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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
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shorter than 40 minutes
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“United States”
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films with a digital version
6
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short films
6
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films available on demand
1
Region
Central America
2
North America
4
West Africa
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Mexico
2
Nigeria
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
4
Virtual Space
1
Keywords
Animation
1
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Internet
1
Labour
1
Migration
1
Political Activists
1
Possession
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Speed, Frank
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Werner, Louis
1
Series
not set
6
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Country of production
Mexico
1
Nigeria
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
6
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Year of production
1963
1
1996
1
2000
1
2013
1
2015
2
Film list
Democracía Indígena
2000
39
‘
Directed by
Bruce Pacho Lane
.
This film examines the indigenous rights revolution sweeping Mexico through the municipal elections in Huehuetla, Puebla. In 1989, the Huehuetla Totonacs formed the Organización Independiente
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
A Donation to the Museum
2015
25
‘
Directed by
Teri F. Brewer
.
Human remains from the California Channel Islands were donated to an English city museum nearly a century ago. More recently research began into how they came to be there, and whose remains they
North America
Western Europe
Archaeology
Archival material / Museum displays
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
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
Youth Group
2015
28
‘
Student
Directed by
Wanwan Lu
.
Set in the predominantly Asian “ethnoburbs” of Los Angeles County, this film follows a vibrant Buddhist youth group in a Chinese-American temple. Youth group members, most raised by immigrant
North America
Collective / Community identity
Religion / Belief / Faith
Intergenerational relations