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Films
7 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Labour”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
7
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short films
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central Europe
1
Middle and Near East
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South America
1
South Asia
2
Country
Hungary
1
India
1
Jordan
1
Morocco
1
Nepal
1
Paraguay
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Labour
7
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Land Rights
1
Marriage
1
Material Culture
1
Political Activists
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Social Change
1
Social Norms
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Travellers / Roma
1
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Blake, John
1
Bonifacio, Valentina
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Llewelyn-Davies, Melissa
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Winter, Pattie
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
3
not set
4
Country of production
Jordan
1
United Kingdom
7
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Year of production
1977
2
1988
1
2005
1
2009
1
2012
1
2014
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Across the Tracks – The Vlach Gypsies in Hungary
1988
52
‘
Directed by
John Blake
.
*’Across the Tracks’ is a gripping film for the general viewer. It is beautifully filmed in observational style (lingering scenes of muddy courtyards) with enough subtitled interview material to
Central Europe
Animals
Labour
Travellers / Roma
Boya Boya (Shine Shine)
2014
18
‘
Directed by
Karen Boswall
Ruba Al Akash
.
A portrait of Syrian refugee Mohammed, a 12-year-old shoe shine boy, ‘Boya Boya (Shine Shine)’ looks at the reality of the growing population of urban refugees from a child’s point of view. While
Middle and Near East
Children / Young people
Refugees / Displaced populations
Labour
Casado’s Legacy
2009
49
‘
Directed by
Valentina Bonifacio
.
For 100 years Maskoy people worked in Carlos Casado’s tannin factory. The factory, which had been founded on their land, based its production on the exploitation of local natural resources. After
South America
Political Activists
Labour
Land Rights
Sherpas of Nepal
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Pattie Winter
.
Thami is a village 12,000 feet up in the Himalayas in the Kingdom of Nepal. As the film’s opening shots illustrate, in a type of filmic short-hand, Thami is composed of a patchwork of individual
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Labour
Marriage
Social Change
Some Women of Marrakech
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
.
In Marrakech, traditional attitudes to women prevail perhaps more strongly than in other Moroccan cities. This is especially true for those women who live by the standards of traditional ideals in
North and Northeast Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Social Norms
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
Unravel
2012
14
‘
Directed by
Meghna Gupta
.
‘Unravel’ follows the Western worlds least wanted clothes, on a journey across Northern India, from sea to industrial interior. They get sent to Panipat, a sleepy town and the only place in the world
South Asia
Labour
Material Culture
Collective / Community identity