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Films
2 Films
Keywords
“Informant-researcher relationship”
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Country of production
“France”
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films with a digital version
2
Region
Melanesia
1
Western Europe
1
Country
France
1
Vanuatu
1
Keywords
Ethnofiction
1
Informant-researcher relationship
2
x
Labour
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Reflexivity
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Directors
Francois, Alexandre
1
Mai, Nick
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Series
not set
2
Country of production
France
2
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Year of production
2008
1
2016
1
Film list
The Poet’s Salary
2008
59
‘
Directed by
Eric Wittersheim
Alexandre Francois
.
For the first time in many years, on the little island of Motalava in Vanuatu, a new song will be composed in the island’s ancestors’ language, the language of god Quat, and become part of the
Melanesia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Linguistics / Language
Informant-researcher relationship
Travel
2016
63
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Nick Mai
.
(This version of the film is edited using a single screen. For the split screen version see ‘Travel – double screen version’). Joy left Nigeria to help her family after her father’s death. She
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Labour
Migration
Ethnofiction
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity