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Films
21 Films
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films with a digital version
13
films hosted on Kanopy
2
short films
6
films available on demand
5
Region
East Africa
1
Middle and Near East
3
North America
2
North and Northeast Africa
3
Scandinavia
1
South America
1
South Asia
5
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
4
Western Europe
2
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Bangladesh
1
Belgium
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Colombia
1
Cyprus
1
Ethiopia
1
France
1
Greece
1
India
1
Indonesia
1
Iran
1
Italy
1
Jordan
1
Kenya
1
Pakistan
3
Sudan
2
Sweden
1
Syria
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
2
Keywords
Children / Young people
4
Collective / Community identity
2
Development projects
2
Disasters
2
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Environment
1
Family / Kinship
3
Gender Role and Identity
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Memory
1
Migration
5
Music / Ethnomusicology
3
Participatory / Collaborative methods
2
Personal Narrative
1
Political Activists
1
Reflexivity
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
20
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Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
3
Resettlement
1
Social Change
2
Social Conflict
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
3
Travellers / Roma
1
Urban
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
8
Directors
Afreen, Sara
1
Ahmad Simon, Kamar
1
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Baily, John
3
Bloching, Max
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
Howes, Arthur
2
Loizos, Peter
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lutz, Peter
1
MacDonald, Bruce
1
Moggan, Julie
1
Moser, Brian
1
Rosen, Jennifer
1
Singer, André
1
Sørensen, Tanja Wol
1
Wason, David
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
Woodhead, Leslie
1
Xu, Beina
1
van Lanker, Laurent
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
4
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
3
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
1
Shorts Collection 2
1
Sudan Trilogy
2
not set
11
Country of production
Bangladesh
1
Belgium
1
Colombia
1
Germany
2
Indonesia
1
Jordan
1
Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
15
Year of production
1973
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1980
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1985
3
1989
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1993
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2008
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2009
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2012
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2014
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2015
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2017
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2020
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Film list
Returning Home: Revival of a Bosnian Village
2001
48
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Directed by
Tone Bringa
Peter Loizos
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The film is the sequel to ‘We are all Neighbours’, the 1993 Granada Disappearing World film, about the breakdown of relations between Muslims and Croats as war overtakes their ethnically mixed
South-East Europe
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Collective / Community identity
Refugees / Displaced populations
In Search of Home
2000
30
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Directed by
Julie Moggan
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The Shabani family have been living in Manchester as refugees and are homesick for Kosovo. Feeling increasingly unwelcome in Britain, they return home to confront the nightmares of their recent past,
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Children / Young people
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Unwritten Letters
2020
59
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Directed by
Max Bloching
Abd Alrahman Dukmak
.
Abd is a 24-year-old Syrian who took part in the early days of the 2011 revolution and now lives in Padova, Italy. Together with his German friend Max he is working on a film called Unwritten
South-East Europe
Middle and Near East
Migration
Refugees / Displaced populations
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Life Story / Life History
Orphans of Passage: The Uduk
1993
52
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Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
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In 1987 Sudanese government forces attacked the Uduk of Southern Sudan, and 20-25000 Uduk fled. Since then they have criss-crossed the Sudanese/Ethiopian border 5 times. In the spring of 1992, 13000
North and Northeast Africa
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Religion / Belief / Faith
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Dervishes of Kurdistan
1973
52
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Directed by
Brian Moser
.
A community of Kurds resident in Iran on the border with Iraq forms the subject of this film. Many of the inhabitants of the community are refugees from Kurdish areas of Iraq and the villagers are
Middle and Near East
Refugees / Displaced populations
Religion / Belief / Faith
The Migrants
1985
52
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Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
David Wason
.
The Migrants is the third film in the trilogy ‘In Search of Cool Ground’ for Granada Television’s Disappearing World series. It is about a drought-induced migration of Mursi from their traditional
North and Northeast Africa
Social Change
Collective / Community identity
Refugees / Displaced populations
Sophia and Her People
1985
35
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Directed by
Peter Loïzos
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Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Change
Family / Kinship
Kalès
2017
63
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Directed by
Laurent van Lanker
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A film of wind and despair, of fire and solidarity, of hope and hell. An intimate and inside perspective of the ‘jungle’ of Calais, evoked through a polyphony of bodies, tales, and
Western Europe
Migration
Refugees / Displaced populations
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Forget Alberto For Now
2020
19
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Directed by
Beina Xu
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A refugee known only as Alberto flies from Athens to Brussels on a fake passport. Three years later, a small crew from Berlin tries to make a film by shooting the landscape of his transit. Things
Western Europe
Western Mediterranean
Reflexivity
Migration
Resettlement
Refugees/ Displaced populations
Out of Place
1993
38
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Directed by
Peter Lutz
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The war in Bosnia in the early 1990s drove Nerma and Mavis from their homes. Having found refuge in Sweden, they learn to cope with a new situation.
Scandinavia
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Boya Boya (Shine Shine)
2014
18
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Directed by
Karen Boswall
Ruba Al Akash
.
A portrait of Syrian refugee Mohammed, a 12-year-old shoe shine boy, ‘Boya Boya (Shine Shine)’ looks at the reality of the growing population of urban refugees from a child’s point of view. While
Middle and Near East
Children / Young people
Refugees / Displaced populations
Labour
Amir – An Afghan Refugee Musician’s Life in Peshavar, Pakistan
1985
52
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Directed by
John Baily
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The film investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of Afghan
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Refugees / Displaced populations
Nuba Conversation
1989
53
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Directed by
Arthur Howes
.
Ten years after he made ‘Kafi’s Story’, director Arthur Howes returns to the Sudan to find the members of the Nuba who featured in his earlier documentary film. Soon after he had left the Sudan, the
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Refugees / Displaced populations
Benjamin and His Brother
1999
87
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Directed by
Arthur Howes
.
Years of war and ethnic conflict in the Sudan have created a generation of young men, known as the "Lost Boys", who have spent more years in refugee camps than in their home communities.
North America
East Africa
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Children / Young people
Family / Kinship
Barah Pal
2009
30
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Directed by
Jennifer Rosen
.
12 castes of gypsy artists ended their nomadic ways nearly 45 years ago to squat in New Delhi. Now the slum is being dismantled and rehabilitated. These are their last months in the colony as they
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Travellers / Roma
Urban
Are You Listening!
2012
90
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Directed by
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Sara Afreen
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By the coastal belts of Bangladesh, in a small village named Sutarkhali, Rakhi, 27, lives with her husband Soumen, 32, and their 6 year-old son Rahul. Fighting against all the odds of the woods,
South Asia
Environment
Disasters
Refugees / Displaced populations
Development projects
Fighting for Nothing to Happen
2015
48
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Student
Directed by
Nora Wildenauer
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After the volcanic eruption of Mount Rokatenda, the people of the island of Pulau Palue in east Indonesia are to be relocated. But are the planned relocation and the "new" life at the
South-East Asia
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Refugees / Displaced populations
Development projects
Disasters
Across the Border: Afghan Musicians exiled in Peshawar
2008
54
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
It is the year 2000 and most of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. Hearing that many of Afghanistain’s musicians are now in exile across the border in Pakistan, ethnomusicologist John
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
Music / Ethnomusicology
Religion / Belief / Faith
A Colombian Family
2020
80
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Main Competition
Directed by
Tanja Wol Sørensen
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A powerful mother-daughter drama is at the centre of this film. Rooted in disagreement—both personal and political—the film follows the consequences of a war that leaves them with an impossible
South America
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Intergenerational relations
Memory
Migration
Personal Narrative
Political Activists
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Conflict
Tablas and Drum Machines: Afghan Music in California
2001
58
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Directed by
John Baily
.
Ethnomusicologist John Baily visits Fremont, California, the new home of the large community of exiled Afghans. He is joined by Kabuli master-musician, Ustad Asif Mahmoud, who plans to open a small
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge transmission
Refugees / Displaced populations
Afghan Exodus
1980
52
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Directed by
André Singer
.
When Granada Television visited Afghanistan to make the award-winning Disappearing World ‘The Kirghiz’, they were a proud, independent, nomadic people who made their living by rearing herds of yaks
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Migration