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Films
10 Films
Keywords
“Agriculture Farming”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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films with a digital version
7
short films
5
films available on demand
1
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
Melanesia
2
North and Northeast Africa
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
2
South Asia
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Colombia
1
Ethiopia
1
Italy
1
Nepal
1
Norway
1
Pakistan
1
Papua New Guinea
2
United Kingdom
1
not set
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
9
Agriculture/ Farming
1
x
Animals
2
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
2
Development projects
1
Everyday Life
1
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Gender Role and identity
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Land Rights
1
Marriage
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Rural
3
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
1
Social Organisation
1
Trade
1
Directors
Arnott, Susi
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Harries, Andy
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Moser, Brian
1
Ravetz, Amanda
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Sheppard, John
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
3
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
3
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
1
National Film and Television School
2
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
10
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Year of production
1971
1
1979
1
1987
1
1988
2
1990
1
1998
1
2000
1
2003
1
2019
1
Film list
The Bracewells
2000
49
‘
Directed by
Amanda Ravetz
.
In the late 1990s, when BSE (also known as "Mad Cow Disease") was conclusively linked to the fatal brain disorder vCJD, a number of British farmers went out of business whilst others faced
British-Irish Isles
Rural
Agriculture / Farming
Animals
The Carrot and the Stick
1988
44
‘
Directed by
Susi Arnott
.
When they retired from selling insurance and teaching, John and Irene Brown volunteered to work overseas under a British Aid programme. They were sent to expand a marketing project aimed at
Melanesia
Development projects
Agriculture / Farming
Rural
The Dream of Maelen
2003
25
‘
Directed by
Eirik Sandberg
.
Arne Bakke Mælen lives alone on the small family farm he inherited on the edge of a fjord. The farm is no longer viable economically and, like many small farmers in Norway, he has not found a woman
Scandinavia
Art / Artists / Artisans
Rural
Agriculture / Farming
Garden Days: Village in Papua New Guinea
1988
25
‘
Directed by
Ariane Lewis
Jon Jerstad
.
A detailed account of domestic life in the Sepik area of Papua New Guinea, mainly from the women’s point of view. It describes their everyday activities in the ‘gardens’ in order to produce
Melanesia
Agriculture / Farming
Children / Young people
Ritual
Ian Gleadell: A Falkland Farmer
1987
34
‘
Directed by
Bob Edwards
Alastair Kenneil
.
The 1982 war between Britain and Argentina brought the Falkland or Malwinas Islands into the news headlines. This film is less spectacular: It shows the way of life of one inhabitant of this
South America
Animals
Agriculture / Farming
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 Kwegu
1979
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
Andy Harries
.
*’The Kwegu’ is an entirely tasteful and dignified presentation of the harsh realities of subsistence living, and it may help us understand how, even in stateless societies, dominated groups come to
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Social Organisation
Marriage
Trade
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
Those Who Don’t Work Don’t Make Love
1998
30
‘
Directed by
Cristina Grasseni
.
An observational documentary about dairy farmers in the Italian Alps. Caught between pride for tradition and the pressure for modernisation, the story of one family is told through the eyes of
Western Mediterranean
Agriculture / Farming
Social Change
War of the Gods
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
While relying on a polemical stance directed against the cultural genocide wrought by missionaries, ‘War of the Gods’ also contains a wealth of information and detail about Amazonian Indian
South America
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing