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Films
11 Films
with a digital version available
x
Keywords
“Land Rights”
x
films with a digital version
11
x
short films
1
Region
Melanesia
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
6
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Country
Albania
1
Brazil
2
Colombia
2
Faroe Islands
1
Indonesia
1
Pakistan
1
Paraguay
1
Solomon Islands
1
not set
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
5
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Labour
1
Land Rights
11
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Political Activists
3
Post-communism
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Resistance
2
Rural
1
Social Change
4
Social Conflict
5
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Directors
Beckham, Michael
2
Bonifacio, Valentina
1
Drion, Georges
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Henley, Paul
1
Moser, Brian
2
Rasmussen, Ulla
1
Sheppard, John
2
Wason, David
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
7
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
1
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
1
Denmark
1
United Kingdom
9
Year of production
1971
2
1974
1
1987
2
1989
1
1990
2
1991
1
2001
1
2009
1
Film list
1700 Metres from the Future
1990
86
‘
Directed by
Ulla Rasmussen
.
Ulla Boje Rasmussen portrays with humour and empathy life in the small Faroese village of Gásadalur, inhabited by just 16 adults and a 9-year old boy. The film gives a unique insight into the
Scandinavia
Land Rights
Infrastructure / Transport
The Albanians of Rrogam
1991
52
‘
Directed by
David Wason
.
With the fall of the Stalinist regime in Albania, one of the poorest countries in Europe, the people of a remote mountain village, Rrogam, are faced with the dilmma of how to re-allocate the land and
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Social Change
Land Rights
Rural
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
Embera — the End of the Road
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
The way of life of the 10,000 Embera Indians who live in the Choco region of Colombia, South American, is threatened by the encroachments of Negro Libres (descendants of freed slaves) and by the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
The Kalasha: Rites of Spring
1990
60
‘
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
The Kalasha are a tribal people, 3,000 strong, who live in the high valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Kalasha are unique as a pagan people in
South Asia
Festivals / Carnival
Land Rights
Agriculture / Farming
Social Conflict
The Kayapo
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
This film focuses on the conflicts and determination of a group of people trying to survive and maintain their ethnic identity in the face of almost overpowering odds. The film contrasts the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Resistance
Social Conflict
The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
1989
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a reunification of the tribes at Altamira«the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam, that will flood large parts of the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Resistance
Film / Photography / Mass media
Political Activists
Social Conflict
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
Reclaiming the Forest
1987
39
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Georges Drion
.
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Social Conflict
The Sakuddei
1974
52
‘
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
The Sakuddei are a small and ethnically separate community living on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Their distinctive way of life and elaborate religious
South-East Asia
Collective / Community identity
Social Change
Land Rights
Since the Company Came
2001
52
‘
Directed by
Russel Hawkins
.
Set in the South Pacific, in a remote Solomon Islands village, ‘Since the Company Came’ is the story of a community coming to terms with social, cultural and ecological disintegration. When village
Melanesia
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
Socioeconomic conditions