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Films
5 Films
available to watch on demand
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Keywords
“Agriculture Farming”
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films with a digital version
3
films hosted on Kanopy
2
short films
4
films available on demand
5
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Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Middle and Near East
1
North and Northeast Africa
2
West Africa
1
Country
Ethiopia
2
Nepal
1
Senegal
1
Turkey
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
4
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Agriculture/ Farming
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Everyday Life
1
Family/ Kinship
1
Food / Water
2
Gender Role and identity
1
Labour
1
Rural
1
Directors
Defersha, Eyob
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Series
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
2
Shorts Collection 2
1
Shorts collection 2
2
Country of production
Ethiopia
2
France
1
Germany
2
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
2018
1
2019
2
2020
2
Film list
Dancing Grass. Harvesting teff in the Tigrean highlands
2018
40
‘
Directed by
Mitiku Gabrehiwot
.
Dancing Grass is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). It captures the communal harvesting of teff among Tigreans of Northern Ethiopia. Teff, an ancient
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Food / Water
In Aiye’s Garden. Propagation and Processing of Enset in the Gamo Highlands
2019
58
‘
Directed by
Eyob Defersha
.
In Aiye’s Garden is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). Enset, which is related to the banana plant, is very drought resistant and a good source of
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Food / Water
Land Lot S7
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Abtin Sarabi
.
Following sugar cane field workers in Senegal as they chop and burn their way through seemingly endless fields, this poetic film takes an unconventional approach to understanding the gruelling work
West Africa
Labour
Agriculture / Farming
Ocak
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Zeynep Kaserci
.
The story of a family who earns their livelihood as hazelnut cultivators in rural north-eastern Turkey. Filmed in an observational style, it offers glimpses into the local social life of the village
Middle and Near East
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Rural
Spirit
2019
19
‘
Directed by
Jane Dyson
Ross Harrison
.
Saraswati is a new arrival in an Indian Himalayan village. She wonders how she will ever feel at home in the new setting. “Spirit” by Jane Dyson and Ross Harrison is a story of longing and
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and identity
Agriculture/ Farming
Everyday Life
Family/ Kinship