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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Material Culture”
and
“Trade”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
1
Region
North America
1
South Asia
1
West Africa
1
Country
Ghana
1
India
1
Ivory Coast
1
United States
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
3
Material Culture
3
x
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Trade
3
x
Directors
Barbash, Ilisa
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Taylor, Lucien
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Series
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
1
Netherlands
1
United States
1
Year of production
1993
1
2001
1
2016
1
Film list
Diya
2001
55
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
.
A diya is a small terra cotta oil lamp used throughout India in Hindu ceremonies. The film follows the life history of an object through the every day experience of people who make, sell and use it
South Asia
Trade
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
Art / Artists / Artisans
In and Out of Africa
1993
59
‘
Directed by
Ilisa Barbash
Lucien Taylor
.
A classic in ethnographic filmmaking, In and Out of Africa traces the transnational trade of African Art between West Africa and the USA, providing an insight into how value, commoditization and
North America
Art / Artists / Artisans
Trade
Material Culture
Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra
2016
37
‘
Directed by
Mara Lin Visser
.
This is a film about African fashion in the capital of Ghana. African printed fabrics seem to making a comeback in the fashion system of Accra. While following Allan, a fashion designer and his wife
West Africa
Trade
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans