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Films
8 Films
Keywords
“Political Activists”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
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films hosted on Kanopy
2
short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
Australia
1
British-Irish Isles
2
Caribbean Islands
1
Melanesia
1
Middle and Near East
2
South America
1
South-East Europe
1
Country
Australia
1
Bolivia
1
Israel
1
Italy
1
Jamaica
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Syria
1
United Kingdom
2
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
3
Environment
1
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Land Rights
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Memory
1
Political Activists
8
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Public Figure
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Resistance
2
Rural
1
Social Conflict
1
Sport
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Davies, Sera
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Henley, Paul
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Kildea, Gary
1
Leach, Jerry
1
Mafundikwa, Karen Marks
1
Okojie, Paul
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ, Ana
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
not set
6
Country of production
Australia
1
Jamaica
1
United Kingdom
5
United States
1
not set
1
Year of production
1974
1
1995
1
1997
1
2014
1
2015
1
2017
1
2020
2
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Ayouni
2020
75
‘
Directed by
Yasmin Fedda
.
Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both men were active in the 2011 Syrian revolution, and witnesses to
Middle and Near East
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Political Activists
Namatjira Project
2017
87
‘
Directed by
Sera Davies
.
An extraordinary first-hand account of the international battle to reclaim the artwork and heritage of one of Australiaโs most important Indigenous figures: Albert Namatjira. Albert Namatjira was
Australia
Art / Artists / Artisans
Collective / Community identity
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Political Activists
Race / Racism / Antiracism
The Price of Memory
2014
83
‘
Directed by
Karen Marks Mafundikwa
.
In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II visited Jamaica for her Golden Julibee Celebrations. While there she was petitioned by a group of Rastafari for slavery reparations. For Rastafari, reparations are linked
Caribbean Islands
British-Irish Isles
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Political Activists
A Town in Sicily
2015
120
‘
Directed by
Toni de Bromhead
.
Castellammare is a ‘high-density Mafia’ seaside town. Local government is infiltrated, its economy is stagnant and there is no future for its youth. A group of angry young Sicilians now wish to
South-East Europe
Political Activists
Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism
1974
50
‘
Directed by
Gary Kildea
Jerry Leach
.
The film documents the transformation by the Trobriand Islanders of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries into a highly distinctive political ritual. Shot in 1973-1974,
Melanesia
Sport
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Political Activists
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
We Are Born to Survive
1995
30
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Paul Okojie
.
A political biography of the activist Kath Locke, from Manchester’s Moss Side, based on an interview conducted by her political comrade Paul Okojie shortly before her death in 1992, aged 64.
British-Irish Isles
Political Activists
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Public Figure
Women of a Divided Land
1997
22
‘
Directed by
Joanna Hill
.
This film follows the activities of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists in Jerusalem and the West Bank, portraying both the collective and individual experiences of resistance.
Middle and Near East
Resistance
Political Activists
Religion / Belief / Faith