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1
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5
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19
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9
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4
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22
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11
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22
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35
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5
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4
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16
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3
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3
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12
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5
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1
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3
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1
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1
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1
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3
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5
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1
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2
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7
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1
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1
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1
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7
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6
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4
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4
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3
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1
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1
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16
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9
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1
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24
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1
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1
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4
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2
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1
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1
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1
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5
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1
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1
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3
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1
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5
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1
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2
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2
Papua New Guinea
4
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1
Poland
1
Portugal
1
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1
Romania
3
Russian Federation
3
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1
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1
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2
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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3
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1
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
United Kingdom
16
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20
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1
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1
Various
4
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3
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1
Yemen
1
not set
5
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
9
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Alternative culture
8
Animals
11
Animation
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
5
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1
Archival material / Museum displays
5
Art / Artists / Artisans
14
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
21
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
21
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
10
Dance / Theatre / Performance
6
Death
9
Development projects
6
Digital media
1
Disasters
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
9
Education / Knowledge transmission
4
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
3
Environment
5
Essay film
1
Ethnofiction
3
Everyday Life
13
Family / Kinship
10
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
42
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
3
Folklore
38
Food / Water
6
Gender Role and Identity
22
Gender Role and identity
1
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10
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1
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1
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3
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2
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7
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4
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8
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2
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18
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6
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6
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3
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2
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7
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8
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5
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4
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3
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4
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7
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7
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2
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13
Music / Ethnomusicology
17
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1
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1
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1
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1
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4
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4
Personal Narrative
4
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8
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1
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2
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1
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1
Public Figure
5
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8
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10
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6
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
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23
Research Methods
1
Resettlement
1
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4
Ritual
15
Rural
15
Sensory Ethnography
1
Sex / Sexuality
8
Shamans and Shamanism
2
Social Change
13
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6
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2
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2
Socioeconomic conditions
9
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5
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5
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6
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11
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9
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7
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Directors
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Akin, Dorcas
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arias Ortiz, Carolina
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Asch, Patsy
3
Asch, Timothy
4
Atieno, Lavine
1
Awino, Effie
1
Ayisi, Florence
1
Baily, John
3
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balikci, Anna
1
Balikci, Asen
2
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bhattachary, Nilanjan
1
Blake, John
1
Bloching, Max
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Cai, Hua
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Colucci, Erminia
2
Connor, Linda
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Croall, Heather
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Davies, Sera
1
De Groof, Matthias
1
Defersha, Eyob
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Esteva, Jordi
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
Francois, Alexandre
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
2
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Gazidis, Dorothea
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Griggs, David
1
Grimshaw, Anna
12
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Haddis, Tesfahun
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Henley, Paul
3
Hertog, Ester
1
Heusch, Luc de
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Howes, Arthur
1
Husmann, Rolf
2
Jayasankar, KP
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Johnson, Dul
1
Johnston, Graham
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kezich, Giovanni
1
Kildea, Gary
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Landseer, Kimona
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Lappalainen, Heimo
2
Lawrence, Andy
1
Leach, Jerry
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Loizos, Peter
1
Longinotto, Kim
4
Lopes, André
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Lydall, Jean
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
15
MacDougall, Judith
7
Mafundikwa, Karen Marks
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Mai, Nick
1
Mansu, Marcia
1
Marin, Nadja
1
McKenzie, Kim
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Milling, Julie
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Monteiro, Anjali
1
Moore, Allen
1
Moser, Brian
1
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Musleh, Hanna
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Ndinya, June
1
Newman, David
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nitzky, William
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Otto, Ton
1
Owen, Chris
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Papenbrook, Jana
1
Paterek, Austin
1
Pereira, Nilton
1
Pollack, Claire
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Rasmussen, Ulla Boje
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
3
Roy, Rahul
1
Sandall, Roger
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schillaci, Rosella
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
3
Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Singer, André
4
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Song, Zhifang
3
Sorensen, Richard
1
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
3
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Strecker, Ivo
1
Strecker, Kaira
1
Suhr, Christian
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vybiral, James
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Werbner, Richard
3
Werner, Louis
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
5
not set
1
van de Port, Mattijs
1
Östör, Ákos
2
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
4
Carnival King of Europe
38
Caught in a Web
3
Decolonising Shorts
4
Disappearing World Series
2
Doon School Project
2
George’s Place
2
George’s Place: A seven part film series
5
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
44
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
2
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
5
Mr Coperthwaite: a life in the Maine Woods
4
National Film and Television School
2
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
3
Strangers Abroad
3
Sudan Trilogy
1
Taiga Nomads
2
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
Turkana Conversations
1
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
1
not set
93
Country of production
Australia
26
Belgium
3
Brazil
2
Canada
1
China
5
Colombia
1
Costa Rica
1
Côte d’Ivoire
1
Denmark
3
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
4
Finland
2
France
4
Germany
12
Ghana
1
Greece
1
Iceland
1
India
8
Indonesia
2
Italy
40
Jamaica
1
Japan
4
Kenya
1
Mexico
1
Netherlands
4
Nigeria
3
Norway
1
Pakistan
1
Singapore
1
South Korea
1
Spain
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
Taiwan
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
87
United States
34
Uzbekistan
1
not set
3
Year of production
not set
1
1963
1
1964
1
1969
1
1972
1
1973
2
1974
1
1975
1
1976
1
1978
2
1979
1
1980
2
1981
2
1982
1
1983
2
1984
3
1985
5
1986
6
1987
2
1988
3
1989
3
1991
3
1992
3
1993
2
1994
2
1995
3
1996
3
1997
1
1998
3
1999
4
2000
2
2001
8
2002
4
2003
3
2004
5
2005
5
2006
3
2007
3
2008
12
2009
12
2010
8
2011
9
2012
6
2013
9
2014
11
2015
9
2016
10
2017
11
2018
9
2019
14
2020
20
2021
2
2022
1
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Film list
Camels of the Pitjantjara
1969
45
‘
Directed by
Roger Sandall
.
From the 1920s onwards, when motor vehicles displaced camels as a mode of supply in central Australia, camels gradually went feral. As this film shows, however, in the 1960s, the Pitjantjara were
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Infrastructure / Transport
Animals
Carnival King of Europe. Release 2.0
2011
38
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
Giovanni Kezich
.
Award-winning ethnographic caleidoscope featuring over 50 different masquerades of some 13 European countries. Thanks to some careful editing, the underlying structure of European winter masked
Western Europe
South-East Europe
Central Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
Caroling with the Star among the Bersntoler
2015
26
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In the German-speaking Bersntol (Val dei Mòcheni) in the Italian Alps, the Three Wise Men have left in their stead a robust choir of young men, parading the Star from farm to farm. This film is
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
Caught in Between
2016
56
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
The focus is on a leading village elder, John Lelatlhego, a retired Human Resources administrator trained in settling disputes in the South African mines. John gets entangled in the long troubled
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage
The Cellar
2018
84
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
George Sprague lives and works in Buck’s Harbor, Maine. He is widely known for his "cellar" (affectionately called the whine cellar), where people gather to talk, make lobster traps, share
North America
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade
The Child’s Eye
2018
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
This video is a series of 12 short films that are the result of ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall’s a five-year project video workshop project with Indian children. In six workshops held in
South Asia
Children / Young people
Informant-researcher relationship
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Cine Rabeca
2022
55
‘
Directed by
Marcia Mansu
.
Time dimensions emerge from the relation between the visible and the imagined, between memory and the experience of the present. A unique place emerges through the entanglement of music and archive
Latin America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Come Here Come Here
2019
28
‘
Directed by
Julia Sterre Schmitz
.
As a poetic manifesto for a more plural understanding of female sexuality, this associative film interweaves many theories, images, fantasies, memories and confusions drawn from popular culture,
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Gender Role and Identity
Research Methods
Coraggio coscritti: take heart, all new recruits!
2016
25
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
The yearly parade of the new recruits is the perfect occasion in which to vent an extraordinarily wide repertoire of traditional songs. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 –
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore