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Films
7 Films
Region
“North and Northeast Africa”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
5
short films
2
Region
North and Northeast Africa
7
x
Country
Egypt
2
Ethiopia
2
Morocco
1
Sudan
2
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Development projects
1
Environment
1
Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
3
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Marriage
1
Material Culture
1
Migration
1
Possession
1
Reflexivity
1
Rural
1
Sport
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Urban
1
Directors
Dumont, Dirk
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Husmann, Rolf
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Lydall, Jean
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Strecker, Kaira
1
Series
not set
7
x
Country of production
Belgium
1
Egypt
1
Germany
3
Japan
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1990
1
1991
1
2001
1
2003
1
2006
1
2009
1
2014
1
Film list
Duka’s Dilemma
2001
87
‘
Directed by
Jean Lydall
Kaira Strecker
.
Filmmaker and anthropologist Jean Lydall has been making films with the Hamar community of southern Ethiopia since the 1970s. In 2001 she returned with her daughter and grandson to follow the
North and Northeast Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Gender Role and Identity
Hidden Faces
1990
52
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
This film reveals contradictions in the lives of Egyptian women in Muslim society. Living abroad, Safaa Fathy returns to Egypt to interview the internationally renowned feminist writer Nawal El
North and Northeast Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Development projects
Living with the Invisibles
2003
52
‘
Directed by
Dirk Dumont
.
When they emigrated to Europe in the 60’s and 70’s, Moroccans brought with them their culture and their “diseases” ( caused by the the jinn that inhabit some of them). In Europe, most North
North and Northeast Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Possession
Migration
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
The Orchard Keepers
2014
24
‘
Directed by
Bryony Dunne
.
Against the backdrop of political upheaval, an ancient network of orchards thrives in the mountains of the Sinai desert. Filmmaker Bryony Dunne shadows two Bedouins as they nurture their gardens and
North and Northeast Africa
Environment
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Rural
Room 11, Ethiopia Hotel
2006
23
‘
Directed by
Itsushi Kawase
.
The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the filmmaker. The entire film was shot in the room of Ethiopia
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity
Sifinja – The Iron Bride
2009
70
‘
Directed by
Valerie Haensch
.
A film about mobility, human creativity, and technology in a Sudanese truck community. The English Bedford-Lorry was introduced to Sudan in the late 1960s. Since then, local craftsmen technically
North and Northeast Africa
Infrastructure / Transport
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans