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Films
10 Films
Keywords
“Everyday Life”
and
“Rural”
x
films with a digital version
7
short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Melanesia
1
North America
4
Scandinavia
1
South Asia
2
West Africa
1
Country
Faroe Islands
1
India
2
Mongolia
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Sierra Leone
1
United States
4
Keywords
Alternative culture
4
Art / Artists / Artisans
4
Children / Young people
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Environment
1
Everyday Life
10
x
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Herding
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Rural
10
x
Social Change
1
Social Organisation
2
Directors
Barreiro, Georgina
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Grimshaw, Anna
4
MacDonald, Bruce
1
Moser, Brian
1
Rasmussen, Ulla
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
2
Mr Coperthwaite: a life in the Maine Woods
4
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
1
not set
3
Country of production
Argentina
1
Denmark
1
India
1
Slovenia
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
4
Year of production
1975
1
1990
1
1992
1
2008
1
2013
4
2018
2
Film list
Autumn’s Work
2013
47
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
"Autumn’s Work" follows Bill Coperthwaite as he prepares for winter. Wrestling with a large felled tree amidst its vast tangle of branches, Bill slowly and methodically breaks it down
North America
Alternative culture
Rural
Everyday Life
Art / Artists / Artisans
Enet Yapai – an Ambonwari Girl
2008
25
‘
Directed by
Daniela Vávrová
.
Enet Yapai was six years old when Vavrova met her for the first time in 2005 in Ambonwari village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Between November 2007 and April 2008 she followed Enet and
Melanesia
Children / Young people
Rural
Everyday Life
The Light on Mykines Island
1992
66
‘
Directed by
Ulla Rasmussen
.
Ulla Boje Rasmussen’s at once historical and contemporary documentary from 1992 about the life and nature of the sparsely populated and spellbound island of Mykines. With outstanding footage she
Scandinavia
Everyday Life
Social Organisation
Rural
The Mende
1990
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
This is a portrait of Kpuawala, Sierra Leone, a village of some 260 Mende people living in a clearing in the forest in houses of mud brick and tin. Like any village portrait it gossips, happy
West Africa
Everyday Life
Social Organisation
Rural
Mongolia, part 1: On the Edge of the Gobi
1975
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
Mongolia is a country the size of Western Europe with under 1.5 million people but over 23 million head of livestock. This film concentrates on life in the great plains of Mongolia, at the foot of
Central Asia and Far East
Herding
Social Change
Rural
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
Spring in Dickinson’s Reach
2013
83
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
"Spring in Dickinson’s Reach" provides an introduction to the unique environment that Bill Coperthwaite has crafted in the Maine forest. Beginning in early spring, the film follows
North America
Alternative culture
Rural
Everyday Life
Art / Artists / Artisans
A Summer Task
2013
47
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
"A Summer Task" examines the rhythm and tempo of work in the forest. The film follows Bill Coperthwaite and his cousin, Steve, as they fell and haul trees to build a bridge and begin
North America
Alternative culture
Everyday Life
Rural
Art / Artists / Artisans
Tara’s footprint
2018
70
‘
Intangible Culture
Directed by
Georgina Barreiro
.
Tara’s Footprint skilfully conjures the atmosphere of Khechuperi, a village in the Himalayas in north eastern India. Eschewing standard exposition the film follows four young siblings as they go
South Asia
Children / Young people
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Everyday Life
Music / Ethnomusicology
Religion / Belief / Faith
Rural
Winter Days
2013
59
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
"Winter Days" evokes the stillness and quietness of the forest in winter. Life is lived close to the stove. It’s a time for small tasks and chores – making a wedge, sewing a pocket, the
North America
Alternative culture
Rural
Everyday Life
Art / Artists / Artisans