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Films
4 Films
Region
“South Asia”
x
Country of production
“United States”
x
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
2
Region
South Asia
4
x
Country
Bangladesh
1
India
3
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
2
Children / Young people
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Gender Role and identity
1
Material Culture
2
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Rural
1
Directors
Fruzzetti, Lina
2
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Sharma, Aparna
1
Östör, Ákos
2
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
3
Country of production
India
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
4
x
Year of production
1989
1
2005
1
2010
1
2019
1
Film list
Lessons from the Tiger
2010
22
‘
Directed by
Ife Olatunji
.
A brief glimpse into the Foundation Fior Di Loto girls’ school, this film explores the competing ideas of traditional and contemporary womanhood in Rajasthan, India. Four girls introduce us to the
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Seed and Earth
1989
36
‘
Directed by
Lina Fruzzetti
Alfred Guzzetti
Ned Johnston
Ákos Östör
.
Seed on Earth is a film about everyday life in rural Bangladesh (village of Janta, near Bishnupur town). It follows the daily schedule of two families and observes the complementary and difference of
South Asia
Rural
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Singing Pictures – Women Painters of Naya
2005
45
‘
Directed by
Lina Fruzzetti
Ákos Östör
.
For generations the Patua (Chitrakara) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The film follows the daily lives of Muslim Patua women from Naya
South Asia
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans
Music / Ethnomusicology
The Women Weavers of Assam
2019
98
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Aparna Sharma
.
The Women Weavers of Assam focuses on the craft, labour and the everyday lives of a group of women weavers in India’s northeastern state of Assam. The weavers belong to a non-profit collective
South Asia
Art / Artists / Artisans
Gender Role and identity
Material Culture