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Cuyagua, The Devil Dancers: Cuyagua Part I
directed by Georges Drion, fl. 1985 and Paul Henley, fl. 1969, in Cuyagua (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2011), 41 mins
The men of the Afro-Caribbean population of Cuyagua enact a ritual that occurs 60 days after Easter. The film is a portrait of two men who direct the devil dancing. They tell the history of the village, the organisation of devil dancing, and stories associated with the Devil. The film also focuses on the intriguin...
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directed by Georges Drion, fl. 1985 and Paul Henley, fl. 1969, in Cuyagua (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2011), 41 mins
Description
The men of the Afro-Caribbean population of Cuyagua enact a ritual that occurs 60 days after Easter. The film is a portrait of two men who direct the devil dancing. They tell the history of the village, the organisation of devil dancing, and stories associated with the Devil. The film also focuses on the intriguing ritual of the dancing itself.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Paul Henley, fl. 1969
Author / Creator
Georges Drion, fl. 1985, Paul Henley, fl. 1969
Date Published / Released
1987, 2011
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
Cuyagua
Topic / Theme
African Caribbean, Rural population, Traditional history, Easter, Social dances, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography, Africans, Carib
Copyright Message
Copyright 1987. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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The Guga Hunters of Ness
directed by Mike Day, fl. 2011-2016 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010), 59 mins
This film follows a vanishing community’s beloved and unique tradition. The Gaelic speakers of Lewis and Scotland are the only people in the EU exempt from a ban on hunting gannets, but they are only permitted to hunt them once a year on a desolate island 40 miles offshore. This is the first time in 50...
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directed by Mike Day, fl. 2011-2016 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010), 59 mins
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This film follows a vanishing community’s beloved and unique tradition. The Gaelic speakers of Lewis and Scotland are the only people in the EU exempt from a ban on hunting gannets, but they are only permitted to hunt them once a year on a desolate island 40 miles offshore. This is the first time in 50 years that they have allowed it to be filmed, and most likely the last.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Mike Day, fl. 2011-2016
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Birds, Hunting, Traditional history, Gaels (Scotland)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by Royal Anthropological Institute
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Kutääy
directed by Isis Violeta Contreras Pastrana, fl. 2009-2017; produced by Ingrid Eunice Fabián González, fl. 2014, Ambulante Más Allá (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2014), 20 mins
Fili, a 22-year-old Mixe, makes ornamental paper hot air balloons. Since this is an important tradition in his community, Fili —an expert in the art— is recognized and accepted. Yet, he is rejected because he is also a skater. The balloons that Fili makes are a metaphor of the fusion between tradition and inno...
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directed by Isis Violeta Contreras Pastrana, fl. 2009-2017; produced by Ingrid Eunice Fabián González, fl. 2014, Ambulante Más Allá (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2014), 20 mins
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Fili, a 22-year-old Mixe, makes ornamental paper hot air balloons. Since this is an important tradition in his community, Fili —an expert in the art— is recognized and accepted. Yet, he is rejected because he is also a skater. The balloons that Fili makes are a metaphor of the fusion between tradition and innovation. Not only he himself is a hybrid of traditions and external influences, but also he uses both traditional and digital techniques...
Fili, a 22-year-old Mixe, makes ornamental paper hot air balloons. Since this is an important tradition in his community, Fili —an expert in the art— is recognized and accepted. Yet, he is rejected because he is also a skater. The balloons that Fili makes are a metaphor of the fusion between tradition and innovation. Not only he himself is a hybrid of traditions and external influences, but also he uses both traditional and digital techniques to make his balloons. Thanks to this, Fili has managed to build more sophisticated balloons, which he has taken to different competitions in festivals around the world. The documentary shows the sometimes head-spinning change produced by the interaction of a community’s traditions with the world around it.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ingrid Eunice Fabián González, fl. 2014, Ambulante Más Allá
Author / Creator
Isis Violeta Contreras Pastrana, fl. 2009-2017
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Social customs, Cultural communities, Counterculture, Crafts, Traditional history, Hot air balloons, Mixe
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 Royal Anthropological Institute
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Letter to the Dead
directed by Eytan Kapon, fl. 2002 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2002), 1 hour 1 mins
The film is about the encounter between tradition and modernity. In a small village of Papua New Guinea three exceptional men rival with each other in the field of rituals and artistic creation in order to win over their neighbours. They send a last letter to their dead who have abandoned them and who may have emi...
