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24 Davids
directed by Celine Baril, 1953-; produced by Colette Loumède, fl. 1998-2016 (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2017), 2 hours 13 mins
Céline Baril’s latest film takes us across three continents on a quest driven by a simple yet original idea: to shine a spotlight on the inimitable Davids of this world. The 24 Davids in this film are of varying ages and professions, ranging from cosmologist to recycler; together, they construct a playful “ec...
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directed by Celine Baril, 1953-; produced by Colette Loumède, fl. 1998-2016 (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2017), 2 hours 13 mins
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Céline Baril’s latest film takes us across three continents on a quest driven by a simple yet original idea: to shine a spotlight on the inimitable Davids of this world. The 24 Davids in this film are of varying ages and professions, ranging from cosmologist to recycler; together, they construct a playful “ecosystem” of ideas that touches on every sphere of knowledge and carries within it the power to radically transform. 24 Davids offers...
Céline Baril’s latest film takes us across three continents on a quest driven by a simple yet original idea: to shine a spotlight on the inimitable Davids of this world. The 24 Davids in this film are of varying ages and professions, ranging from cosmologist to recycler; together, they construct a playful “ecosystem” of ideas that touches on every sphere of knowledge and carries within it the power to radically transform. 24 Davids offers a melting pot of heady thoughts and politics in a refreshingly freewheeling cinematic format, probing the mysteries of the universe and the challenges of living together.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Colette Loumède, fl. 1998-2016
Author / Creator
Celine Baril, 1953-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Speaker / Narrator
David Senechal, David Lida, David Poulin, David Marsh, David Bollier, fl. 2003
Person Discussed
David Senechal, David Lida, David Poulin, David Marsh, David Bollier, fl. 2003
Topic / Theme
Human nature, Life styles, Economic conditions, Universe, Ecosystems, Inner city ghettos, Gender roles, Interviews and interviewing
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 National Film Board of Canada
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AFRYKAS et la boîte magique
directed by Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-; produced by Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-, Cinekap and New Direction Films (Privately Published, 2022), 1 hour 3 mins
AFRYKAS is a journey and a tribute to Senegalese cinema, its directors, women artists and the mothers who inspire us. The film helps us discover the vibrant city of Dakar and the daily life of our characters. The film showcases the beauty, talent and dreams of African filmmakers inspired by the mother figure in Se...
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directed by Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-; produced by Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-, Cinekap and New Direction Films (Privately Published, 2022), 1 hour 3 mins
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AFRYKAS is a journey and a tribute to Senegalese cinema, its directors, women artists and the mothers who inspire us. The film helps us discover the vibrant city of Dakar and the daily life of our characters. The film showcases the beauty, talent and dreams of African filmmakers inspired by the mother figure in Senegalese society and dedicated to educating future generations.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-, Cinekap, New Direction Films
Author / Creator
Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Actors, Film industry
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023
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Afterbirth
directed by Jason Kao Hwang, 1957-; produced by Jason Kao Hwang, 1957- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1982), 36 mins
AFTERBIRTH poetically explores the unpredictable relationship between appearance and identity, challenging notions of cultural essentialism with a call for spiritual transcendence. A “documentary” montage featuring white, black and yellow Chinese characters, some fictional, others real, confront the meaning of...
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directed by Jason Kao Hwang, 1957-; produced by Jason Kao Hwang, 1957- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1982), 36 mins
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AFTERBIRTH poetically explores the unpredictable relationship between appearance and identity, challenging notions of cultural essentialism with a call for spiritual transcendence. A “documentary” montage featuring white, black and yellow Chinese characters, some fictional, others real, confront the meaning of language, ritual and skin color to realize a true Asian American identity. Produced in 1983, the cast includes Jack Tchen, now directo...
AFTERBIRTH poetically explores the unpredictable relationship between appearance and identity, challenging notions of cultural essentialism with a call for spiritual transcendence. A “documentary” montage featuring white, black and yellow Chinese characters, some fictional, others real, confront the meaning of language, ritual and skin color to realize a true Asian American identity. Produced in 1983, the cast includes Jack Tchen, now director of New York University’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute; Gopal Sukhu, now chair of the Chinese Language department at Columbia University; Fay Chiang, former director of Basement Workshop, now Program Developer at Project Reach, a youth crisis center in NYC’s Chinatown; experimental media artist Shu Lea Cheang; and the director, Jason Kao Hwang, now a highly-regarded jazz violinist/composer. (see jasonkaohwang.com) AFTERBIRTH premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in 1983.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jason Kao Hwang, 1957-
Author / Creator
Jason Kao Hwang, 1957-
Date Published / Released
1982
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Racial identity, Cultural identity, Asian Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1982 by Center for Asian American Media
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Ahupua‘a, Fishponds and Lo‘i
directed by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957; produced by Nālani Minton, fl. 1992-2010, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Hawaii: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 1992), 1 hour 30 mins
The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food.
Our Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) ancestors...
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directed by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957; produced by Nālani Minton, fl. 1992-2010, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Hawaii: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 1992), 1 hour 30 mins
Description
The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food.
Our Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) ancestors achieved a rare balance between meeting their needs and enhancing the productivity of the land and sea. Their social system ensured sur...
The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food.
Our Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) ancestors achieved a rare balance between meeting their needs and enhancing the productivity of the land and sea. Their social system ensured survival from generation to generation.
In this series of three half-hour segments, ethnohistorian Marion Kelly, whose research into Hawaiian culture was her life's work, takes us on a tour of six islands to see what our modern world can learn from those who continue to practice traditional ways.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Marion Kelly, 1919-2011, Nālani Minton, fl. 1992-2010, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production)
Author / Creator
Puhipau, 1937-2016, Joan Lander, fl. 1957, Marion Kelly, 1919-2011
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production)
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, Islands, Fish (Animal), Ponds, Land use, Hawaiians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992 Nā Maka o ka `Āina
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Amin = امین
directed by Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015 (Iran: Privately Published), 2 hours
Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documen...
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directed by Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015 (Iran: Privately Published), 2 hours
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Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documenting and teaching the unique musical tradition of his people, the Qashqai tribe, a tradition on the verge of extinction. Despite the fa...
Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documenting and teaching the unique musical tradition of his people, the Qashqai tribe, a tradition on the verge of extinction. Despite the fact that Amin's family face steep financial and cultural obstacles, they are devoted to their art and culture and express that by supporting the work of their talented musician son. Every summer, Amin travels to remote towns and villages to record the music of the surviving masters whose numbers decline each year. His nomadic family sell their meager belongings to help support their son's education in performance and ethnomusicology at Tchaikovsky's Conservatory in Kiev, Ukraine, but it is not enough. Amin, desperate to finish his academic education, sells his violins one at a time just to pay for his tuition. Awards: Award of Excellence at Yamagata Documentary Film Festival in 2011; Asian Vision Award at Taiwan International Documentary 2010; Film Festival Special Distinction at Dubai International Film Festival in 2010; Nominated for Best Documentary, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, in 2011.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012-06-06
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015
Author / Creator
Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Privately Published
Speaker / Narrator
Amin Aghaie, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Amin Aghaie, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Qashqai, Arts administration, Ethnomusicology
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Used by permission of Shahin Parhami.
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Aventures dans les Iles
directed by Valérie Pasteau; produced by aaa production (Montreuil, Ile-de-France: aaa production, 2015), 52 mins
Quatre histoires de cinéma en Nouvelle-Calédonie.Tourner un film en Nouvelle-Calédonie, voilà qui pourrait constituer un fantasme pour bon nombre de cinéastes. De 1930 à nos jours, plusieurs d’entre eux ont posé leur caméra dans l’archipel. Mais leur vision des iles a suscité un certain nombre de male...
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directed by Valérie Pasteau; produced by aaa production (Montreuil, Ile-de-France: aaa production, 2015), 52 mins
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Quatre histoires de cinéma en Nouvelle-Calédonie.Tourner un film en Nouvelle-Calédonie, voilà qui pourrait constituer un fantasme pour bon nombre de cinéastes. De 1930 à nos jours, plusieurs d’entre eux ont posé leur caméra dans l’archipel. Mais leur vision des iles a suscité un certain nombre de malentendus. C’est ainsi que Jean Mugeli et Georges Péclet cèdent aux amalgames et importent dans leur cinéma l’imaginaire propre à...
Quatre histoires de cinéma en Nouvelle-Calédonie.Tourner un film en Nouvelle-Calédonie, voilà qui pourrait constituer un fantasme pour bon nombre de cinéastes. De 1930 à nos jours, plusieurs d’entre eux ont posé leur caméra dans l’archipel. Mais leur vision des iles a suscité un certain nombre de malentendus. C’est ainsi que Jean Mugeli et Georges Péclet cèdent aux amalgames et importent dans leur cinéma l’imaginaire propre à la Polynésie. Quant à Marie-France Pisier et Mathieu Kassovitz, ils se voient vivement critiqués en abordant des sujets encore délicats en 1990 et 2010 : la colonisation et la prise d’otage dans la grotte d’Ouvéa.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
aaa production
Author / Creator
Valérie Pasteau
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
aaa production
Person Discussed
Georges Péclet, fl. 1919-1957, Jean Mugeli, fl. 1937-1951, Mathieu Kassovitz, 1967-, Marie-France Pisier, 1944-2011
Topic / Theme
Film industry, Pacific Islanders
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 AAA Production
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La casa de mi abuela
directed by Adán Aliaga, 1969-; produced by Ignacio Benedeti, 1959-, Ignacio Benedeti Cinema and Salto de Eje Producciones Cinematográficas; performed by Marita Fuentes, fl. 2005 and Marina Pastor, fl. 2005 (New York, NY: Pragda, 2005), 1 hour 19 mins
A portrait of the unusual relationship between feisty six-year-old Marina and her very proper - but equally feisty - grandmother, whose attempts to impose her own values on the child lead to rebellion. Over a number of years, the relationship between the two evolves, as does the backdrop of their small Mediterrane...
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directed by Adán Aliaga, 1969-; produced by Ignacio Benedeti, 1959-, Ignacio Benedeti Cinema and Salto de Eje Producciones Cinematográficas; performed by Marita Fuentes, fl. 2005 and Marina Pastor, fl. 2005 (New York, NY: Pragda, 2005), 1 hour 19 mins
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A portrait of the unusual relationship between feisty six-year-old Marina and her very proper - but equally feisty - grandmother, whose attempts to impose her own values on the child lead to rebellion. Over a number of years, the relationship between the two evolves, as does the backdrop of their small Mediterranean town.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Marita Fuentes, fl. 2005, Marina Pastor, fl. 2005
Contributor
Ignacio Benedeti, 1959-, Ignacio Benedeti Cinema, Salto de Eje Producciones Cinematográficas, Vincent Barrière, fl. 2004
Author / Creator
Adán Aliaga, 1969-, Marita Fuentes, fl. 2005, Marina Pastor, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Pragda
Topic / Theme
Urbanization, Herself 1, Herself 2
Copyright Message
Copyright © Pragda, 2005, all rights reserved
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C.L.R. James Funeral Celebration of a Life, Tape 10
in C.L.R. James Funeral Celebration of a Life (Banyan Archive, 1989), 19 mins
Tony Hall continues his conversation with young relations of Author, political activist, literary critic, political commentator C.L.R. James
Keywords: Caribbean, literature, politics
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in C.L.R. James Funeral Celebration of a Life (Banyan Archive, 1989), 19 mins
Description
Tony Hall continues his conversation with young relations of Author, political activist, literary critic, political commentator C.L.R. James
Keywords: Caribbean, literature, politics
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary, Archival footage
Contributor
Tony Hall, 1948-
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Series
C.L.R. James Funeral Celebration of a Life
Person Discussed
C. L. R. James, 1901-1989
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1989. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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C.L.R. James in UK 1987
interview by Christopher Laird, 1945- (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1987), 4 mins
Christopher Laird interviews C.L.R. James at his apartment in Brixton, London about his reaction to receiving a Trinidad & Tobago's highest National Award.
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interview by Christopher Laird, 1945- (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1987), 4 mins
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Christopher Laird interviews C.L.R. James at his apartment in Brixton, London about his reaction to receiving a Trinidad & Tobago's highest National Award.
Date Written / Recorded
1987-11
Field of Study
Literature
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Christopher Laird, 1945-
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Person Discussed
C. L. R. James, 1901-1989
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1987. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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Cockfighters: Special Edition
directed by Stephanie J. Castillo, fl. 1992 (Stephanie J Castillo), 1 hour 54 mins
In this Special Edition of Cockfighters: The Interviews, documentary filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo has created a documentary which presents a non-judgmental, anthropological inquiry into the American subculture of cockfighting and game fowl breeding. We see five interviews with American cockfighters/game fowl br...
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directed by Stephanie J. Castillo, fl. 1992 (Stephanie J Castillo), 1 hour 54 mins
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In this Special Edition of Cockfighters: The Interviews, documentary filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo has created a documentary which presents a non-judgmental, anthropological inquiry into the American subculture of cockfighting and game fowl breeding. We see five interviews with American cockfighters/game fowl breeders. They are asked to explain and show from their point of view: What is cockfighting really and just who are cockfighters? A cockf...
In this Special Edition of Cockfighters: The Interviews, documentary filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo has created a documentary which presents a non-judgmental, anthropological inquiry into the American subculture of cockfighting and game fowl breeding. We see five interviews with American cockfighters/game fowl breeders. They are asked to explain and show from their point of view: What is cockfighting really and just who are cockfighters? A cockfighter's grandaughter, Castillo asked the 'cockers,' as they call themselves, to reveal the breadth and depth of their fascinating, controversial lifestyle spun around this American sport that has long been devalued and targeted for extinction by animal rights activists. Cockfighting is now banned in all states and has gone deeply underground. Castillo presents a multi-cultural view of the sport in America and an invaluable chronicle that expands one's understanding of cockfighters and captures the nuances lost on those who look no deeper than the cockpit.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stephanie J. Castillo, fl. 1992
Author / Creator
Stephanie J. Castillo, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Stephanie J Castillo
Topic / Theme
American, Sports, Animals, Birds, Ethnography, Americans
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