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Films
10 Films
Keywords
“Animals”
x
Series
“Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film”
and
“National Film and Television School”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
5
short films
7
Region
British-Irish Isles
4
North America
2
South America
2
South-East Asia
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Canada
1
France
1
Indonesia
1
Peru
1
United Kingdom
4
United States
1
not set
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
2
Animals
10
x
Development projects
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Herding
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Directors
Campbell, Karlia
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Getzels, Peter
1
Gordon, Harriet
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Johnston, Graham
2
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Ravetz, Amanda
1
Rice, Tom
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
5
x
National Film and Television School
5
x
Country of production
Canada
1
Germany
1
United Kingdom
10
x
Year of production
1982
1
1983
1
1985
1
1987
1
1989
1
2000
1
2001
1
2004
1
2007
1
2010
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 Condor and the Bull
1989
56
‘
Directed by
Peter Getzels
Harriet Gordon
.
Villagers from remote hamlets high in the Andes join together with people from the roadside village of Ocongate for the Peruvian Independence Day celebration. Festivities require that a wild condor
South America
Animals
Festivals / Carnival
Ritual
Fish Have Feelings Too
2001
23
‘
Directed by
Tom Rice
.
For Jack and Stan, two men from Manchester, koi carp have become something more than an obsession. Not only have their pets become a source of fame and distinction, but of affection and mutually
British-Irish Isles
Animals
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
John the Eel Trapper
1982
28
‘
Directed by
Toni de Bromhead
.
The fens of East Anglia provide the scenery for this documentary. At the centre of the film is John, a solitary character, who makes his living by trapping eels in the numerous canals of the area.
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Leyssart
2007
30
‘
Directed by
Alexander Hirl
.
Living among 8,000 animals in the South of France, Thérèse and Dominique live their passion as herders and breeders. Their philosophy of life makes us reflect on the nature of relationships between
Western Europe
Animals
Herding
Family / Kinship
Muktuk
1983
40
‘
Directed by
Graham Johnston
.
Shot on the mosquito-ridden shores of the Mackenzie Delta in Canada’s North-West territories, the film deals with the annual Beluga (white whale) hunt. Three families are followed who have
North America
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Education / Knowledge transmission
Raised by Humans
2010
25
‘
Directed by
Karlia Campbell
.
‘Raised by Humans’ follows two dogs with difficult life histories as volunteers from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals try to find families to adopt them in Stockport,
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Development projects
Small Man of the Forest
2004
37
‘
Directed by
Hugh Hartford
.
Murray Collins leaves his city life in search of a bipedal ape. On his journey to highland Sumatra, he meets an academic, three farmers, two conservationists and a shaman, all of whom advise him on
South-East Asia
Animals
Tuktu
1985
47
‘
Directed by
Graham Johnston
.
Tuktu is the Kuvanmiit Eskimo word for caribou. The film traces the early evolution of Ambler, founded almost 30 years ago on the Kobuk River in Alaska. Change and development mark life now in this
North America
Animals
Social Change