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An American Mosque
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directed by David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016; produced by David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2013), 27 mins
An American Mosque is a film about Islam in America, religious intolerance, and the interfaith response to an historic hate-crime. When the Islamic Center of Yuba City, California, was burned to the ground in 1994, it was the first arson to destroy a mosque in US history. At the time, this incident was largely i...
directed by David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016; produced by David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2013), 27 mins
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The Ax Fight
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written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1975), 30 mins
A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties wi...
written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1975), 30 mins
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Dead Birds
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written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1964), 1 hour 23 mins
"A cinematographic interpretation of the life of a group of Grand Valley Dani, who are mountain Papuans in West New Guinea (Irian Barat, Indonesia), studied by the Harvard-Peabody Expedition (1961-1963). This film was made by Gardner in 1961, before the area was pacified by the Dutch government. The film focuses o...
written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1964), 1 hour 23 mins
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Fully Awake: Black Mountain College
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written by Neeley Dawson, fl. 2008 and Cathryn Davis Zommer, fl. 2008; directed by Neeley Dawson, fl. 2008 and Cathryn Davis Zommer, fl. 2008; produced by Neeley Dawson, fl. 2008 and Cathryn Davis Zommer, fl. 2008, Documentary Educational Resources (DER) (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2008), 1 hour
Hidden in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Black Mountain College (1933 - 1957) was an influential experiment in education that inspired and shaped twentieth century American art. Fully Awake: Black Mountain College is a documentary film that explores the college's progressive pedagogy and radical approac...
written by Neeley Dawson, fl. 2008 and Cathryn Davis Zommer, fl. 2008; directed by Neeley Dawson, fl. 2008 and Cathryn Davis Zommer, fl. 2008; produced by Neeley Dawson, fl. 2008 and Cathryn Davis Zommer, fl. 2008, Documentary Educational Resources (DER) (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2008), 1 hour
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!Kung, The Hunters
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1957), 1 hour 11 mins
This re-release of an early classic in anthropological film follows the hunt of a giraffe by four men over a five-day period. The film was shot in 1952-53 on the third joint Smithsonian-Harvard Peabody sponsored Marshall family expedition to Africa to study Ju/'hoansi, one of the few surviving groups that lived by...
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1957), 1 hour 11 mins
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!Kung, N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in !Kung (Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 58 mins
This film provides a broad overview of Ju/'hoan life, both past and present, and an intimate portrait of N!ai, a Ju/'hoan woman who in 1978 was in her mid-thirties.
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in !Kung (Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 58 mins
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(un)veiled: Muslim Women Talk About Hijab
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written by Ines Hofmann Kanna; directed by Ines Hofmann Kanna; produced by Ines Hofmann Kanna (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 36 mins
(un)veiled introduces the audience to ten Muslim women from various backgrounds who now live in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in a discussion about hijab, the headscarf.
written by Ines Hofmann Kanna; directed by Ines Hofmann Kanna; produced by Ines Hofmann Kanna (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 36 mins
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The Uprising of '34
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directed by Susanne Rostock, fl. 1989, Judith Helfand, fl. 1983-2016 and George C. Stoney, 1916-2012 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1995), 1 hour 27 mins
The Uprising of '34 is a startling documentary which tells the story of the General Strike of 1934, a massive but little-known strike by hundreds of thousands of Southern cotton mill workers during the Great Depression. The mill workers' defiant stance — and the remarkable grassroots organizing that led up to it...
directed by Susanne Rostock, fl. 1989, Judith Helfand, fl. 1983-2016 and George C. Stoney, 1916-2012 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1995), 1 hour 27 mins
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Yanomamö, A Man Called
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written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamö (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 44 mins
This is one of the few ethnographic films in which the anthropologist appears as one of the subjects, and as such it is a lively introduction to the nature of fieldwork.
written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamö (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 44 mins
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