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Films
4 Films
available to watch on demand
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Keywords
“Animals”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
3
short films
3
films available on demand
4
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Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
East Africa
1
South-East Asia
1
Country
China
1
Indonesia
1
Kenya
1
Taiwan
1
Keywords
Animals
4
x
Elderly People
1
Family / Kinship
1
Food / Water
1
Herding
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
1
Marriage
1
Directors
Gao, Ang
1
MacDougall, David
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Series
Shorts Collection 2
3
Turkana Conversations
1
Country of production
Australia
2
China
1
Taiwan
1
United States
1
Year of production
1976
1
2019
2
2020
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Lives and Deaths between Ebbs and Flows
2019
14
‘
Directed by
Futuru C.L. Tsai
.
Futuru Tsai explores the relationship between Amis people and the sea in this playful portrait of maritime culture in coastal Taiwan. The film focuses on various social and practical activities in
Central Asia and Far East
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
The Ospreys and the Old Man
2020
9
‘
Directed by
Ang Gao
.
A 76-year-old man living in a village in the middle of China continues the traditional practice of using ospreys (鱼鹰. 鱼鹰 usually referred to as great cormorant in English) to fish while most
Central Asia and Far East
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Animals
Elderly People
The Wedding Camels
1976
108
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Also about individuals from the Turkana in north-western Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘A Wife Among Wives’), this film chronicles a series of events which surround the marriage of Lorang’s
East Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Animals
Herding
Wild Honey: Caring for bees in a divided land
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Lisa Palmer
.
For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are
South-East Asia
Animals
Food / Water
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing