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Films
8 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Urban”
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Series
“0”
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films with a digital version
8
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short films
4
films available on demand
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
1
Middle and Near East
2
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
2
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Afghanistan
2
India
2
Italy
1
Romania
1
Sudan
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Migration
1
Post-communism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Sport
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Trade
1
Urban
8
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Directors
Baily, John
2
Banks, Marcus
1
Husmann, Rolf
1
Owles, Ed
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
Vohra, Paromita
1
Șalaru, Maria
1
Series
not set
8
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Country of production
Germany
1
India
1
Italy
1
Romania
1
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1983
2
1988
1
1991
1
2006
1
2007
1
2011
1
2016
1
Film list
The Block
2016
60
‘
Student
Directed by
Maria Șalaru
.
From neighbourly disputes over garlic-heavy cooking to memories of Ceaușescu’s heatless winters, "The Block" explores the rich social and material universe of a Romanian apartment
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
Urban
Post-communism
Infrastructure / Transport
Herat Films: The City of Herat
1983
21
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Urban
Trade
Herat Films: The Shrines of Herat
1983
30
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Urban
Nuba Wrestling
1991
42
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Werner Sperschneider
.
The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Sport
Other Europe
2011
75
‘
Directed by
Rossella Schillaci
.
What happens to African migrants once granted political refugee status? In Turin, a northern Italian city, an abandoned clinic has been squatted by more than 200 refugees since December 2008. Khaled,
Western Mediterranean
Migration
Urban
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Q2P
2006
55
‘
Directed by
Paromita Vohra
.
Q2P is a film about toilets and the city. It sifts through the dream of Mumbai as a future Shanghai and searches for public toilets, watching who has to queue to pee. As the film observes who has
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Socioeconomic conditions
Raju and His Friends
1988
40
‘
Directed by
Marcus Banks
.
This film is set in the city of Jamnagar, western India. The film focuses on the emotions, quality of life, and on duty. Raju’s friendship with different people, including the director, provide a
South Asia
Urban
Informant-researcher relationship
Life Story / Life History
Southeast London Ethnography – Three Student Films: Anglesea Road; The Good Ol’ Days; Talk of Trade
2007
13
‘
Directed by
Elhum Shakerifar
Ed Owles
Jamie Taylor
.
These 3 films on Southeast London were made by GCC college students who took a course in anthropology & film. ANGLESEA ROAD: Situated in Woolwich, South East London, Anglesea Road is a small
British-Irish Isles
Urban