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Films
5 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Year of production
“1996”
x
Status
“A”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
5
x
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central America
1
North America
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
1
Western Europe
1
Country
France
1
Indonesia
1
Mexico
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Venezuela
1
Keywords
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Labour
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Migration
1
Political Activists
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Hann, Amelia
1
Henley, Paul
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Moore, Allen
1
Werner, Louis
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
not set
2
Country of production
United Kingdom
4
United States
1
Year of production
1996
5
x
Status
Film list
Easy Life
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Amelia Hann
.
This film is about a Breton woman and her family, their vision of life, and their clash with the French state which marked them as ‘terrorists’.
Western Europe
Political Activists
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
A Sheepherder’s Homecoming
1996
40
‘
Directed by
Allen Moore
Louis Werner
.
This film documents a migrant worker’s experiences as a herder on a Nevada sheep ranch who then returns to his family in Mexico after a long absence to renew ties and find a job at home. It
North America
Central America
Migration
Labour
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity
The Thompsons
1996
29
‘
Directed by
Andy Lawrence
.
In 1996 the troubles in Northern Ireland continued to the sound of beating drums and marching feet. This is the story of a Protestant family in rural Ulster and their fight to remain British and free from Irish rule.
British-Irish Isles
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Writing Panare – Portrait of a Linguist on Fieldwork
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
.
Marie-Claude Muller is a linguist who has worked for many years with the Panare, an Amerindian people of Venezuelan Amazonia. She has now been commissioned by the government literacy programme to
South America
Linguistics / Language
Education / Knowledge Transmission