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Films
4 Films
Region
“South America”
x
Festival Prize Category
“Student”
x
films with a digital version
4
films available on demand
1
Region
South America
4
x
Southern Africa
1
Country
Angola
1
Brazil
2
Chile
1
Venezuela
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
2
Festivals / Carnival
2
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
LGBTQI*
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Memory
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
1
Directors
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
Cabezas Pino, Angélica
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Henley, Paul
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Series
not set
4
Country of production
Brazil
1
Chile
1
South Africa
1
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1987
1
1990
1
2014
1
2018
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Body Games – Capoeira and Ancestry
2014
87
‘
Student
Directed by
Richard Pakleppa
Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Christine Dettmann
.
The film follows master Cobra Mansa and his friends in the search for the African roots of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira. A powerful myth links Capoeira to a legendary Angolan game called Engolo
South America
Southern Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
Cuyagua – the Saint With Two Faces
1987
56
‘
Student
Directed by
Paul Henley
.
The film centres on the predominantly female celebration of the feast of Saint John. The women sing the songs associated with the Feast, describe their beliefs and how they organise the feast.
South America
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
Festivals / Carnival
The Storyteller
1990
50
‘
Student
Directed by
John Paul Davidson
.
Unaware of the written word until the 1950s, the Waura tribe who live in the headwaters of the Xingu river in Brazil still practise the art of storytelling. Tribal storyteller Aruta recounts one of
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Religion / Belief / Faith
This is My Face
2018
57
‘
Student
Directed by
Angélica Cabezas Pino
.
In Chile, people living with HIV fear stigma, and often conceal their condition and remain silent about what they are going through. This is My Face explores what happens when a range of men living
South America
LGBTQI*
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Health / Health care / Healing
Gender Role and Identity
Film / Photography / Mass media
Memory
Life Story / Life History
Art / Artists / Artisans