Learning on ScreenAcross the Tracks: The Vlach Gypsies of Hungary
- Alternative title
- Vlach Gypsies
- Synopsis
- Vlach gypsies are unassimilated descendents of gypsy slaves in Wallachia in Romania in the 19th century. Explores the gypsies’ position in socialist Hungary through the eyes of three related families, providing a view of the tensions between the Hungarian state and the gypsies.*
- Series
- Disappearing World, Series
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min.
- Year of production
- 1988
- Availability
- Sale (RAI, Granada); 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (Granada)
- Notes
- Reviewed by Anne Sutherland in ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY, Vol 5 No 1.
- Keywords
- gypsies; Hungary
Credits
- Director
- John Blake
- Contributor
- Michael Stewart
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 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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