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Films
11 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Collective Community identity”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
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films with a digital version
11
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short films
4
films available on demand
1
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central Africa
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
Central Europe
1
Middle and Near East
2
North America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
2
Western Europe
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1
Cameroon
1
China
2
France
1
India
1
Italy
1
Spain
1
Sudan
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Collective / Community identity
11
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Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Family / Kinship
2
Festivals / Carnival
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
History
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Labour
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
2
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Sport
1
Urban
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Baily, John
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Cai, Hua
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Husmann, Rolf
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Loizos, Peter
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
1
Seaman, Gary
1
Song, Zhifang
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Series
Shorts collection 2
1
Song Family Village
1
not set
9
Country of production
China
2
Germany
1
India
1
Netherlands
1
Norway
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
2
Year of production
1986
1
1991
1
1995
1
2001
1
2005
1
2007
1
2009
1
2013
1
2014
1
2015
1
2020
1
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Film list
Journey into Europe
2015
122
‘
Directed by
Akbar Ahmed
.
In Journey into Europe, Akbar Ahmed, a world-renowned anthropologist, Islamic scholar, and filmmaker who the BBC has called “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam,” explores Islam
Central Europe
Western Europe
South-East Europe
History
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Nuba Wrestling
1991
42
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Werner Sperschneider
.
The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Sport
Ocak
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Zeynep Kaserci
.
The story of a family who earns their livelihood as hazelnut cultivators in rural north-eastern Turkey. Filmed in an observational style, it offers glimpses into the local social life of the village
Middle and Near East
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Rural
Polka
1986
50
‘
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the ‘roots’ of
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
Returning Home: Revival of a Bosnian Village
2001
48
‘
Directed by
Tone Bringa
Peter Loizos
.
The film is the sequel to ‘We are all Neighbours’, the 1993 Granada Disappearing World film, about the breakdown of relations between Muslims and Croats as war overtakes their ethnically mixed
South-East Europe
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Collective / Community identity
Refugees / Displaced populations
Scenes of Afghan Music: London, Kabul, Hamburg, Dublin
2007
97
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
Scenes of Afghan Music is Part IV of ‘A Quartet of Afghan Music Films’, made in the author’s personal “fieldwork movie” style. It reveals the diversity of music and dance practices in the
Middle and Near East
Music / Ethnomusicology
Migration
Collective / Community identity
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
Steel Lives
2005
45
‘
Directed by
Massimiliano Mollona
.
The anthropologist spent several months working as unskilled labourer alongside Sheffield steelworkers at Morris for his PhD. This film is a look into the working lives of men who earn a living in
British-Irish Isles
Labour
Socioeconomic conditions
Collective / Community identity
Together as One
2013
39
‘
Directed by
Kilian Lamtur Tanlaka
.
Nso’ is the biggest kingdom of the Western Grassfields and an ethnic group in the northeast corner of Cameroon’s northwest region. Its capital Kumbo is where the ruler (Fon) lives. The Nso’
Central Africa
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Collective / Community identity
Inter-religious relations
Where the Clouds End
2014
52
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Directed by
Wanphrang Diengdoh
.
“My late great grandfather was a Bengali who came to Shillong in the early 1900s – long before the present political border divided the lands.” After the creation of borders between India and
South Asia
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Without Fathers or Husbands
1995
26
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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