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Films
6 Films
Keywords
“Family Kinship”
x
Country of production
“Australia”
x
short films
1
films available on demand
2
Region
Australia
1
East Africa
2
South-East Asia
2
Western Europe
1
Country
Australia
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
1
Kenya
2
Philippines
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Family / Kinship
6
x
Gender Role and Identity
1
Herding
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Marriage
3
Resettlement
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Urban
1
Directors
Asch, Patsy
1
Asch, Timothy
1
Fox, James J.
1
Kildea, Gary
1
MacDougall, David
4
MacDougall, Judith
2
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
Turkana Conversations
2
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
6
x
Italy
1
United States
2
Year of production
1976
1
1981
1
1988
1
1993
1
1997
1
2000
1
Film list
Celso and Cora
2000
109
‘
Directed by
Gary Kildea
.
The film is about one family who live in the slums of Manila. Gary Kildea and a Filipino collaborator enter this family’s life, filming them as they eat, as they care for their children, as they work
South-East Asia
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Family / Kinship
Urban
Link-up Diary
1997
86
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
The filmmaker goes on the road with Link-Up, an organisation which re-unites Aboriginal families separated in earlier decades by the New South Wales government. As the film shows, being reunited
Australia
Resettlement
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Spear and Sword: a Payment of Bridewealth on the Island of Roti
1988
22
‘
Directed by
James J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
The film begins as the groom’s side gathers the animals and money for a bridewealth payment, and discusses problems that might arise in negotiating the exchange. In ritual silence, they walk to the
South-East Asia
Ritual
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Tempus de Baristas
1993
100
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
This film depicts the characters, and social dilemmas of three generations of Sardinian mountain shepherds. Although born roughly 20 years apart, Franchiscu (62), his son Pietro (17) and their
Western Europe
Herding
Social Change
Family / Kinship
Rural
The Wedding Camels
1976
108
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Also about individuals from the Turkana in north-western Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘A Wife Among Wives’), this film chronicles a series of events which surround the marriage of Lorang’s
East Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Animals
Herding
A Wife Among Wives
1981
72
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
This segment of the trilogy on the Turkana of northern Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘The Wedding Camels’ above) evolves around the role of women in the society. The audience follows the
East Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Family / Kinship