
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
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
Wási
2017
16
‘
Shorts
Directed by
Sebastián Gómez Ruíz
Amado Villafaña Chaparro
.
As the sun rises on a village in northern Colombia, we glimpse its inhabitants as they begin their day. As the scene emerges from obscurity, a voiceover reflects on the nature of sight. It is the
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Indigenous Filmmaking
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media