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Films
6 Films
Region
“South America”
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Keywords
“Film Photography Mass media”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
5
short films
2
films available on demand
3
Region
South America
6
x
Country
Brazil
2
Chile
1
Colombia
2
Peru
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Ethnofiction
2
Film / Photography / Mass media
6
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Gender Role and Identity
2
Health / Health care / Healing
1
History of Anthropology
1
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
4
LGBTQI*
2
Land Rights
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Memory
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Political Activists
1
Reflexivity
2
Resistance
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Beckham, Michael
1
Cabezas Pino, Angélica
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
1
Fossgard-Moser, Titus
1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
5
Country of production
Chile
1
Colombia
1
Norway
1
Peru
1
Sweden
1
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1989
1
2007
1
2016
1
2017
1
2018
1
2019
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Horror in the Andes
2019
33
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
.
Horror in the Andes is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the process of making a horror movie in Ayacucho, Peru. Directed by audio-visual anthropologist Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, it
South America
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ethnofiction
Film / Photography / Mass media
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Ignacio’s Legacy
2016
52
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Titus Fossgard-Moser
.
Between 1960 and 1992, the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Brian Moser made four films concerning indigenous peoples of northwest Amazonia: "Piraparana" (1960), "War of the Gods"
South America
Film / Photography / Mass media
Social Change
Reflexivity
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
1989
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a reunification of the tribes at Altamira«the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam, that will flood large parts of the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Resistance
Film / Photography / Mass media
Political Activists
Social Conflict
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
Transfiction
2007
58
‘
Directed by
Johannes Sjøberg
.
Transfiction explores ‘ethnofiction’ – an experimental ethnographic documentary film style in which the participants collaborate with the filmmaker to act out their own and others’ life experiences
South America
Reflexivity
Film / Photography / Mass media
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
LGBTQI*
Ethnofiction
Wási
2017
16
‘
Shorts
Directed by
Sebastián Gómez Ruíz
Amado Villafaña Chaparro
.
As the sun rises on a village in northern Colombia, we glimpse its inhabitants as they begin their day. As the scene emerges from obscurity, a voiceover reflects on the nature of sight. It is the
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Indigenous Filmmaking
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media