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Records the preparations for the wedding of two sisters in eastern Sumatra in December 1996, emphasising the importance of the role of women in the village. Shows ritual exchanges of textiles and cakes, and...
In Punang, a small coastal area in the southern part of Pulawan island off the Philippines, a young woman, Miming, undergoes the first ceremony of her ‘sinsin’ ritual cycle. In undergoing this ritual she...
The story of a British man, Michael, who was born in his father’s farmhouse, works on his father’s farm and lives in a cottage just one field away, which he bought from his father when he got married. It...
Sons and daughters of ‘disappeared’ people in La Plata City, Argentina, carry on their parents’ fight-and-resist legacy at the time of the 20th anniversary of the military coup. Lucia Garcia, a...
Follows a group of gypsies, exploring perceptions of traditional travelling lie versus the reality of being a gypsy in Britain today, using a montage of images and voices to create a picture of a close and...
Presents three portraits of ‘ordinary’ people in the town of Nagercoil, southern India: Mala, a young weaver sharing a one-bedroom house with nine siblings, with a daily routine that revolves around the...
A film by Juliet Jordan about her Uncle John. She says: ‘Uncle John was a keen and prolific amateur film-maker and my father kept the reels of film and sound that John left behind when he died. Using these...
An account of an attempt to represent the world as it appears to a man who has lost his sight. The world around him is a blur, but strong visual images of the things that are important to him live on in his...
A series of interviews with an Australian Aboriginal, Dundiwuy Wanambi, filmed over 12 years between 1970 and 1982, showing the struggles of one man in the face of the huge changes brought about by the...
Records the ‘ky-wayawayama’ or ‘aeroplane dance’ of the Yanyuwa people of the Borroloola area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The dance was came about after an American bomber crashed in the...
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