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Films
4 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Political Activists”
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Series
“0”
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films with a digital version
4
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short films
1
films available on demand
1
Region
Central America
1
East Africa
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
1
Country
Indonesia
1
Mexico
1
Paraguay
1
Senegal
1
Keywords
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Development projects
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Labour
1
Land Rights
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Political Activists
4
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Prison
1
Resistance
1
Social Change
1
Directors
Bonifacio, Valentina
1
Colucci, Erminia
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Strasse, Cornelia
1
Series
not set
4
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Country of production
Australia
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
1
Mexico
1
Senegal
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
2000
1
2009
1
2013
1
2015
1
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
Democracía Indígena
2000
39
‘
Directed by
Bruce Pacho Lane
.
This film examines the indigenous rights revolution sweeping Mexico through the municipal elections in Huehuetla, Puebla. In 1989, the Huehuetla Totonacs formed the Organización Independiente
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Messages by Music – Senegal in Transition
2013
76
‘
Directed by
Cornelia Strasse
.
The traditional musicians in Senegal were in charge of retaining the history of their ethnic group, along with ways of thinking and behaving. Their aim was to conserve the society. Nowadays the
East Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Social Change
Political Activists
Resistance