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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
x
Year of production
“1990”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
6
x
short films
1
Region
Melanesia
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
1
South Asia
1
West Africa
2
Country
Brazil
1
Burkina Faso
1
Faroe Islands
1
Pakistan
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Sierra Leone
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Children / Young people
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
2
Everyday Life
1
Festivals / Carnival
2
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Land Rights
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Social Conflict
1
Social Organisation
1
Directors
Davidson, John Paul
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
MacDonald, Bruce
1
Rasmussen, Ulla
1
Saltman, Carlyn
1
Sheppard, John
1
Wason, David
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
3
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
1
not set
2
Country of production
Denmark
1
United Kingdom
4
not set
1
Year of production
1990
6
x
Colour / Black and white
Film list
1700 Metres from the Future
1990
86
‘
Directed by
Ulla Rasmussen
.
Ulla Boje Rasmussen portrays with humour and empathy life in the small Faroese village of Gásadalur, inhabited by just 16 adults and a 9-year old boy. The film gives a unique insight into the
Scandinavia
Land Rights
Infrastructure / Transport
Chantal’s Choice
1990
30
‘
Directed by
Priscilla Hinckley
Carlyn Saltman
.
Adolescents in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, create a play for their peers in Europe and the USA. They enact an African folktale about a girl who faces a painful dilemma because she is determined to stay in school.
West Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Children / Young people
Reproduction (biology)
The Kalasha: Rites of Spring
1990
60
‘
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
The Kalasha are a tribal people, 3,000 strong, who live in the high valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Kalasha are unique as a pagan people in
South Asia
Festivals / Carnival
Land Rights
Agriculture / Farming
Social Conflict
The Mende
1990
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
This is a portrait of Kpuawala, Sierra Leone, a village of some 260 Mende people living in a clearing in the forest in houses of mud brick and tin. Like any village portrait it gossips, happy
West Africa
Everyday Life
Social Organisation
Rural
The Storyteller
1990
50
‘
Student
Directed by
John Paul Davidson
.
Unaware of the written word until the 1950s, the Waura tribe who live in the headwaters of the Xingu river in Brazil still practise the art of storytelling. Tribal storyteller Aruta recounts one of
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Religion / Belief / Faith
The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea
1990
52
‘
Directed by
David Wason
.
The Trobriand Islands lie off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The island society has a complex balance of male authority and female wealth. Magic spells and sorcery pervade everyday life.
Melanesia
Gender Role and Identity
Festivals / Carnival
Ritual