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Films
4 Films
Series
“0”
x
Year of production
“1986”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
1
Region
Australia
2
British-Irish Isles
1
North America
1
Country
Australia
2
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
2
Rural
1
Directors
Baily, John
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
MacDougall, David
2
MacDougall, Judith
2
Series
not set
4
x
Country of production
Australia
2
Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1986
4
x
Film list
Lessons from Gulam
1986
52
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
A detailed study of musical enculturation within the Asian community of Bradford in northern England. Gulam Musa is the principal character and he is shown as a teacher and as a musician. The film
British-Irish Isles
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Polka
1986
50
‘
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the ‘roots’ of
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
Sunny and the Dark Horse
1986
86
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
A true story of a country family’s gradual involvement and growing passion for ‘picnic racing’. Sunny Bancroft is an Aboriginal cattle-station manager in New South Wales. With his
Australia
Rural
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Animals
A Transfer of Power
1986
22
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Replacing the engine in an old car is a familiar rural task, but how people go about it differs. For these Aboriginal men in New South Wales, it’s an occasion for affirming continuing
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Education / Knowledge transmission
Infrastructure / Transport