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Films
21 Films
with a digital version available
x
Keywords
“HuntingGatheringFishing”
x
films with a digital version
21
x
short films
6
films available on demand
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
East Africa
1
North America
9
South America
3
South-East Asia
2
Western Europe
2
Western Mediterranean
1
not set
1
Country
Canada
2
China
1
Colombia
2
Indonesia
2
Italy
1
Tanzania
1
The Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
7
Venezuela
1
not set
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Animals
6
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Collective / Community identity
2
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Elderly People
1
Everyday Life
2
Food
1
Food / Water
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
13
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
8
x
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
3
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Labour
2
Land Rights
1
Material Culture
1
Migration
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Trade
7
Directors
Blake, John
1
Day, Mike
1
Gao, Ang
1
Grigsby, Michael
1
Grimshaw, Anna
8
Johnston, Graham
1
Moser, Brian
2
Nairn, Charlie
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Schillaci, Rosella
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Wason, David
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
5
George’s Place
2
George’s Place: A seven part film series
5
National Film and Television School
3
Shorts Collection 2
2
not set
4
Country of production
Australia
1
China
1
Italy
1
Tanzania
1
United Kingdom
9
United States
8
Year of production
not set
1
1970
1
1971
2
1977
1
1982
1
1983
1
1988
1
1991
1
2010
1
2012
1
2016
2
2018
1
2019
1
2020
6
Film list
At Low Tide
2016
63
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
Every day, carrying the simplest of tools, diggers across coastal Maine set out at low tide to dig for clams on the wide mud flats that stretch far into the bay. It is backbreaking work. But it has
North America
Material Culture
Labour
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
The Cellar
2018
84
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
George Sprague lives and works in Buck’s Harbor, Maine. He is widely known for his "cellar" (affectionately called the whine cellar), where people gather to talk, make lobster traps, share
North America
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade
A Clearing in the Jungle
1970
52
‘
Directed by
Charlie Nairn
.
Like that of many other Indian groups in South America, the culture of the Panare Indians of Venezuela is threatened by their almost daily contact with neighbouring creoles, Spanish-speaking
South America
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Informant-researcher relationship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
The Eskimos of Pond Inlet
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Grigsby
.
For the Eskimos of Pond Inlet – a new village in North Baffin Island in which they have been settled by the Canadian Government – the life of the semi-nomadic hunter has given way to that of
North America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Collective / Community identity
Social Conflict
Finn Beach
2020
63
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
The summer draws to a close, but the season is not yet over. Work continues — baiting and hauling traps, sorting and shipping lobsters. There are always tasks to be done. But within the daily
North America
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade
The Float
2020
75
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
The peak of the lobster season has arrived. George works closely with his son and grandson to repair their float ravaged by high tides, strong winds and the constant erosion of salt water. Towing
North America
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade
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
In the dooryard
2020
71
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
Spring in Buck’s Harbor is about preparing for the fishing season ahead. Work on lobster traps and on halibut hooks begins in earnest. But it is rarely a solitary activity. Every day people
North America
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade
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
The Last of the Cuiva
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
The film focuses on recent changes in the culture and society of the Cuiva, hunters and gatherers in a remote forest region of south-eastern Colombia, brought about through contact with Colombian
South America
Social Change
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Land Rights
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
On the water
2020
67
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
During April, George and Mark, his son and sternman, begin setting traps for the season ahead. It’s cold and rough on the ocean, and lobsters are scarce. Halibut fishing, permitted for only
North America
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade
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
Sea Boundary
2012
55
‘
Directed by
Rosella Schillaci
.
The film depicts the daily struggle of fishermen to earn a living in a harsh physical environment that brings out the social and economic tensions of modern society. Manning the Priamo are Cola, the
Western Mediterranean
Labour
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Socioeconomic conditions
Migration
Smoke
1991
28
‘
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Maarten Rens
.
The film deals with fish smoking in Monnickendam, a small town twelve miles north of Amsterdam. Using archival footage, interviewing old fishermen, and contrasting the traditional and the modern
Western Europe
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Food
Archival material / Museum displays
War of the Gods
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
While relying on a polemical stance directed against the cultural genocide wrought by missionaries, ‘War of the Gods’ also contains a wealth of information and detail about Amazonian Indian
South America
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
The Way We Live Now
2016
32
‘
Student
Directed by
Sophia Hersi Smith
.
‘The Way We Live Now’ is an intimate portrait of the daily routines and rituals of the Hadza; modern-day hunter-gatherers living in the acacia-baobab woodlands surrounding Lake Eyasi in North-Central
East Africa
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Everyday Life
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
The season
2020
63
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
This is part 4 of a 7-part series. Lobsters slowly migrate north, moving into the Machias Bay from warmer, southern waters. George works quickly to finish setting his full quota of traps.
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade
The smokehouse
81
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
George has been smoking fish for as long as he can remember. The smokehouse has a place of pride in his dooryard, and he lovingly tends the racks to ensure perfection. The end of fishing is in
North America
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade