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Films
4 Films
Keywords
“Sport”
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Series
“0”
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films with a digital version
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Melanesia
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
1
Country
India
1
Japan
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Sudan
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Gender Role and Identity
3
Political Activists
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Sport
4
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Urban
1
Directors
Husmann, Rolf
1
Kildea, Gary
1
Leach, Jerry
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Roy, Rahul
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Williams, Jano
1
Series
not set
4
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Country of production
Germany
1
India
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1974
1
1991
1
2000
1
2001
1
Film list
Gaea Girls
2000
106
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
A film about courage, transformation and dreams in the extraordinary world of Japanese women’s wrestling. Gaea Girls focuses on the hopes and fears of the beleaguered Gaea Japan squad, whose
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sport
Majma
2001
54
‘
Directed by
Rahul Roy
.
Aslam sells medicines for sexual problems on the pavements of Meena Bazar near Jama Masjid in Delhi. Khalifa Barkat presides over an wrestling gym (akhara) in the adjacent park and puts a group of
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Sport
Socioeconomic conditions
Nuba Wrestling
1991
42
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Werner Sperschneider
.
The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Sport
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