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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Dance Theatre Performance”
and
“Gender Role and Identity”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
North and Northeast Africa
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
1
Country
Brazil
1
Indonesia
1
Japan
2
Morocco
1
Keywords
Alternative culture
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
5
x
Gender Role and Identity
5
x
Labour
1
Popular Culture
1
Public Figure
2
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Norms
1
Directors
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Hunt, Claire
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Llewelyn-Davies, Melissa
1
Longinotto, Kim
2
Williams, Jano
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
3
Country of production
United Kingdom
5
x
Year of production
1977
1
1989
1
1993
1
1996
1
2003
1
Film list
Bailarinas
2003
32
‘
Directed by
Heidi Lipsanen
.
Majê Molê is an Afro-Brazilian dance group which offers girls and young women in Olinda, Northeast Brazil, the opportunity to rise above the poverty, drug addiction and crime that scars their
South America
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Dream Girls
1993
50
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
This award-winning film opens a door into the amazing world of the Takarazuka Revue, the all-female theatre troupe in Japan. Thousands of young women aspire to perform in the Revue’s glitzy musical
Central Asia and Far East
Public Figure
Popular Culture
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Gender Role and Identity
Eat the Kimono
1989
60
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Claire Hunt
.
A compelling biography of Hanayagi Genshu, a feminist and dancer who spent her lifetime defying the conservative traditions of Japanese society with her radical politics and unconventional
Central Asia and Far East
Public Figure
Gender Role and Identity
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Alternative culture
Some Women of Marrakech
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
.
In Marrakech, traditional attitudes to women prevail perhaps more strongly than in other Moroccan cities. This is especially true for those women who live by the standards of traditional ideals in
North and Northeast Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Social Norms
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity