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Films
608 Films
Showing 24
Title initial
“A”
x
films with a digital version
277
films hosted on Kanopy
17
short films
278
films available on demand
69
Title initial
A
24
x
B
34
C
42
D
33
E
15
F
20
G
24
H
28
I
20
J
8
K
24
L
33
M
35
N
15
O
19
P
23
Q
2
R
23
S
78
T
45
U
15
V
10
W
33
Y
5
Region
Australia
21
British-Irish Isles
53
Caribbean Islands
6
Central Africa
3
Central America
17
Central Asia and Far East
42
Central Europe
12
East Africa
18
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
2
Hong Kong
1
Latin America
2
London
1
Melanesia
18
Micronesia
1
Middle and Near East
25
New Zealand and Polynesia
2
North America
38
North and Northeast Africa
27
Scandinavia
10
South America
53
South Asia
68
South-East Asia
43
South-East Europe
46
Southern Africa
16
Various
10
West Africa
34
Western Europe
41
Western Mediterranean
20
not set
4
Country
Afghanistan
9
Albania
1
Algeria
1
Angola
1
Anguilla
1
Argentina
1
Australia
21
Austria
6
Bangladesh
3
Belgium
7
Bolivia
3
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1
Botswana
7
Brazil
18
Bulgaria
2
Burkina Faso
2
Cameroon
6
Canada
4
Cape Verde
1
Chile
2
China
18
Colombia
10
Costa Rica
1
Cote d’Ivoire
1
Croatia
3
Cyprus
1
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
4
Ecuador
1
Egypt
2
Eritrea
1
Ethiopia
15
Faroe Islands
3
Federated States of Micronesia
1
France
11
French Guiana
1
Germany
8
Ghana
8
Greece
7
Greenland
2
Guatemala
2
Guinea-Bissau
1
Guyana
1
Haiti
1
Hungary
3
India
49
Indonesia
27
Iran
3
Ireland
2
Israel
2
Italy
31
Ivory Coast
2
Jamaica
3
Japan
14
Jordan
1
Kenya
11
Lesotho
1
Los Angeles
1
Madagascar
1
Malawi
1
Mali
1
Malta
2
Mexico
13
Mongolia
3
Morocco
3
Myanmar
6
Namibia
1
Nepal
8
Netherlands
2
New Zealand
1
Nigeria
9
Norway
3
Pakistan
7
Palestine
3
Papua New Guinea
14
Paraguay
1
Peru
6
Philippines
2
Poland
1
Portugal
4
Puerto Rico
1
Republic of Macedonia
1
Romania
7
Russia
1
Russian Federation
8
Samoa
2
Senegal
3
Sierra Leone
3
Singapore
1
Slovenia
2
Solomon Islands
2
South Africa
4
South Korea
1
Spain
5
Sri Lanka
1
Sudan
7
Sweden
2
Switzerland
4
Syria
4
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
The Netherlands
3
Tibet
1
Togo
3
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Turkey
2
Uganda
4
United Kingdom
56
United States
30
Uzbekistan
1
Vanuatu
1
Various
10
Venezuela
9
Vietnam
1
Virtual Space
1
Yemen
3
not set
9
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
17
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Alternative culture
22
Animals
26
Animation
4
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
7
Archaeology
6
Archival material / Museum displays
15
Archival materials / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
35
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
51
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
42
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
15
Dance / Theatre / Performance
29
Death
18
Development projects
20
Digital media
1
Disasters
5
Education / Knowledge Transmission
20
Education / Knowledge transmission
14
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
10
Environment
14
Essay film
3
Ethnofiction
6
Everyday Life
29
Family / Kinship
33
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
53
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
27
Folklore
39
Food
4
Food / Water
7
Forensic
1
Gender Role and Identity
66
Gender Role and identity
2
Health / Health care / Healing
41
Health / Healthcare / Healing
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Herding
18
History
10
History of Anthropology
20
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
16
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
8
Indigenous Filmmaking
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
50
Informant-researcher relationship
15
Infrastructure / Transport
13
Infrastructure/transport
1
Infrastructure\transport
1
Inter-religious relations
9
Intergenerational relations
16
Internet
4
LGBTQI*
7
Labour
30
Land Rights
21
Land rights
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
15
Life Story / Life History
9
Life Story/ Life History
1
Linguistics / Language
6
Love
11
Marriage
28
Material Culture
26
Memory
22
Migration
33
Music / Ethnomusicology
38
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Music/Ethnomusicology
1
Myths / Fairy tales
2
Myths/ Fairy tales
1
Nationalism
1
Nomads and Nomadism
15
Participatory / Collaborative methods
7
Personal Narrative
8
Political Activists
19
Popular Culture
5
Possession
14
Post-communism
7
Prison
3
Public Figure
13
Race / Racism / Antiracism
12
Reflexivity
19
Refugees / Displaced populations
21
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
71
Reproduction (biology)
6
Research Methods
1
Research methods
1
Resettlement
5
Resistance
8
Ritual
72
Rural
37
Science / Technology
1
Sensory Ethnography
1
Sex / Sexuality
15
Shamans and Shamanism
10
Social Change
47
Social Conflict
21
Social Norms
5
Social Organisation
16
Social participation
2
Socioeconomic conditions
25
Sport
10
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
14
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
20
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
2
Trade
20
Travellers / Roma
6
Urban
24
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
29
not set
2
Directors
Aaltonen, Jouko
1
Afreen, Sara
1
Ahmad Simon, Kamar
1
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Akin, Dorcas
1
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Allward, Caroline
1
Alves-Costa, Catarina
1
Anttila, Birgitta H.
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Arnott, Susi
1
Asadi Faezi, Daniel
1
Asadullah, Sara
1
Asare-Nyako, Afua
1
Asch, Patsy
9
Asch, Timothy
9
Ash, David
1
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
Atieno, Lavine
1
Austena, Aunund
1
Awino, Effie
1
Ayisi, Florence
1
Baily, John
11
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balikci, Anna
1
Balikci, Asen
2
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Barbash, Ilisa
1
Barreiro, Georgina
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Helene
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beckham, Michael
2
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Berg, Julia
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bhattachary, Nilanjan
1
Blake, John
2
Bloching, Max
1
Bolchover, James
1
Bonifacio, Valentina
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
2
Boswall, Karen
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Brass, Anna
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Brice, Mark
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Brown, David
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Cabezas Pino, Angélica
1
Cai, Hua
2
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Cao, Umberto
1
Carr, Peter
1
Chabamier, Gabriel
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Chambers, Simon
1
Cheetham, Ben
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Christie, Debbie
1
Christodoulou, Chris
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Clifford-Jaeger, Simone
1
Cole, Sarah
1
Colucci, Erminia
3
Connor, Linda
5
Contreras, Elisa
1
Contreras, Isis
1
Cook, Alistair
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppe, Alexia
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Croall, Heather
1
Cross, Stephen
1
Cubero, Carlo A.
1
Curling, Chris
5
Curtis, Edward S.
1
D’onofrio, Alexandra
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Davies, Sera
1
Day, Mike
1
De Groof, Matthias
2
Defersha, Eyob
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Deveson, Philippa
1
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Dineen, Molly
1
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Domenig, Aya
1
Dontchev, Antonii
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
Dumont, Dirk
1
Dunlop, Ian
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Elixhauser, Sophie
1
Elliot, Dominic
1
Engelbrecht, Beate
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Entell, Peter
1
Eschenbach, Sebastian
1
Esteva, Jordi
2
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Farrell, Emma
1
Fassnidge, Matthew
1
Fedda, Yasmin
2
Ferrarese, Adriana
1
Ferrarini, Lorenzo
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Flores, Carlos
1
Folly, Anne Laure
1
Ford, Ellie
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fossgard-Moser, Titus
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
Francois, Alexandre
1
French, Dominic
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
2
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Garland, Christy
1
Gazidis, Dorothea
1
Geißler, Wenzel
1
Getzels, Peter
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Goldberg, Claudia
1
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Gordon, Harriet
1
Graham, Trevor
2
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Greenwood, Rachel
1
Grieco, Anthony
1
Griggs, David
1
Grigsby, Michael
1
Grimshaw, Anna
13
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
Grossenbacher, Ulrich
1
Grossman, Alan
1
Grossman, Alyssa
2
Grove-White, Will
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Grégoire, Charlotte
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
Haddis, Tesfahun
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Hajee, Amin
1
Hammill, Ruth
1
Hann, Amelia
1
Hansen, Anne-Katrine
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Hardie, Amy
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Harries, Andy
3
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Hawkins, Richard
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Heald, Suzette
1
Heer, Madelief de
1
Hellwig, Jean
1
Henley, Paul
6
Hennies, Jan-Holger
1
Hertog, Ester
1
Heusch, Luc de
1
Hill, Amanda
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Holtedahl, Lisbet
1
Hopkins, Ben
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horton, Robin
1
Howes, Arthur
3
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Huffschmid, Anne
1
Hughes, Richard
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
2
Hunt, Claire
1
Hunt, Clare
1
Husmann, Rolf
3
Huysmans, Carla
1
Hörmann, André
1
Ihle, Johanne Haaber
1
Iteanu, Andre
1
Jaquerod, Muriel
1
Jayasankar, KP
2
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
2
Johnson, Dul
1
Johnston, Graham
2
Johnston, Ned
1
Journet, Martine
2
Juárez-Allen, Gema
1
Kapon, Eytan
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kashyap, Kumar
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kerlogue, Fiona
1
Kezich, Giovanni
1
Kharel, Dipesh
3
Kildea, Gary
3
Kirk, Laura
1
Kirkwood, Nick
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Kumar, Shikha
1
Kurc, Julia
1
Kurutuac, Judith
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Landseer, Kimona
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Lappalainen, Heimo
3
Lasko, Claire
2
Lawrence, Andy
2
Leach, Jerry
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
2
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Levie, Francoise
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lindner, Tobias
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Llewelyn-Davies, Melissa
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loizos, Peter
3
Longinotto, Kim
17
Lopes, André
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Luethi, Damaris
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
Lydall, Jean
2
Ma, Chi-hang
1
Maagdenberg, Ester
1
MacDonald, Bruce
3
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
30
MacDougall, Judith
16
Mafundikwa, Karen Marks
1
Magaña, Jaime
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Mai, Nick
2
Mansu, Marcia
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Marin, Nadja
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
McGuirk, Siobhan
1
McKenzie, Kim
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Merli, Laetitia
1
Merrun, Gabriel
1
Meyknecht, Steef
1
Milling, Julie
1
Milne, Claudia
1
Milner, George
1
Mir-Hosseini, Ziba
1
Moderbacher, Christine
1
Moffat, Zemirah
1
Moggan, Julie
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Monteiro, Anjali
2
Moore, Allen
1
Mora, Alba
1
Mora, Yves
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Moser, Brian
7
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Musleh, Hanna
1
Møhl, Perle
1
Nairn, Charlie
5
Namondwe, Charles
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Ndinya, June
1
Newman, David
1
Nguyen, M. Trinh
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nielsen, Christian Suhr
1
Niglas, Liivo
1
Nitzky, William
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Nougarol, Gérard
2
Okojie, Paul
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Ono, Ray
1
Oo, Zaw Naing
1
Opipari, Carmen
1
Ortiz, Carolina Arias
1
Otto, Ton
2
Owen, Chris
2
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
O’Brien, Áine
1
Pakaslahti, Antti
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Papenbrook, Jana
1
Pardee, Lucy
1
Pasini, Carlos
2
Paterek, Austin
1
Patriarca, Niccolo
1
Payne, Becky
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
1
Pereira, Nilton
1
Petropoulou, Irene
1
Picard, David
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Plessis, Nancy du
1
Pollack, Claire
1
Powell, Harry
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prince, Ruth
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Rasmussen, Ulla
2
Rasmussen, Ulla Boje
1
Ravetz, Amanda
1
Read, Rosie
1
Reed, Alex
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rice, Tom
1
Richards, Naomi
1
Richter, Thomas
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Robertson, Rachel
1
Robinson, Paul
1
Rosell, Ulises
1
Rosen, Jennifer
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Roy, Rahul
3
Saito, Asami
1
Saltman, Carlyn
2
Samir-Shakir, Yasmin
1
Sandall, Roger
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Sanmartí, Anna
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Saraiva Pereira, Eduardo
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schillaci, Rosella
1
Schillaci, Rossella
2
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schädler, Natalie
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Seitz, Anni
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
1
Sharma, Aparna
1
Sheahan, Tom
1
Sheppard, John
4
Shivhare, Ravi
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Simon, Andrea
1
Sincich, Francesco
1
Singer, André
17
Singh, Anshu
1
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Sojob, María
1
Solomons, Natasha
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sorensen, Richard
1
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Sowa, Remigiusz (aka Remi)
1
Speed, Frank
7
Sperscheinder, Werner
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Storaas, Frode
1
Strasse, Cornelia
1
Straube, Anna
1
Strecker, Ivo
1
Strecker, Kaira
2
Sturtevant, Chuck
1
Suhr, Christian
1
Svartzman, Boris
1
Sørensen, Tanja Wol
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Tari, János
2
Taylor, Jamie
1
Taylor, Lucien
1
Tender, Priit
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Timbert, Sylvie
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tovey, Ana
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Tsering Lepcha, Dawa
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Tucker, Andrew
1
Uribe, Simón
1
Vella, Steve
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Vischer, Michael P.
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vohra, Paromita
1
Vybiral, James
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waage, Trond
1
Waddell, Anna
1
Wason, David
5
Webster, Rachel
1
Wendl, Tobias
1
Werbner, Richard
10
Werner, Louis
1
Wessels, Joshka
1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Williams, Jano
3
Williams, Stacey
1
Winter, Pattie
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Woodhead, Leslie
12
Wright, Evie
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
6
not set
1
van Lanker, Laurent
1
van de Port, Mattijs
3
Östör, Ákos
2
Øien, Cecilie
1
Șalaru, Maria
1
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
12
Ambulante Beyond
3
Carnival King of Europe
38
Caught in a Web
3
Decolonising Shorts
4
Disappearing World Series
54
Doon School Project
5
Forbidden Rites
3
George’s Place
2
George’s Place: A seven part film series
5
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
126
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
3
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
5
