Learning on ScreenSome Women of Marrakech
- Synopsis
- In Marrakech traditional Islamic attitudes to women prevail more strongly than in other Morrocan cities. The film attempts to say something about women who have experienced the hardships of life in such a society. The all-woman film crew was privileged to attend a series of events involving women - a visit to the steam baths, a religious celebration, a wedding, a visit to a ‘shuwafa’ (fortune-teller), a possession cult trance and a trip to the market to buy cloth. Discusses the divisions between women in the private world and men in the public world and analyses questions of women’s consciousness, sexuality and male-female division.
- Series
- Disappearing World, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 53 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1977
- Availability
- Hire (film - RAI Film & Video Library)
Sale (video - RAI, Granada); 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (RAI) - Notes
- Broadcast on ITV 26/1/77.
- Documentation
- USES: Introductory anthropology classes discussing gender roles; Middle East or women’s studies. RAI*
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- Keywords
- Africa; Islam; Morocco; women
Credits
- Director
- Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
- Contributor
- Dai Vaughan; Diane Tammes; Elizabeth Fernea
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Granada Television
- Web
- http://www.granadamedia.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7734 8080
- Fax
- 020 7494 6280
- Address
- Non-Theatric Sales
36 Golden Square
London
W1R 4AH
Distributor
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute
- Contact
- Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
- film@therai.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7387 0455
- Fax
- 020 7388 8817
- Address
- 50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT - Notes
- The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media
- sales@concordvideo.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726012
- Fax
- 01473 274531
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
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