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Films
5 Films
Region
“North America”
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Keywords
“MusicEthnomusicology”
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films with a digital version
3
short films
2
Region
North America
5
x
Country
United States
5
Keywords
Alternative culture
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
5
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Rural
1
Directors
Baily, John
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Brice, Mark
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
National Film and Television School
1
not set
2
Country of production
Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
2
Year of production
1984
1
1986
1
2001
1
2006
1
2010
1
Film list
Polka
1986
50
‘
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the ‘roots’ of
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
Sacred Harp Singers
1984
85
‘
Directed by
Mark Brice
.
A moving portrait of harp singers Leonard and Mazine Lacy. Sacred harp music is a kind of harmonised plainsong practised in rural America. This film was shot in Sand Mountain, Alabama, and is
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Rural
Tablas and Drum Machines: Afghan Music in California
2001
58
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
Ethnomusicologist John Baily visits Fremont, California, the new home of the large community of exiled Afghans. He is joined by Kabuli master-musician, Ustad Asif Mahmoud, who plans to open a small
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge transmission
Refugees / Displaced populations
Temporary Sanity: The Skerrit Boy Story
2006
32
‘
Directed by
Dan Bruun
.
This film deals with the culture of Jamaican dancehall music as it exists in New York. It follows one young dancehall participant who makes his living performing and promoting dancehall music.
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Alternative culture
Vaud and the Villains
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Lukas Belkind
.
Three members of an 18-piece, 1930s style, American folk big band explore their personal relationships with Los Angeles, performing, the music they love, and the band that binds them all together.
North America
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology