Films 19 Films Keywords "Social Conflict" x films with a digital version 13 short films 6 Region Australia 1 British-Irish Isles 1 Central America 1 Melanesia 5 North America 1 North and Northeast Africa 2 Scandinavia 1 South America 4 South Asia 1 Southern Africa 1 West Africa 2 Country Australia 1 Brazil 2 Cameroon 1 Canada 1 Ecuador 1 Ethiopia 2 Mexico 1 Nigeria 1 Norway 1 Pakistan 1 Papua New Guinea 3 Solomon Islands 2 South Africa 1 United Kingdom 1 not set 1 Keywords Agriculture / Farming 1 Alternative culture 1 Collective / Community identity 3 Death 2 Festivals / Carnival 4 Film / Photography / Mass media 1 Gender Role and Identity 2 Health / Health care / Healing 1 Hunting / Gathering / Fishing 1 Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples 8 Informant-researcher relationship 1 Inter-religious relations 1 Land Rights 8 Migration 1 Political Activists 2 Race / Racism / Antiracism 1 Religion / Belief / Faith 2 Resistance 3 Ritual 6 Social Change 2 Social Conflict 19 x Socioeconomic conditions 1 War / Conflict / Reconciliation 1 Directors Beckham, Michael 2 Drion, Georges 1 French, Dominic 1 Grigsby, Michael 1 Harper, Peggy 1 Hawkins, Russel 1 Henley, Paul 1 Lindner, Tobias 1 MacDougall, David 1 MacDougall, Judith 1 Nairn, Charlie 1 Nielsen, Christian Suhr 1 Otto, Ton 2 Rivero Uicab, Carlos R. 1 Sheppard, John 1 Speed, Frank 1 Suhr, Christian 1 Waage, Trond 1 Williams, Stacey 1 Woodhead, Leslie 3 Series Ambulante Beyond 1 Disappearing World Series 8 Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film 2 not set 8 Country of production Australia 2 Cameroon 1 Denmark 2 Germany 1 Mexico 1 Nigeria 1 Norway 1 United Kingdom 12 Year of production 1970 1 1974 1 1977 1 1980 1 1982 1 1987 2 1989 1 1990 1 1991 2 1994 1 2001 1 2007 1 2009 1 2011 1 2012 1 2013 1 2016 1 Film list Back to Basics 1994 33' Directed by Dominic French. A group of environmentalists and homeless have purchased some land on which to settle and get back to a simpler way of life. But the nearby residents of the 'best-kept village’ in Somerset, British-Irish Isles Social Conflict Alternative culture Land Rights Campo 9 2013 25' Directed by Carlos R. Rivero Uicab. Carlos, the director of the documentary, worked for four years with Abraham and his family of Mennonites who have lived in the Campeche region for over a decade. Abraham mainly worked cutting down Central America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Conflict Inter-religious relations The Eskimos of Pond Inlet 1977 52' Directed by Michael Grigsby. For the Eskimos of Pond Inlet - a new village in North Baffin Island in which they have been settled by the Canadian Government – the life of the semi-nomadic hunter has given way to that of North America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Hunting / Gathering / Fishing Collective / Community identity Social Conflict Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade 1970 30' Directed by Frank Speed Peggy Harper. Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria and Dahomey the Gelede cult honours the earth spirits, the ancestors and especially the Great Mother. The festival filmed here emphasises the status of women and West Africa Gender Role and Identity Ritual Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict The Kalasha: Rites of Spring 1990 60' Directed by John Sheppard. The Kalasha are a tribal people, 3,000 strong, who live in the high valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Kalasha are unique as a pagan people in South Asia Festivals / Carnival Land Rights Agriculture / Farming Social Conflict The Kawelka: Ongka’s Big Moka 1974 52' Directed by Charlie Nairn. Ongka is a charismatic big-man of the Kawelka tribe who live scattered in the Western highlands, north of Mount Hagen, in Papua New Guinea. The film focuses on the motivations and efforts involved Melanesia Ritual Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict The Kayapo 1987 52' Directed by Michael Beckham. This film focuses on the conflicts and determination of a group of people trying to survive and maintain their ethnic identity in the face of almost overpowering odds. The film contrasts the South America Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Political Activists Resistance Social Conflict The Kayapo: Out of the Forest 1989 52' Directed by Michael Beckham. Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a reunification of the tribes at Altamira«the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam, that will flood large parts of the South America Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Resistance Film / Photography / Mass media Political Activists Social Conflict The Lau of Malaita 1982 52' Directed by Leslie Woodhead. *Pierre Miranda and a team from Granada Television have made a fine film exploring the trouble realities of the people of the lagoon in the 1980s.* (B. Shore) This film focuses on the people of Melanesia Social Change Social Conflict Ritual Death Religion / Belief / Faith Living with Boko Haram 2016 37' Directed by Trond Waage. January 2015. Boko Haram's violent insurgency is approaching Mogdé, on the Nigerian/Cameroonian border, where Antoniette lives. Just outside Oslo, Norway, lives her son Vakote, worried and afraid West Africa Scandinavia Religion / Belief / Faith Social Conflict War / Conflict / Reconciliation Migration Mursi: The Land is Bad 1991 52' Directed by Leslie Woodhead. A further visit to the Mursi of Southern Ethiopia with whom contact was established 17 years ago, for an important coming of age ceremony which has had to be postponed many times. An elder of the North and Northeast Africa Ritual Social Conflict Health / Health care / Healing Mursi: Nitha 1991 52' Directed by Leslie Woodhead. The proper time for a man to go through the Age Set Ceremony, the nitha, is just as he reaches physical maturity. But many years may elapse from one nitha to the next, so it is inevitable that some North and Northeast Africa Ritual Social Conflict Gender Role and Identity NGAT IS DEAD: STUDYING MORTUARY TRADITIONS 2007 59' Directed by Christian Suhr Nielsen Ton Otto. A film about how anthropological knowledge is developed through active participation in traditional exchange ceremonies on the small island of Baluan in the South Pacific. The film follows the Melanesia Death Ritual Informant-researcher relationship Social Conflict Orania 2012 94' Directed by Tobias Lindner. Orania is situated in South Africa's barren Northern Cape province. All of its 800 inhabitants are white Afrikaners. They live here on private property which was bought in 1991. People of other Southern Africa Race / Racism / Antiracism Collective / Community identity Social Conflict Reclaiming the Forest 1987 39' Directed by Paul Henley Georges Drion. National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests South America Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Change Social Conflict Sin tierra, no somos Shuar 2009 23' Directed by Stacey Williams. Shuar traditions and land are intimately tied to another. This film explores how the traditions and relationships change when foreign mining companies enter their territory. South America Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Conflict Since the Company Came 2001 52' Directed by Russel Hawkins. Set in the South Pacific, in a remote Solomon Islands village, 'Since the Company Came' is the story of a community coming to terms with social, cultural and ecological disintegration. When village Melanesia Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Conflict Socioeconomic conditions Takeover 1980 90' Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall. On March 13, 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of Aurukun Aboriginal Reserve from the Uniting Church. The people of Aurukun complained bitterly, fearing Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Resistance Land Rights Social Conflict Unity through Culture 2011 69' Directed by Christian Suhr Ton Otto. Soanin Killangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island, Manus, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. He organizes the Melanesia Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict Collective / Community identity