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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Political Activists”
and
“Resistance”
x
films with a digital version
3
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
1
films available on demand
1
Region
East Africa
1
Middle and Near East
1
South America
3
Country
Bolivia
1
Brazil
2
Israel
1
Senegal
1
Keywords
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Environment
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
3
Land Rights
3
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Political Activists
5
x
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Resistance
5
x
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
3
Directors
Beckham, Michael
2
Hill, Joanna
1
Strasse, Cornelia
1
๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ, Ana
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
2
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
2
Country of production
Senegal
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
3
not set
1
Year of production
1987
1
1989
1
1997
1
2013
1
2020
1
Film list
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 Altamiraยซthe 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
Messages by Music – Senegal in Transition
2013
76
‘
Directed by
Cornelia Strasse
.
The traditional musicians in Senegal were in charge of retaining the history of their ethnic group, along with ways of thinking and behaving. Their aim was to conserve the society. Nowadays the
East Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Social Change
Political Activists
Resistance
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia
2020
76
‘
Directed by
Ana ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ
.
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
Women of a Divided Land
1997
22
‘
Directed by
Joanna Hill
.
This film follows the activities of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists in Jerusalem and the West Bank, portraying both the collective and individual experiences of resistance.
Middle and Near East
Resistance
Political Activists
Religion / Belief / Faith