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Films
7 Films
with a digital version available
x
Keywords
“Intergenerational relations”
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films with a digital version
7
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short films
4
films available on demand
1
Region
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
London
1
North America
1
South America
1
South Asia
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Bangladesh
1
Guyana
1
India
1
Italy
1
Mexico
1
Singapore
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Elderly people
1
Family / Kinship
2
Festivals / Carnival
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Intergenerational relations
7
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Life Story / Life History
1
Marriage
1
Material Culture
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Social Change
1
Social Norms
1
Directors
Bhattachary, Nilanjan
1
Cao, Umberto
1
Chambers, Simon
1
Contreras, Isis
1
Garland, Christy
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Series
Ambulante Beyond
1
Shorts collection 2
1
not set
5
Country of production
Canada
1
Denmark
1
India
1
Italy
1
Mexico
1
Singapore
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Year of production
2007
1
2012
2
2014
1
2015
2
2019
1
Film list
The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song
2012
71
‘
Directed by
Christy Garland
.
‘The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song’, using direct cinema style, introduces us to the Smith family in Georgetown, Guyana, where both Muscle, and his mother Mary, each struggle to fight the family
South America
Elderly people
Family / Kinship
Intergenerational relations
Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears
2007
63
‘
Directed by
Simon Chambers
.
East London Muslim girl Shahanara is changing form pink hot pants into a sari to meet her husband at the airport. She has only met him once before, when she was married in a union arranged by her
London
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Intergenerational relations
Social Norms
From There to Here
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Qi Yu Teo
.
In 1949, the author’s young grandfather migrated from An Xi, China, to Singapore. Spending almost 70 years in Singapore, he has only been back home four times. As an immigrant from China,
Central Asia and Far East
Migration
Intergenerational relations
Life Story / Life History
Kutääy
2014
20
‘
Directed by
Isis Contreras
.
Fili, a 22-year-old Mixe, makes ornamental paper hot air balloons. Since this is an important tradition in his community, Fili —an expert in the art— is recognized and accepted. Yet, he is
Central America
Material Culture
Social Change
Intergenerational relations
Nodas. Launeddas at the time of crisis.
2015
29
‘
Intangible Culture
Directed by
Umberto Cao
Andrea Mura
.
Dating back 3000 years to the Nuragic civilisation on Sardinia, ‘launeddas’ are wind instruments that testify to contacts from across the Mediterranean. Although they nearly vanished in the 1960s, in
Western Mediterranean
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
Intergenerational relations
Rain in the Mirror
2012
48
‘
Directed by
Nilanjan Bhattachary
Kanchan Mukhopadhayay
.
Dorji Bhutia, a Buddhist monk and a reputed mask-maker with supernatural powers of bringing or stopping rain chose a self-determined death at the age of eighty-six. Dorji leaves his mystic image
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Intergenerational relations
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