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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
x
Keywords
“Animals”
and
“HuntingGatheringFishing”
x
films with a digital version
6
x
short films
4
films available on demand
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
North America
1
South-East Asia
2
Western Europe
1
Country
Canada
1
China
1
Indonesia
2
United Kingdom
2
Keywords
Animals
6
x
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Elderly People
1
Everyday Life
1
Food / Water
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
5
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
x
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Blake, John
1
Day, Mike
1
Gao, Ang
1
Johnston, Graham
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Wason, David
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
National Film and Television School
2
Shorts Collection 2
2
not set
1
Country of production
Australia
1
China
1
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1982
1
1983
1
1988
1
2010
1
2019
1
2020
1
Film list
The Guga Hunters of Ness
2010
59
‘
Directed by
Mike Day
.
This film follows a vanishing community’s beloved and unique tradition. The Gaelic speakers of Lewis and Scotland are the only people in the EU exempt from a ban on hunting gannets, but they are
Western Europe
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Animals
Ritual
John the Eel Trapper
1982
28
‘
Directed by
Toni de Bromhead
.
The fens of East Anglia provide the scenery for this documentary. At the centre of the film is John, a solitary character, who makes his living by trapping eels in the numerous canals of the area.
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Muktuk
1983
40
‘
Directed by
Graham Johnston
.
Shot on the mosquito-ridden shores of the Mackenzie Delta in Canada’s North-West territories, the film deals with the annual Beluga (white whale) hunt. Three families are followed who have
North America
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Education / Knowledge transmission
The Ospreys and the Old Man
2020
9
‘
Directed by
Ang Gao
.
A 76-year-old man living in a village in the middle of China continues the traditional practice of using ospreys (鱼鹰. 鱼鹰 usually referred to as great cormorant in English) to fish while most
Central Asia and Far East
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Animals
Elderly People
The Whale Hunters of Lamalera
1988
52
‘
Directed by
John Blake
David Wason
.
The Whale Hunters of Lamalera was filmed over a period of four weeks during June 1987. Lamalera is a village which is perched on the rocky slopes of an active volcano on the southern coast of the
South-East Asia
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Animals
Everyday Life
Wild Honey: Caring for bees in a divided land
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Lisa Palmer
.
For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are
South-East Asia
Animals
Food / Water
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing