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Films
9 Films
Keywords
“Indigenous peoples First Nations peoples”
and
“Social Conflict”
x
films with a digital version
6
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
3
films available on demand
1
Region
Australia
1
Central America
1
Melanesia
1
North America
1
South America
5
Country
Australia
1
Bolivia
1
Brazil
2
Canada
1
Ecuador
1
Mexico
1
Solomon Islands
1
not set
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Environment
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
9
x
Inter-religious relations
1
Land Rights
7
Political Activists
3
Resistance
4
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
9
x
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Directors
Beckham, Michael
2
Drion, Georges
1
Grigsby, Michael
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Henley, Paul
1
MacDougall, David
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Williams, Stacey
1
๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ, Ana
1
Series
Ambulante Beyond
1
Disappearing World Series
3
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
4
Country of production
Australia
2
Mexico
1
United Kingdom
5
not set
1
Year of production
1977
1
1980
1
1987
2
1989
1
2001
1
2009
1
2013
1
2020
1
Film list
Campo 9
2013
25
‘
Directed by
Carlos R. Rivero Uicab
.
Carlos, the director of the documentary, worked for four years with Abraham and his family of Mennonites who have lived in the Campeche region for over a decade. Abraham mainly worked cutting down
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
Inter-religious relations
The Eskimos of Pond Inlet
1977
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Grigsby
.
For the Eskimos of Pond Inlet – a new village in North Baffin Island in which they have been settled by the Canadian Government โ the life of the semi-nomadic hunter has given way to that of
North America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Collective / Community identity
Social Conflict
The Kayapo
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
This film focuses on the conflicts and determination of a group of people trying to survive and maintain their ethnic identity in the face of almost overpowering odds. The film contrasts the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Resistance
Social Conflict
The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
1989
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a reunification of the tribes at Altamiraยซthe proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam, that will flood large parts of the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Resistance
Film / Photography / Mass media
Political Activists
Social Conflict
Reclaiming the Forest
1987
39
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Georges Drion
.
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Social Conflict
Sin tierra, no somos Shuar
2009
23
‘
Directed by
Stacey Williams
.
Shuar traditions and land are intimately tied to another. This film explores how the traditions and relationships change when foreign mining companies enter their territory.
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
Since the Company Came
2001
52
‘
Directed by
Russel Hawkins
.
Set in the South Pacific, in a remote Solomon Islands village, ‘Since the Company Came’ is the story of a community coming to terms with social, cultural and ecological disintegration. When village
Melanesia
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
Socioeconomic conditions
Takeover
1980
90
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
On March 13, 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of Aurukun Aboriginal Reserve from the Uniting Church. The people of Aurukun complained bitterly, fearing
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Resistance
Land Rights
Social Conflict
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia
2020
76
‘
Directed by
Ana ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ
.
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