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Films
608 Films
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Title initial
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x
films with a digital version
277
films hosted on Kanopy
17
short films
278
films available on demand
69
Title initial
A
24
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
x
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
NGAT IS DEAD: STUDYING MORTUARY TRADITIONS
2007
59
‘
Directed by
Christian Suhr Nielsen
Ton Otto
.
A film about how anthropological knowledge is developed through active participation in traditional exchange ceremonies on the small island of Baluan in the South Pacific. The film follows the
Melanesia
Death
Ritual
Informant-researcher relationship
Social Conflict
Namatjira Project
2017
87
‘
Directed by
Sera Davies
.
An extraordinary first-hand account of the international battle to reclaim the artwork and heritage of one of Australia’s most important Indigenous figures: Albert Namatjira. Albert Namatjira was
Australia
Art / Artists / Artisans
Collective / Community identity
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Political Activists
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Native
2002
29
‘
Directed by
Rachel Greenwood
.
Through his clothing, a young South African fashion designer of mixed race urges freedom and unity in post-apartheid South Africa. His message is reaching not only his fellow South Africans, but also
Southern Africa
Collective / Community identity
Material Culture
Nawi
1970
20
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
This classic ethnographic documentary, by the renowned filmmaking team of David and Judith MacDougall, explores the nomadic life of the Jie of Uganda. During the dry season the Jie leave their
East Africa
Herding
Music / Ethnomusicology
Nomads and Nomadism
The New Boys
2003
100
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
The social dynamics of the group is the focus of this study of life in Foot House, one of Doon School’s dormitories for new boys. It begins a few days before the boys appear and shows them
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Collective / Community identity
A New Era
2019
71
‘
Werbner Award
Directed by
Boris Svartzman
.
In 2008, local authorities evicted 2,000 villagers from Guanzhou, a river island in Southern China, to make way for new urban planning projects. In spite of the demolition of their houses and police
Central Asia and Far East
Urban
Development projects
Infrastructure\transport
Land rights
Resettlement
New Images
1964
27
‘
Directed by
Ulli Beier
Frank Speed
.
The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archival material / Museum displays
A New Kind of Life
1997
28
‘
Directed by
Emma Farrell
.
How is someone’s life affected when faced with cancer? This film is a portrait of three people from Manchester, England, who have chosen to include complementary therapies as part of their daily coping strategies.
British-Irish Isles
Health / Health care / Healing
Alternative culture
New York Just Another City
2019
18
‘
Directed by
André Lopes
Joana Brandão
.
Brazilian Guarani filmmaker Patrícia Ferreira reflects on New York City and Indigenous representation in dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History. This film is part of the collected DVD
North America
Archival material / Museum displays
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
Race / Racism / Antiracism
The Newest Revolution
1983
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Claire Lasko
.
This film is a continuation of ‘Living with the Revolution’, set in the same communes near Wuxi and focusing on the same families. This film concentrates, however, on the new social and economic
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Social Change
Ngarap: fighting over a corpse
1973
17
‘
Directed by
Anthony Forge
.
In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays
Nkabom: A little medicine A little prayer
2021
79
‘
Werbner Award
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
A mother is caring for her son at a healing shrine on the edge of a village in the central belt of Ghana. In another village, a father has taken his son to several Christian and traditional healers
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Nodas. Launeddas at the time of crisis.
2015
29
‘
Intangible Culture
Directed by
Umberto Cao
Andrea Mura
.
Dating back 3000 years to the Nuragic civilisation on Sardinia, ‘launeddas’ are wind instruments that testify to contacts from across the Mediterranean. Although they nearly vanished in the 1960s, in
Western Mediterranean
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
Intergenerational relations
Nuba Conversation
1989
53
‘
Directed by
Arthur Howes
.
Ten years after he made ‘Kafi’s Story’, director Arthur Howes returns to the Sudan to find the members of the Nuba who featured in his earlier documentary film. Soon after he had left the Sudan, the
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Refugees / Displaced populations
Nuba Wrestling
1991
42
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Werner Sperschneider
.
The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Sport