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Films

found one film Keywords “Rural”   x Directors “Johnston, Ned”   x Colour / Black and white “Colour”   x

short films 1
Region
South Asia 1
Country
Bangladesh 1
Keywords
Family / Kinship 1 Gender Role and Identity 1 Rural 1  x
Directors
Fruzzetti, Lina 1 Guzzetti, Alfred 1 Johnston, Ned 1  x Östör, Ákos 1
Series
not set 1
Country of production
United States 1
Year of production
1989 1
Colour / Black and white

Film

[seed-and-earth--Film-image]
Seed and Earth 1989 36‘
  Directed by Lina Fruzzetti Alfred Guzzetti Ned Johnston Ákos Östör .
Seed on Earth is a film about everyday life in rural Bangladesh (village of Janta, near Bishnupur town). It follows the daily schedule of two families and observes the complementary and difference of gender and generation in work, ritual and leisure activities of men and women, adults and children. The film reveals the strong links between the sacred and social life, the events and ideas of family, cultivation and worship. Village life and people are presented through their own activities in their own words in naturally occurring situations.
South Asia Rural Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity

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