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Films
4 Films
Keywords
“Food”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
3
Region
Central America
1
South-East Asia
1
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
China
1
Italy
1
Mexico
1
The Netherlands
1
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Food
4
x
History
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
2
Social Change
1
Directors
Brown, David
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Hughes, Richard
1
Patriarca, Niccolo
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
National Film and Television School
1
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
1991
1
2000
1
2007
1
2014
1
Film list
Agave is Life
2014
59
‘
Directed by
Meredith Dreiss
David Brown
.
Agave is Life is a documentary film about mankind’s 10,000 year-long symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico’s iconic distilled spirit, is derived. The
Central America
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Food
History
Caught in a Magic Place
2007
28
‘
Directed by
Niccolo Patriarca
.
A story of sandwiches and generations, ambitions and regrets from the heart of the Italian kitchen.
Western Mediterranean
Food
Intergenerational relations
Labour
Guiyang Beautiful Flavour Barbecue
2000
30
‘
Directed by
Richard Hughes
.
In the teeming cities of the most populated country on earth, 20 years of economic reform have brought new opportunity, new energy, and new dangers. This film follows one family’s efforts to navigate
South-East Asia
Food
Social Change
Labour
Smoke
1991
28
‘
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Maarten Rens
.
The film deals with fish smoking in Monnickendam, a small town twelve miles north of Amsterdam. Using archival footage, interviewing old fishermen, and contrasting the traditional and the modern
Western Europe
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Food
Archival material / Museum displays