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Agrarian Utopia
directed by Uruphong Raksasad, fl. 2001-2009; performed by Sompong Jumma, fl. 2009, Sai Jumma, fl. 2009 and Prayad Jumma, fl. 2009 (Thailand: Extra Virgin Co), 2 hours 1 mins
Two families are employed by a landowner to work on his rice fields. One of them, used to own their own land, but was evicted for being unable to keep up with his hefty loan payments. In the absence of machinery, they plant rice using traditional farming methods and an untrained buffalo. However, the low market...
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directed by Uruphong Raksasad, fl. 2001-2009; performed by Sompong Jumma, fl. 2009, Sai Jumma, fl. 2009 and Prayad Jumma, fl. 2009 (Thailand: Extra Virgin Co), 2 hours 1 mins
Description
Two families are employed by a landowner to work on his rice fields. One of them, used to own their own land, but was evicted for being unable to keep up with his hefty loan payments. In the absence of machinery, they plant rice using traditional farming methods and an untrained buffalo. However, the low market prices for rice mean that they have to supplement their income with picking wild mushrooms. They also eat wild frogs, snakes and hone...
Two families are employed by a landowner to work on his rice fields. One of them, used to own their own land, but was evicted for being unable to keep up with his hefty loan payments. In the absence of machinery, they plant rice using traditional farming methods and an untrained buffalo. However, the low market prices for rice mean that they have to supplement their income with picking wild mushrooms. They also eat wild frogs, snakes and honeycomb when their income proves to be too meagre to feed the family. In contrast, a neighboring farmer, a retired teacher, farms his land organically and hopes to keep the land fertile with the rice stalks, so that he will always be able to grow food for himself. Thai director Uruphong Raksasad had grown up in the same village where the film is beautifully shot, and had chosen to use local farmers as his actors. Awards/Festivals: NETPAC Special Mention Award, International Film Festival Rotterdam; Special Mention Award, Barcelona Asian Film Festival; NETPAC Award, Brisbane International Film Festival; Golden Hanoman Award, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival; NETPAC Award, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival; Best Narrative Film, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival; !f Inspired Award - Most Inspired Director, !f International Independent Film Festival, Istanbul; Special Jury Award, Millenium International Documentary Film Festival; Green Chilies Award (Best Film), Asian Hot Shot Berlin Festival; Hong Kong International Film Festival; Singapore International Film Festival; Jeonju International Film Festival; Libertas Film Festival; Filmfest Munchen; Vancouver International Film Festival; Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival; Flanders International Film Festival Ghent; Mumbai Film Festival; Vienna International Film Festival; Asiaticafilmmediale, Rome; Mar del Plata International Film Festival; Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival; International Film Festival Bratislava; International Film Festival of Kerala; Pune International Film Festival; Fajr International Film Festival; San Francisco Asian American Film Festival.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Sompong Jumma, fl. 2009, Sai Jumma, fl. 2009, Prayad Jumma, fl. 2009
Contributor
Uruphong Raksasad, fl. 2001-2009
Author / Creator
Uruphong Raksasad, fl. 2001-2009, Sompong Jumma, fl. 2009, Sai Jumma, fl. 2009, Prayad Jumma, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Extra Virgin Co
Topic / Theme
Thai, Agrarian occupations, Domestic life
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 Used by permission of Extra Virgin Co.
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ALL AROUND HER THE NOISE ECHOED
directed by Mario Lewis, fl. 2002; produced by Mario Lewis, fl. 2002 (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 2003), 2 mins
Video produced by Artist Mario Lewis about his exhibition BLIND SPOT – DIVISIONS OF APPROVAL
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directed by Mario Lewis, fl. 2002; produced by Mario Lewis, fl. 2002 (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 2003), 2 mins
Description
Video produced by Artist Mario Lewis about his exhibition BLIND SPOT – DIVISIONS OF APPROVAL
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Contributor
Mario Lewis, fl. 2002
Author / Creator
Mario Lewis, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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ALL AROUND HER THE NOISE ECHOED (2002)
directed by Mario Lewis, fl. 2002 (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 2002), 2 mins
Video produced by Artist Mario Lewis
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directed by Mario Lewis, fl. 2002 (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 2002), 2 mins
Description
Video produced by Artist Mario Lewis
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (edited)
Author / Creator
Mario Lewis, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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August Sun
directed by Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-; performed by Mohamed Rahfiulla, fl. 2003, Nimmi Harasgama, fl. 1997-2012 and Peter D'Almeida, fl. 1994-2003 (Sri Lanka: Privately Published), 1 hour 44 mins
This filmic offering by acclaimed director Prasanna Vithanage (Walls Within and Death on a Full Moon Day) is a poignant narrative of human displacement against the backdrop of the bitter, real-life conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil people of Sri Lanka. The film traces the experience of three individuals, e...
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directed by Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-; performed by Mohamed Rahfiulla, fl. 2003, Nimmi Harasgama, fl. 1997-2012 and Peter D'Almeida, fl. 1994-2003 (Sri Lanka: Privately Published), 1 hour 44 mins
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This filmic offering by acclaimed director Prasanna Vithanage (Walls Within and Death on a Full Moon Day) is a poignant narrative of human displacement against the backdrop of the bitter, real-life conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil people of Sri Lanka. The film traces the experience of three individuals, each of whom is affected by the war in different ways. Chamari enlists the aid of a London-based journalist to help locate her husband,...
This filmic offering by acclaimed director Prasanna Vithanage (Walls Within and Death on a Full Moon Day) is a poignant narrative of human displacement against the backdrop of the bitter, real-life conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil people of Sri Lanka. The film traces the experience of three individuals, each of whom is affected by the war in different ways. Chamari enlists the aid of a London-based journalist to help locate her husband, a pilot who was captured by the Tamil Tigers; a young Muslim boy Arfath tries to keep his dog, even as his family joins thousands of other Muslims in a mass exodus to escape the conflict; and Dumida, a lonely young soldier, discovers that his sister has been working as a prostitute in a brothel that serves both Sinhalese and Tamil soldiers. All of these events, presented from a Sinhalese perspective, take place under the searing heat of a hot August sun and the weight of lengthy civil war. Awards/Festivals: Grand Jury Prize and nominated Lino Brocka Award Cinemanila International Film Festival 2003; Grand Prix des Amriques Montreal World Film Festival 2003; FIPRESCI/NETPAC Award Singapore International Film Festival 2004; Amiens International Film Festival 2003; International Film Festival Rotterdam 2004; Deauville Asian Film Festival 2004.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Mohamed Rahfiulla, fl. 2003, Nimmi Harasgama, fl. 1997-2012, Peter D'Almeida, fl. 1994-2003
Contributor
Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-
Author / Creator
Prasanna Vithanage, 1962-, Mohamed Rahfiulla, fl. 2003, Nimmi Harasgama, fl. 1997-2012, Peter D'Almeida, fl. 1994-2003
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Sri Lankan, Armed forces, Refugees, War, Civil war
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 Used by permission of Prasanna Vithanage.
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Bird Man Tale
directed by Garin Nugroho, 1961-; performed by Minus Coneston Karoba, fl. 2002-2008, Lulu Tobing, 1977- and Octavianus Rysiat Muabuay, fl. 2002 (Indonesia: Set Film Workshop), 1 hour 30 mins
Arnold, a 15 year old Papuan boy, obsesses over his desire to kiss a young woman he meets at the port. Meanwhile, his father Bertold, is being hunted down by a group of anonymous thugs for his political activities demanding justice for the detention of independence leader, Theys Hiyo Eluay. When Theys is murdered,...
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directed by Garin Nugroho, 1961-; performed by Minus Coneston Karoba, fl. 2002-2008, Lulu Tobing, 1977- and Octavianus Rysiat Muabuay, fl. 2002 (Indonesia: Set Film Workshop), 1 hour 30 mins
Description
Arnold, a 15 year old Papuan boy, obsesses over his desire to kiss a young woman he meets at the port. Meanwhile, his father Bertold, is being hunted down by a group of anonymous thugs for his political activities demanding justice for the detention of independence leader, Theys Hiyo Eluay. When Theys is murdered, Bertold goes into hiding, leaving his son to fend for himself. This is the first Indonesian feature set in Irian Jaya.
Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Minus Coneston Karoba, fl. 2002-2008, Lulu Tobing, 1977-, Octavianus Rysiat Muabuay, fl. 2002
Contributor
Garin Nugroho, 1961-
Author / Creator
Garin Nugroho, 1961-, Minus Coneston Karoba, fl. 2002-2008, Lulu Tobing, 1977-, Octavianus Rysiat Muabuay, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Set Film Workshop
Topic / Theme
Indonesian, Crime, Family, Political causes, Sexuality, Indonesians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 Used by permission of Set Film Workshop.
