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Films
6 Films
Region
“South America”
x
Keywords
“Social Conflict”
x
films with a digital version
3
films hosted on Kanopy
2
short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
South America
6
x
Country
Bolivia
1
Brazil
2
Colombia
1
Ecuador
1
not set
1
Keywords
Environment
1
Family / Kinship
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
5
Intergenerational relations
1
Land Rights
5
Memory
1
Migration
1
Personal Narrative
1
Political Activists
4
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Resistance
3
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
6
x
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Beckham, Michael
2
Drion, Georges
1
Henley, Paul
1
Sørensen, Tanja Wol
1
Williams, Stacey
1
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
2
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
3
Country of production
Colombia
1
United Kingdom
4
not set
1
Year of production
1987
2
1989
1
2009
1
2020
2
Film list
A Colombian Family
2020
80
‘
Main Competition
Directed by
Tanja Wol Sørensen
.
A powerful mother-daughter drama is at the centre of this film. Rooted in disagreement—both personal and political—the film follows the consequences of a war that leaves them with an impossible
South America
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Intergenerational relations
Memory
Migration
Personal Narrative
Political Activists
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Conflict
The Kayapo
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Michael Beckham
.
This film focuses on the conflicts and determination of a group of people trying to survive and maintain their ethnic identity in the face of almost overpowering odds. The film contrasts the
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Resistance
Social Conflict
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
Reclaiming the Forest
1987
39
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Georges Drion
.
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Social Conflict
Sin tierra, no somos Shuar
2009
23
‘
Directed by
Stacey Williams
.
Shuar traditions and land are intimately tied to another. This film explores how the traditions and relationships change when foreign mining companies enter their territory.
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia
2020
76
‘
Directed by
Ana 𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿
.
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia tells the story of three Andean indigenous communities in the highlands of Bolivia who are fighting to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a
South America
Environment
Food / Water
Gender Role and Identity
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Land Rights
Political Activists
Resistance
Rural
Social Conflict