Learning on ScreenFamily of Man, The (7 Parts)
- Synopsis
- A series of seven films comparing family life in five different locations. The communities selected are Andheri in the foothills of the Himalayas; Buk in the western highlands of New Guinea; Shakawe on the Okavango river in northern Botswana, Esher in Surrey and Colne in Lancashire. For the last programme, on death, a further location is added - the new Territories of Hong Kong, on the Chinese mainland.
Part 1: Marriage in the five communities: a wife with three husbands in the Himalayas, a husband with three wives in New Guinea, a married couple in Esher, another in Colne, and a man with two wives in Botswana. The film sets out to discover what, if anything, all these marriages have in common and how they differ.
Part 2: The relationship of mothers and children in the five communities and the part played by fathers in bringing up a family. Discusses education and preparation for adult life.
Part 3: The relationship between parents and teenagers; the generation gap and the problems of making the transition from child to adult; teenagers’ relationships with each other, especially with the opposite sex; love, courtship and romance.
Part 4: Weddings - similarities and differences in the ritual joining together of man and woman.
Part 5: Pregnancy and birth, and superstitions surrounding birth.
Part 6: Old age and the attitudes of the community towards old people.
Part 7: Attitudes and customs surrounding death. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. sd. b&w. 7 x 50 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1970
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
REFERENCE ONLY (Concord) - Subjects
- Anthropology
- Keywords
- Botswana; England; India; marriage; New Guinea
Credits
- Producer
- John Percival
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Sections
- Title
- Married life
- Synopsis
- Part 1: Marriage in the five communities: a wife with three husbands in the Himalayas, a husband with three wives in New Guinea, a married couple in Esher, another in Colne, and a man with two wives in Botswana. The film sets out to discover what, if anyt
- Title
- Children
- Synopsis
- Part 2: The relationship of mothers and children in the five communities and the part played by fathers in bringing up a family. Discusses education and preparation for adult life.
- Title
- Teenagers2
- Synopsis
- Part 3: The relationship between parents and teenagers; the generation gap and the problems of making the transition from child to adult; teenagers' relationships with each other, especially with the opposite sex; love, courtship and romance.
- Title
- Weddings
- Synopsis
- Part 4: Weddings - similarities and differences in the ritual joining together of man and woman.
- Title
- Birth
- Synopsis
- Part 5: Pregnancy and birth, and superstitions surrounding birth.
- Title
- Old age
- Synopsis
- Part 6: Old age and the attitudes of the community towards old people.
- Title
- Death
- Synopsis
- Part 7: Attitudes and customs surrounding death.
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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