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directed by Eytan Kapon, fl. 2002 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2002), 1 hour 1 mins
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The film is about the encounter between tradition and modernity. In a small village of Papua New Guinea three exceptional men rival with each other in the field of rituals and artistic creation in order to win over their neighbours. They send a last letter to their dead who have abandoned them and who may have emigrated to a rich country from which the film-makers come.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Eytan Kapon, fl. 2002, Andre Iteanu, fl. 2002
Author / Creator
Eytan Kapon, fl. 2002, Andre Iteanu, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Speaker / Narrator
Andre Iteanu, fl. 2002
Topic / Theme
Papua New Guinean, Religious rites and ceremonies, Traditional history, Ethnography, Papua New Guineans
Copyright Message
Copyright 2002. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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Messages Musicaux - Le Sénégal en transformation
directed by Cornelia Strasser, fl. 2001; produced by Rolf Schmid, fl. 1978 and Cornelia Strasser, fl. 2001, Fama Film (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2013), 1 hour 16 mins
The traditional musicians in Senegal were in charge of retaining the history of their ethnic group, along with ways of thinking and behaving. Their aim was to conserve the society. Nowadays the griots have lost much of their importance. Their world is vanishing, but not their methods. Awadi, one of the first and b...
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directed by Cornelia Strasser, fl. 2001; produced by Rolf Schmid, fl. 1978 and Cornelia Strasser, fl. 2001, Fama Film (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2013), 1 hour 16 mins
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The traditional musicians in Senegal were in charge of retaining the history of their ethnic group, along with ways of thinking and behaving. Their aim was to conserve the society. Nowadays the griots have lost much of their importance. Their world is vanishing, but not their methods. Awadi, one of the first and best known rappers in Western Africa, picked up the method of the griots to launch his message to the people. But unlike the griots, his...
The traditional musicians in Senegal were in charge of retaining the history of their ethnic group, along with ways of thinking and behaving. Their aim was to conserve the society. Nowadays the griots have lost much of their importance. Their world is vanishing, but not their methods. Awadi, one of the first and best known rappers in Western Africa, picked up the method of the griots to launch his message to the people. But unlike the griots, his aim is to change society. Awadi is fighting Pan-Africanism, a movement which can’t be understood without having colonialism and its still lasting after-effects in mind. This films offers an insight into contemporary Senegalese society, reflecting its ethnic, linguistic, religious and musical diversity.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cornelia Strasser, fl. 2001, Rolf Schmid, fl. 1978, Fama Film
Author / Creator
Cornelia Strasser, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Music, Cultural diversity, Ethnic groups, Traditional history, Musicians, Senegalese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 Royal Anthropological Institute
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RAI Film Festival 2017, The Last Lineage Opera in Zhouguan Village
directed by Xiong Xun, fl. 2007; produced by Gary Seaman, fl. 2009 and Joe Juanyao Zheng, fl. 2012-2015, University of Southern California. Center for Visual Anthropology and Sun Yat-sen University. Media Anthropology Research Center, in RAI Film Festival 2017 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2016), 42 mins
In the summer of 2006, I went as a student to Zhouguan, a Tunpu village in a multiethnic area of southwest China. Renowned for its performances of the Dixi exorcism operas, the village elders believe that they are descendants of ethnic Han military colonists in the early Ming Dynasty. When local businessmen and go...
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directed by Xiong Xun, fl. 2007; produced by Gary Seaman, fl. 2009 and Joe Juanyao Zheng, fl. 2012-2015, University of Southern California. Center for Visual Anthropology and Sun Yat-sen University. Media Anthropology Research Center, in RAI Film Festival 2017 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2016), 42 mins
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In the summer of 2006, I went as a student to Zhouguan, a Tunpu village in a multiethnic area of southwest China. Renowned for its performances of the Dixi exorcism operas, the village elders believe that they are descendants of ethnic Han military colonists in the early Ming Dynasty. When local businessmen and government officials began to take control of the staging of these plays, the elders told me that "authentic" performances were no longer...
In the summer of 2006, I went as a student to Zhouguan, a Tunpu village in a multiethnic area of southwest China. Renowned for its performances of the Dixi exorcism operas, the village elders believe that they are descendants of ethnic Han military colonists in the early Ming Dynasty. When local businessmen and government officials began to take control of the staging of these plays, the elders told me that "authentic" performances were no longer possible. They therefore asked me to make a record of the Dixi opera which they planned to perform that year for the very last time.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Xiong Xun, fl. 2007, Gary Seaman, fl. 2009, Joe Juanyao Zheng, fl. 2012-2015, University of Southern California. Center for Visual Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University. Media Anthropology Research Center
Author / Creator
Xiong Xun, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
RAI Film Festival 2017
Speaker / Narrator
Xiong Xun, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Documentary films, Traditional history, Cultural identity, Performances, Opera, Han (China), Tunbao
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Royal Anthropological Institute
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Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021, Intranqu'îllités
directed by Edward Owles; produced by Kasia Mika, fl. 2019, Postcode Films and University of Leeds, in Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2019), 20 mins
Lyrically narrated by award-winning Haitian poet James Noël, the short film interweaves the work of several Haitian artists who want to redefine how their nation is perceived. The film explores the role of art in society and the timeless importance of creativity. It won the AHRC Research in Film Awards 2019 and t...
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directed by Edward Owles; produced by Kasia Mika, fl. 2019, Postcode Films and University of Leeds, in Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2019), 20 mins
Description
Lyrically narrated by award-winning Haitian poet James Noël, the short film interweaves the work of several Haitian artists who want to redefine how their nation is perceived. The film explores the role of art in society and the timeless importance of creativity. It won the AHRC Research in Film Awards 2019 and the 2021 Social Media Impact Award for Creative Activism.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James Noël, 1978-, Kasia Mika, fl. 2019, Postcode Films, University of Leeds
Author / Creator
Edward Owles
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021
Topic / Theme
Traditional history, Haitian people, Nationalism, Social activism and activists, Race and culture, Haitians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 Edward Owles
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Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021, Bang The Drum
directed by William Nitzky, fl. 2015; produced by William Nitzky, fl. 2015, in Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021 (England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2020), 28 mins
For the Yao minority in rural southwest China, the bronze drum is a sacred heritage. Its sound aids the souls of deceased elders in reaching the ancestral land. When the Chinese government steps in to protect the heritage, the life of the bronze drum takes on a new meaning and becomes an icon for tourist performan...
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directed by William Nitzky, fl. 2015; produced by William Nitzky, fl. 2015, in Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021 (England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2020), 28 mins
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For the Yao minority in rural southwest China, the bronze drum is a sacred heritage. Its sound aids the souls of deceased elders in reaching the ancestral land. When the Chinese government steps in to protect the heritage, the life of the bronze drum takes on a new meaning and becomes an icon for tourist performances. Bang the Drum traces the path that heritage takes in a changing China.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Pan Shouyong, William Nitzky, fl. 2015
Author / Creator
William Nitzky, fl. 2015, Pan Shouyong
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021
Speaker / Narrator
Pan Shouyong
Person Discussed
Pan Shouyong
Topic / Theme
Race and culture, Traditional history, Music, Drums, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 William Nitzky
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Song Family Village, 1, The Secret of the Stone: Segmentary Lineage Organization in a North China Village
directed by Steven Schindler, fl. 2009, Song Zhifang, fl. 2009 and Gary Seaman, fl. 2009; produced by University of Southern California. Center for Visual Anthropology, in Song Family Village, 1 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2009), 40 mins
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, 'Song Family Village' is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname. The film documents New Year’s customs to demonstrate the segmentary structure of the Song family...
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directed by Steven Schindler, fl. 2009, Song Zhifang, fl. 2009 and Gary Seaman, fl. 2009; produced by University of Southern California. Center for Visual Anthropology, in Song Family Village, 1 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2009), 40 mins
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Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, 'Song Family Village' is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname. The film documents New Year’s customs to demonstrate the segmentary structure of the Song family lineage. Ancestor temples provide the focus for collective rituals that express historical growth and subsequent fissioning into lin...
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, 'Song Family Village' is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname. The film documents New Year’s customs to demonstrate the segmentary structure of the Song family lineage. Ancestor temples provide the focus for collective rituals that express historical growth and subsequent fissioning into lineage segments. Minimal segments (Wufu or mourning groups) are shown as interaction groups focused on the household shrines of senior living agnates. Although the Communist-led Cultural Revolution tried to eliminate traditional kin-based institutions, this film shows that segmentary lineages are still a vigorous aspect of life in this North China village.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Steven Schindler, fl. 2009, Song Zhifang, fl. 2009, Gary Seaman, fl. 2009, University of Southern California. Center for Visual Anthropology
Author / Creator
Steven Schindler, fl. 2009, Song Zhifang, fl. 2009, Gary Seaman, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
Song Family Village
Topic / Theme
Traditional history, Social customs, Family lineages, Genealogy, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Royal Anthropological Institute
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The Storyteller
directed by John-Paul Davidson, 1963-; produced by Robert Thompson, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1990), 49 mins
Unaware of the written word until the 1950s, the Waura tribe who live in the headwaters of the Xingu river in Brazil still practise the art of storytelling. Tribal storyteller Aruta recounts one of their traditional tales which the tribe re-enact. As powerful and fresh as the opening chapters of Genesis, it gives...
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directed by John-Paul Davidson, 1963-; produced by Robert Thompson, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1990), 49 mins
Description
Unaware of the written word until the 1950s, the Waura tribe who live in the headwaters of the Xingu river in Brazil still practise the art of storytelling. Tribal storyteller Aruta recounts one of their traditional tales which the tribe re-enact. As powerful and fresh as the opening chapters of Genesis, it gives a unique insight into Waura cosmological thinking.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert Thompson, fl. 1990, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
John-Paul Davidson, 1963-
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Indigenous peoples, Storytelling, Traditional history, Waura
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1990 Royal Anthropological Institute
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