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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
x
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Gender Role and Identity”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
6
x
short films
6
x
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Middle and Near East
1
North America
1
South-East Asia
2
West Africa
1
Country
China
1
Indonesia
1
Japan
1
Nigeria
1
United States
1
Virtual Space
1
Yemen
1
Keywords
Animation
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Gender Role and Identity
6
x
Internet
1
Material Culture
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
3
Sex / Sexuality
2
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Cai, Hua
1
Harper, Peggy
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Speed, Frank
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Series
not set
6
x
Country of production
China
1
Japan
1
Nigeria
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1970
1
1995
1
1996
1
2004
1
2013
1
2015
1
Film list
Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade
1970
30
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Peggy Harper
.
Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria and Dahomey the Gelede cult honours the earth spirits, the ancestors and especially the Great Mother. The festival filmed here emphasises the status of women and
West Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Social Conflict
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity
Uzu
2015
27
‘
Directed by
Gaspard Kuentz
.
Held every October in the city of Matsuyama, the Dogo Autumn Festival is one of the most violent religious festivals celebrated in Japan. Eight teams of men carrying massive portable wood shrines
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity
The Veil Unveiled
2004
29
‘
Directed by
Vanessa Langer
.
In Yemen, the land of Queen Saba, a wide variety of veils can be found. In the capital Sana’a, the women, although at first sight appearing to all be wearing but black, distinguish themselves one
Middle and Near East
Gender Role and Identity
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
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
Without Fathers or Husbands
1995
26
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and as
South-East Asia
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality