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Films
4 Films
Keywords
“Life Story Life History”
and
“Life Story Life History”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
South Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Greece
1
India
1
Italy
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Animation
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Family / Kinship
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Life Story / Life History
3
x
Life Story/ Life History
1
x
Memory
1
Migration
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Personal Narrative
1
Research methods
1
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Urban
1
Directors
Banks, Marcus
1
D’onofrio, Alexandra
1
Loizos, Peter
1
Ross, Nina
1
Series
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
3
Country of production
Italy
1
United Kingdom
4
x
Year of production
1974
1
1988
1
2018
1
2020
1
Film list
The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Nina Ross
.
As a child, Nancy Willis dreamt of joining the circus, longing for freedom and adventure. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and told she would not live beyond her twenties, the now 65-year-old artist
British-Irish Isles
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Personal Narrative
Health/ Health care/ Healing
Life Story/ Life History
IT WAS TOMORROW
2018
53
‘
Student
Directed by
Alexandra D’onofrio
.
After living in Italy for almost ten years without documents, three Egyptian men – Ali, Mahmoud and Mohamed – are suddenly awarded legal residence. As a whole new world of opportunities opens up to
Western Mediterranean
Animation
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Film / Photography / Mass media
Life Story / Life History
Memory
Migration
Research methods
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Life Chances: Four Families in a Greek Cypriot Village
1974
43
‘
Directed by
Peter Loizos
.
A careful account of social change in a prosperous Greek Cypriot village, which follows four closely related families before the Turkish made them all refugees. Their lives reflect the possibilities
South-East Europe
Social Change
Life Story / Life History
Rural
Family / Kinship
Raju and His Friends
1988
40
‘
Directed by
Marcus Banks
.
This film is set in the city of Jamnagar, western India. The film focuses on the emotions, quality of life, and on duty. Raju’s friendship with different people, including the director, provide a
South Asia
Urban
Informant-researcher relationship
Life Story / Life History