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Films
2 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Labour”
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“Switzerland”
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films with a digital version
2
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short films
1
Region
South Asia
1
Western Europe
1
Country
India
1
Switzerland
1
Keywords
Everyday Life
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Labour
2
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Material Culture
1
Rural
1
Directors
Grossenbacher, Ulrich
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Luethi, Damaris
1
Series
not set
2
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Country of production
Switzerland
2
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Year of production
1997
1
2016
1
Film list
The Log Rafters of Lake Aegeri
2016
29
‘
Material Culture
Directed by
Thomas Horat
.
Aegeri, in a remote part of Switzerland, is one of the few lakes in Central Europe where professional log rafters can still be found. This film is based on the gentle observation of the work of a
Western Europe
Material Culture
Labour
Rural
Silk, Muthappar and VHS: Portraits from South India
1997
63
‘
Directed by
Ulrich Grossenbacher
Damaris Luethi
.
The documentary, filmed during ethnographic field research, shows three portraits of ‘ordinary’ personalities — Mala, a young weaver sharing a one-bedroom house with nine siblings; Santa Cruz,
South Asia
Labour
Everyday Life
Film / Photography / Mass media