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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Gender Role and Identity”
and
“Sex / Sexuality”
and
“Sex Sexuality”
x
Series
“0”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
1
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
North America
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
1
Country
Brazil
1
Indonesia
1
Japan
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Ethnofiction
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
5
x
LGBTQI*
2
Labour
1
Love
1
Reflexivity
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
5
x
Directors
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Longinotto, Kim
2
Moffat, Zemirah
1
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Williams, Jano
1
Series
not set
5
x
Country of production
Sweden
1
United Kingdom
5
x
United States
1
Year of production
1996
1
1997
1
2006
1
2007
1
2015
1
Film list
Dreamcatcher
2015
98
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
A film set in Chicago about an inspirational woman who has defied her past and now rescues girls and young women from a life on the streets.
North America
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Sex / Sexuality
Mirror Mirror
2006
58
‘
Directed by
Zemirah Moffat
.
Mirror Mirror is based on an audio-visual ethnography of London’s queer Club Wotever. Begun in the autumn of 2003, it promoted itself as a club that welcomed all genders and sexualities – a
British-Irish Isles
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity
Shinjuku Boys
1997
54
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
A film about love and gender. This film is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo where all the hosts are women who have decided to live as men. They make their living by working in a club with
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity
Transfiction
2007
58
‘
Directed by
Johannes Sjøberg
.
Transfiction explores ‘ethnofiction’ – an experimental ethnographic documentary film style in which the participants collaborate with the filmmaker to act out their own and others’ life experiences
South America
Reflexivity
Film / Photography / Mass media
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
LGBTQI*
Ethnofiction