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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
Description
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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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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DAF
directed by Bahman Ghobadi, 1969- (Jeonju International Film Festival, 2003), 39 mins
This simple but affecting documentary portrays a rural craftsman who makes a traditional Iranian percussion instrument called a daf. All able-bodied family members participate in the production, including a blind son, whom we see hitching a ride to market with his sister to purchase the sheep skins and wood planks...
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directed by Bahman Ghobadi, 1969- (Jeonju International Film Festival, 2003), 39 mins
Description
This simple but affecting documentary portrays a rural craftsman who makes a traditional Iranian percussion instrument called a daf. All able-bodied family members participate in the production, including a blind son, whom we see hitching a ride to market with his sister to purchase the sheep skins and wood planks used in the instrument's manufacture. A doctor visits the father's younger 3-1/2 year-old son, who has also lost his eyesight, and off...
This simple but affecting documentary portrays a rural craftsman who makes a traditional Iranian percussion instrument called a daf. All able-bodied family members participate in the production, including a blind son, whom we see hitching a ride to market with his sister to purchase the sheep skins and wood planks used in the instrument's manufacture. A doctor visits the father's younger 3-1/2 year-old son, who has also lost his eyesight, and offers this advice: 'Pray to God. Give to charity. Have ceremonies and have a dervish play the daf for him.' The greater part of the film focuses on the laborious work involved in the fabrication of daf and culminates in a rousing ritual for the ailing boy. The accomplished camerawork takes advantage of the surrounding scenery and local color. Sensitive individuals are warned of a brief but graphic segment of sheep being slaughtered
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bahman Ghobadi, 1969-
Author / Creator
Bahman Ghobadi, 1969-
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Jeonju International Film Festival
Topic / Theme
Iranian, Kurdish, Religious rites and ceremonies, Cultural identity, Musical instruments, Poverty, Ethnography, Iranians
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Eye to Eye, Season 4, Episode 4, Frances-Anne Solomon
directed by Ricky Latiff, fl. 1981; produced by Christopher Laird, 1945-, Banyan Productions; interview by Christopher Laird, 1945-, in Eye to Eye, Season 4, Episode 4 (Banyan Archive, 2010), 41 mins
Christopher Laird interviews filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon about her work and Career as a filmmaker and now as a distributor and marketing organisation of the company she set-up: Caribbean Worldwide Distribution. And Caribbean tales Film festival in Toronto and now its launching in Barbados. Talks also about the...
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directed by Ricky Latiff, fl. 1981; produced by Christopher Laird, 1945-, Banyan Productions; interview by Christopher Laird, 1945-, in Eye to Eye, Season 4, Episode 4 (Banyan Archive, 2010), 41 mins
Description
Christopher Laird interviews filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon about her work and Career as a filmmaker and now as a distributor and marketing organisation of the company she set-up: Caribbean Worldwide Distribution. And Caribbean tales Film festival in Toronto and now its launching in Barbados. Talks also about the importance of the internet for filmmakers and the way the perception of Caribbean film has changed internationally.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Christopher Laird, 1945-, Banyan Productions
Author / Creator
Ricky Latiff, fl. 1981, Christopher Laird, 1945-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Series
Eye to Eye
Person Discussed
Frances-Anne Solomon, fl. 1994-2016
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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FLIMS, Episode 1, Caribbean Tales
produced by Christopher Laird, 1945-, Banyan Productions; interview by Christopher Laird, 1945-, in FLIMS, Episode 1 (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 2010), 28 mins
This episode of Flims features filmmaker, Frances-Anne Solomon and Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet, George Lamming.
Christopher Laird interviews Frances-Anne Solomon
Keywords: film
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produced by Christopher Laird, 1945-, Banyan Productions; interview by Christopher Laird, 1945-, in FLIMS, Episode 1 (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 2010), 28 mins
Description
This episode of Flims features filmmaker, Frances-Anne Solomon and Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet, George Lamming.
Christopher Laird interviews Frances-Anne Solomon
Keywords: film
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
George Lamming, 1927-, Christopher Laird, 1945-, Banyan Productions
Author / Creator
Christopher Laird, 1945-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Series
FLIMS
Person Discussed
Frances-Anne Solomon, fl. 1994-2016
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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