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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...
On 3 June 1992, six months after Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo’s tragic death, the High Court upheld his claim that Murray Islanders held native title to land in the Torres Strait. The legal fiction that...
During the 1980s the Guatemalan army launched ruthless counter-insurgency campaings against indigenous communities, killing or displacing thousands. This film documents the struggle of a group of...
Ymako Teatri, a theatre company based in the Ivory Coast, uses street theatre to question some contemporary West African problems. The group’s originality consists in using the ‘invisible theatre’...
The Yukhagirs are one of the small indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia. This film, shot in the village of Nelemnoye, explores what it means to be a Yukhagir.
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...
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