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Films
7 Films
with a digital version available
x
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Country of production
“United States”
x
Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
7
x
short films
7
x
films available on demand
1
Region
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
4
North America
2
West Africa
1
Country
China
4
Mexico
1
Nigeria
1
United States
2
Virtual Space
1
Keywords
Animation
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Family / Kinship
2
Festivals / Carnival
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Health / Health care / Healing
1
History
1
Internet
1
Labour
1
Marriage
2
Migration
1
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Possession
1
Ritual
2
Rural
1
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
2
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Nitzky, William
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
3
Seaman, Gary
3
Song, Zhifang
3
Speed, Frank
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Werner, Louis
1
Series
Shorts Collection 2
1
Song Family Village
3
not set
3
Country of production
China
3
Nigeria
1
United States
7
x
Year of production
1963
1
1996
1
2009
3
2013
1
2020
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Bang the Drum
2020
28
‘
Directed by
William Nitzky
.
For the Yao minority in rural southwest China, the bronze drum is a sacred heritage. Its sound aids the souls of deceased elders in reaching the ancestral land. When the Chinese government steps in
Central Asia and Far East
Music/ Ethnomusicology
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
Rural
Shamans and Shamanism
Marriage, Maoism and Modernity
2009
30
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
This film outlines the types of marriage exchange practiced in a Chinese village over the last fifty years. Dowry, brideprice and exchange marriages have dominated the marriage market in turn as
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
History
Social Change
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, ‘Song Family Village’ is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
A Sheepherder’s Homecoming
1996
40
‘
Directed by
Allen Moore
Louis Werner
.
This film documents a migrant worker’s experiences as a herder on a Nevada sheep ranch who then returns to his family in Mexico after a long absence to renew ties and find a job at home. It
North America
Central America
Migration
Labour
Song Family Village Takes a Bride
2009
27
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Most weddings in the village still reflect traditional patterns of patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence. The bride leaves her natal home to marry into her husband’s village, where she is a
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
Virtual me: Gender and Identity in World of Warcraft
2013
11
‘
Directed by
Trent Monahan
Sarah Prothero
Jennifer Torson
.
‘Virtual Me’ examines the experiences of players of the online game World of Warcraft, focusing specifically on their experience and understanding of issues surrounding gender and identity within
North America
Gender Role and Identity
Animation
Internet
Were Ni! He is a Madman
1963
30
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Raymond Prince
.
This ethnopsychiatric film shows the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria. There are two basic types of institutions to deal with psychiatric disorders. First there are
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Possession