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Films
5 Films
available to watch on demand
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Keywords
“Environment”
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films with a digital version
3
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
2
films available on demand
5
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Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
South America
1
South Asia
2
Country
Bolivia
1
China
1
India
1
Pakistan
1
South Korea
1
Keywords
Development projects
1
Disasters
1
Environment
5
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Everyday Life
2
Food / Water
2
Gender Role and Identity
2
Herding
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Infrastructure/transport
1
Land Rights
1
Memory
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Political Activists
1
Resettlement
1
Resistance
1
Rural
2
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Asadi Faezi, Daniel
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Entell, Peter
1
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
Series
Shorts Collection 1
1
not set
4
Country of production
Germany
1
India
1
Pakistan
1
South Korea
1
Switzerland
1
not set
1
Year of production
1988
1
2018
2
2019
1
2020
1
Film list
The Absence of Apricots
2018
49
‘
Student
Directed by
Daniel Asadi Faezi
.
In the Hunza Valley in the northern Pakistan there is a magnificent turquoise lake. But the lake hasn’t been always there: it is the result of a massive landslide that blocked a river, causing
South Asia
Environment
Memory
Development projects
Resettlement
Depending on Heaven
1988
56
‘
Directed by
Peter Entell
.
The film is in two parts and focuses on the Mongols living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Part One (28 minutes) follows the life of a nomadic Mongol family on their yearly journey
Central Asia and Far East
Environment
Nomads and Nomadism
Herding
Everyday Life
Paani: of women and water
2018
22
‘
Student
Directed by
Costanza Burstin
.
Against the bleached sky of Rajasthan, we encounter the women of a small Muslim village as they engage in their work. Here, water binds their daily labour rituals: they collect and carry water in
South Asia
Environment
Food / Water
Gender Role and Identity
Rural
Everyday Life
The People Next to Coal Power Plant
2019
22
‘
Directed by
Hyewon Choi
.
Vegetable crops are contaminated, fish have disappeared, illness is rife. Life in the shadow of a Korean coal power plant is difficult, but the locals have no choice but to struggle on nonetheless.
Central Asia and Far East
Infrastructure/transport
Environment
Disasters
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia
2020
76
‘
Directed by
Ana 𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿
.
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia tells the story of three Andean indigenous communities in the highlands of Bolivia who are fighting to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a
South America
Environment
Food / Water
Gender Role and Identity
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Land Rights
Political Activists
Resistance
Rural
Social Conflict