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Films
10 Films
Keywords
“Social Conflict”
x
Series
“0”
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films with a digital version
4
films hosted on Kanopy
2
short films
3
films available on demand
2
Region
Australia
1
Melanesia
3
Scandinavia
1
South America
3
Southern Africa
1
West Africa
2
Country
Australia
1
Bolivia
1
Cameroon
1
Colombia
1
Nigeria
1
Norway
1
Papua New Guinea
2
Solomon Islands
1
South Africa
1
not set
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
2
Death
1
Environment
1
Family / Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
2
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
3
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
4
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Land Rights
4
Memory
1
Migration
2
Personal Narrative
1
Political Activists
2
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Resistance
2
Ritual
2
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
10
x
Socioeconomic conditions
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
2
Directors
Drion, Georges
1
Harper, Peggy
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Henley, Paul
1
Lindner, Tobias
1
MacDougall, David
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Nielsen, Christian Suhr
1
Otto, Ton
2
Speed, Frank
1
Suhr, Christian
1
Sørensen, Tanja Wol
1
Waage, Trond
1
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
Series
not set
10
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Country of production
Australia
2
Cameroon
1
Colombia
1
Denmark
2
Germany
1
Nigeria
1
Norway
1
United Kingdom
2
not set
1
Year of production
1970
1
1980
1
1987
1
2001
1
2007
1
2011
1
2012
1
2016
1
2020
2
Film list
A Colombian Family
2020
80
‘
Main Competition
Directed by
Tanja Wol Sørensen
.
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
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
Living with Boko Haram
2016
37
‘
Special Interest
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
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
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
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia
2020
76
‘
Directed by
Ana 𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿
.
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
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