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Films
4 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Political Activists”
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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
4
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films available on demand
1
Region
South America
3
South-East Asia
1
Country
Brazil
2
Indonesia
1
Paraguay
1
Keywords
Development projects
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Labour
1
Land Rights
3
Political Activists
4
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Prison
1
Resistance
2
Social Conflict
2
Directors
Beckham, Michael
2
Bonifacio, Valentina
1
Colucci, Erminia
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
2
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
1
United Kingdom
4
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Year of production
1987
1
1989
1
2009
1
2015
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Breaking the Chains
2015
64
‘
Student
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and
South-East Asia
Prison
Health / Health care / Healing
Political Activists
Development projects
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
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