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Haraka Baraka
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directed by Lana Askari, 2014-; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2014), 27 mins
After having lived in the Netherlands for over 20 years, my parents, Gulzar and Shwan, decided to move back to Kurdistan. Escaping the Iraqi regime as refugees in the early 90s, Iraqi Kurdistan has recently developed into a regional safe-haven. However, with current tensions around the threat of the Islamic State...
directed by Lana Askari, 2014-; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2014), 27 mins
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Meeting the Family
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directed by Kengmo Chappatte, fl. 2011-2012; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2011), 30 mins
My mother is Swiss, my father Cameroonian. I am in my home village in West Cameroon, waiting for the arrival of members from my mother's family who will meet the Cameroonian family for the first time. Will they be able to look past their cultural differences and relate as one big family?
directed by Kengmo Chappatte, fl. 2011-2012; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2011), 30 mins
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Men of Words
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directed by Johanne Haaber Ihle, fl. 2009; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2009), 22 mins
In the context of strict censorship by the government of the then dictator of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh, this film explores how ancient traditions of poetry, sometimes set to music and recorded on audio cassettes, were used as a means to circulate ideas about social and political problems related to the fractured r...
directed by Johanne Haaber Ihle, fl. 2009; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2009), 22 mins
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Milking the Desert
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directed by Yasmin Fedda, 2007-; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2004), 25 mins
This film follows the lives and choices of two monks living at Mar Musa, the Abyssinian Monastery in the desert of Syria. Through their daily lives, the issue of dialogue with Islam emerges.
directed by Yasmin Fedda, 2007-; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2004), 25 mins
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Les Rosbifs
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directed by Gussy Sakula-Barry, fl. 2012-2014; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2012), 30 mins
Michael Parker moved from Lancashire to rural France eight years ago with his wife and four young children. Although Michael is not your typical British expat and struggles to speak French, this documentary shows how his unique attitude to life has allowed him to fit in to the local community and achieve his dream...
directed by Gussy Sakula-Barry, fl. 2012-2014; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2012), 30 mins
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