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Films
7 Films
Keywords
“Trade”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
2
Region
Central Africa
1
Central Europe
1
Middle and Near East
2
North America
1
South Asia
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Belgium
1
Cameroon
1
Ghana
1
Hungary
1
India
1
Ivory Coast
1
United States
1
Yemen
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
4
Festivals / Carnival
1
Labour
1
Material Culture
3
Myths / Fairy tales
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Social Change
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Trade
7
x
Urban
1
Directors
Baily, John
1
Barbash, Ilisa
1
Esteva, Jordi
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Mora, Alba
1
Sanmartí, Anna
1
Tari, János
1
Taylor, Lucien
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Series
not set
7
x
Country of production
Australia
1
Hungary
1
Netherlands
1
Spain
2
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Year of production
1983
1
1993
1
2001
1
2006
1
2009
1
2016
2
Film list
The Devil’s Mills. Roundabouts don’t Build Houses any more
2006
56
‘
Directed by
János Tari
.
The everyday life of migrant fun fair operators is the filter through which we view the social and economic factors of the 20th and early 21st century that define the life and work of this social
Central Europe
Labour
Social Change
Trade
Festivals / Carnival
Diya
2001
55
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
.
A diya is a small terra cotta oil lamp used throughout India in Hindu ceremonies. The film follows the life history of an object through the every day experience of people who make, sell and use it
South Asia
Trade
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
Art / Artists / Artisans
Herat Films: The City of Herat
1983
21
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Urban
Trade
In and Out of Africa
1993
59
‘
Directed by
Ilisa Barbash
Lucien Taylor
.
A classic in ethnographic filmmaking, In and Out of Africa traces the transnational trade of African Art between West Africa and the USA, providing an insight into how value, commoditization and
North America
Art / Artists / Artisans
Trade
Material Culture
Je ne suis pas moi-même
2009
50
‘
Directed by
Alba Mora
Anna Sanmartí
.
Shot in Cameroon and Brussels, ‘Je ne suis pas moi-même’ examines the complex network surrounding the international market of African antiquities, and the contradictions in a European art market
Central Africa
Western Europe
Art / Artists / Artisans
Trade
Socotra, the Island of Djinns
2016
64
‘
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Jordi Esteva
.
The film is the story of a journey across the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Yemen. Socotra is isolated during the monsoon season, when it is impossible to land on it. This
Middle and Near East
Myths / Fairy tales
Nomads and Nomadism
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Trade
Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra
2016
37
‘
Directed by
Mara Lin Visser
.
This is a film about African fashion in the capital of Ghana. African printed fabrics seem to making a comeback in the fashion system of Accra. While following Allan, a fashion designer and his wife
West Africa
Trade
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans