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Films
2 Films
available to watch on demand
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Keywords
“Elderly people”
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Series
“0”
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films hosted on Kanopy
1
films available on demand
2
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Region
Central America
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Germany
1
Mexico
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
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Collective / Community identity
1
Elderly people
2
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Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Love
1
Memory
1
Personal Narrative
1
Social participation
1
Directors
Papenbrook, Jana
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Sojob, María
1
Series
not set
2
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Country of production
Germany
1
Mexico
1
Year of production
2017
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2019
1
Film list
TOTE_Grandfather
2019
80
‘
Main Competition
Directed by
María Sojob
.
This film portrays an unexpected encounter between an old Tzotzil man, who is going blind, and his granddaughter, who does not remember her childhood well. The granddaughter, having grown up in the
Central America
Indigenous Filmmaking
Gender Role and Identity
Family / Kinship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Elderly people
Love
Intergenerational relations
Linguistics / Language
Memory
Why is Mr W. Laughing?
2017
76
‘
Directed by
Jana Papenbrook
.
Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than
Western Europe
Art / Artists / Artisans
Collective / Community identity
Elderly people
Health / Health care / Healing
Life Story / Life History
Personal Narrative
Social participation