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
3
Mr Coperthwaite: a life in the Maine Woods
4
National Film and Television School
10
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
Strangers Abroad
6
Sudan Trilogy
3
Taiga Nomads
3
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
8
Turkana Conversations
3
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
3
Yangon Film School
3
not set
278
Country of production
Argentina
2
Australia
59
Austria
1
Bangladesh
1
Belgium
8
Bolivia
1
Brazil
3
Bulgaria
1
Cameroon
1
Canada
5
Chile
1
China
8
Colombia
4
Costa Rica
1
Côte d’Ivoire
1
Denmark
9
Egypt
1
Estonia
1
Ethiopia
4
Finland
5
France
13
Germany
25
Greece
2
Hong Kong
1
Hungary
2
Iceland
1
India
21
Indonesia
4
Ireland
1
Italy
47
Jamaica
1
Japan
5
Jordan
1
Kenya
2
Mexico
6
Myanmar
3
Nepal
1
Netherlands
10
Nigeria
7
Norway
6
Pakistan
2
Papua New Guinea
1
Peru
1
Portugal
1
Romania
2
Russia
1
Senegal
2
Singapore
1
Slovenia
1
South Africa
1
South Korea
1
Spain
3
Sweden
2
Switzerland
8
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
316
United States
57
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
1
not set
9
Year of production
not set
1
1931
1
1952
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1969
1
1970
3
1971
3
1972
4
1973
4
1974
9
1975
5
1976
3
1977
7
1978
2
1979
4
1980
8
1981
2
1982
5
1983
12
1984
6
1985
7
1986
10
1987
9
1988
12
1989
13
1990
7
1991
10
1992
11
1993
8
1994
6
1995
5
1996
7
1997
12
1998
11
1999
11
2000
17
2001
18
2002
15
2003
17
2004
12
2005
11
2006
13
2007
17
2008
26
2009
27
2010
23
2011
16
2012
16
2013
16
2014
18
2015
20
2016
22
2017
17
2018
17
2019
21
2020
22
2021
2
2022
1
Film list
Abraham and Sarah II. Hosting the Gundagundo Pilgrims
2019
41
‘
Directed by
Tesfahun Haddis
.
The film is part of the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series and a sequel to ‘Abraham and Sarah I: Creators of a productive landscape’. A Tigrean farmer and his wife, who host pilgrims to a
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Food / Water
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Abraham and Sarah. Creators of a productive landscape.
2017
53
‘
Directed by
Ivo Strecker
.
In the highlands of Tigray – northern Ethiopia – on the edge of the escarpment that descends steeply to the Danakil dessert, Hagos Mashisho and Desta Gidey have toiled and struggled for years to turn
North and Northeast Africa
Rural
Agriculture / Farming
The Absence of Apricots
2018
49
‘
Student
Directed by
Daniel Asadi Faezi
.
In the Hunza Valley in the northern Pakistan there is a magnificent turquoise lake. But the lake hasn’t been always there: it is the result of a massive landslide that blocked a river, causing
South Asia
Environment
Memory
Development projects
Resettlement
Across the Border: Afghan Musicians exiled in Peshawar
2008
54
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
It is the year 2000 and most of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. Hearing that many of Afghanistain’s musicians are now in exile across the border in Pakistan, ethnomusicologist John
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
Music / Ethnomusicology
Religion / Belief / Faith
Across the Tracks – The Vlach Gypsies in Hungary
1988
52
‘
Directed by
John Blake
.
*’Across the Tracks’ is a gripping film for the general viewer. It is beautifully filmed in observational style (lingering scenes of muddy courtyards) with enough subtitled interview material to
Central Europe
Animals
Labour
Travellers / Roma
Adhiambo – Born in the Evening
2001
66
‘
Directed by
Ruth Prince
Wenzel Geißler
Ruth Tuchtenhagen
.
‘Adhiambo’ means ‘the one born in the evening’ in the language of the Luo of western Kenya. The film follows NyaSeme, a married mother and grandmother in her late 30s, during the last month
East Africa
Children / Young people
Health / Health care / Healing
Aeroplane Dance
1994
58
‘
Directed by
Trevor Graham
.
December 1942: US bomber ‘Little Eva’ was returning to base after a bombing raid over New Guinea. It hit a storm and crashed at Moonlight Creek in Australia’s far north. Aeroplane Dance
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Afghan Exodus
1980
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
When Granada Television visited Afghanistan to make the award-winning Disappearing World ‘The Kirghiz’, they were a proud, independent, nomadic people who made their living by rearing herds of yaks
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Migration
Agave is Life
2014
59
‘
Directed by
Meredith Dreiss
David Brown
.
Agave is Life is a documentary film about mankind’s 10,000 year-long symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico’s iconic distilled spirit, is derived. The
Central America
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Food
History
The Age of Reason
2004
87
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
In this fifth and final film in the Doon School quintet, MacDougall focuses on the life of one student whom he discovers at the school. The film was made in parallel with ‘The New Boys’ and
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Informant-researcher relationship
The Ainu Bear Ceremony
1931
27
‘
Directed by
Neil G. Munro
.
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
The Albanians of Rrogam
1991
52
‘
Directed by
David Wason
.
With the fall of the Stalinist regime in Albania, one of the poorest countries in Europe, the people of a remote mountain village, Rrogam, are faced with the dilmma of how to re-allocate the land and
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Social Change
Land Rights
Rural
All that Glitters
2003
32
‘
Directed by
Irene Petropoulou
.
For the people of Olympos, a small mountain village on the Greek island of Carpathos, preserving tradition is of great importance, not least as a source of income. The parading ‘brides’ of the Virgin
South-East Europe
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Intergenerational relations
Ritual
Amir – An Afghan Refugee Musician’s Life in Peshavar, Pakistan
1985
52
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
The film investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of Afghan
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Refugees / Displaced populations
André and Nándi
2000
30
‘
Directed by
Charlotte Grégoire
.
Hungarian-born André Reinitz only discovered his Jewish identity when he moved to Brussels at the age of ten. Since then, in spite of the silence of his parents, he has become involved in the Jewish
Western Europe
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
Religion / Belief / Faith
Music / Ethnomusicology
Life Story / Life History
Are You Listening!
2012
90
‘
Directed by
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Sara Afreen
.
By the coastal belts of Bangladesh, in a small village named Sutarkhali, Rakhi, 27, lives with her husband Soumen, 32, and their 6 year-old son Rahul. Fighting against all the odds of the woods,
South Asia
Environment
Disasters
Refugees / Displaced populations
Development projects
Arnav At Six
2012
28
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
Filmed as a collaborative project with Arnav Koshy in 2008, this film explores the mind and activities of an intelligent and observant child of six. Arnav is fascinated by the geology, plant-life,
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
The Art of Regret
2007
60
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
.
Photography is known in China as the “Art of Regret”. In the rapidly changing city of Kunming, people are ambivalent about whether they want photography to be a medium of preservation and
South-East Asia
Material Culture
Film / Photography / Mass media
Asante Market Women
1982
52
‘
Directed by
Claudia Milne
.
As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and music. The crew of this Disappearing World film have
West Africa
Marriage
Trade
Gender Role and Identity
At Low Tide
2016
63
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
Every day, carrying the simplest of tools, diggers across coastal Maine set out at low tide to dig for clams on the wide mud flats that stretch far into the bay. It is backbreaking work. But it has
North America
Material Culture
Labour
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Atieno
2018
64
‘
Directed by
June Ndinya
Effie Awino
Ruth Njoki
Lavine Atieno
Dorcas Akin
.
Atieno is a collaborative fiction film scripted, acted and directed by DreamGirls, a group of adolescent girls and young women from Nairobi and Kisumu. The film tells of Atieno, a 16 year old girl
East Africa
Health / Healthcare / Healing
Children / Young people
Gender Role and Identity
Ethnofiction
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Sex / Sexuality
Autumn’s Work
2013
47
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
"Autumn’s Work" follows Bill Coperthwaite as he prepares for winter. Wrestling with a large felled tree amidst its vast tangle of branches, Bill slowly and methodically breaks it down
North America
Alternative culture
Rural
Everyday Life
Art / Artists / Artisans
Awareness
2011
67
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
Filmed in South India, Andhra Pradesh, at Rishi Valley School, founded by the 20th Century Indian thinker Krishnamurti, ‘Awareness’ explores the sensibilities of two groups of young Indian teenagers,
South Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Children / Young people
Ayouni
2020
75
‘
Directed by
Yasmin Fedda
.
Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both men were active in the 2011 Syrian revolution, and witnesses to
Middle and Near East
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Political Activists