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2 Men of Fiji
directed by Brett Porter, fl. 1959; produced by Bern Gandy, fl. 1959, Shell Oil Company (New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Organization), 1996), 57 mins
The story of two men from the village of Lakeba, in the Lau group, who left their village for the city.
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directed by Brett Porter, fl. 1959; produced by Bern Gandy, fl. 1959, Shell Oil Company (New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Organization), 1996), 57 mins
Description
The story of two men from the village of Lakeba, in the Lau group, who left their village for the city.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Brett Porter, fl. 1959, Bern Gandy, fl. 1959, Shell Oil Company
Author / Creator
Brett Porter, fl. 1959
Date Published / Released
1959, 1996
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Organization)
Topic / Theme
Fijian, Imperialism, City life, Island life, Local customs, Cultural change and history, Fijian people, Brazilians
Copyright Message
©1996
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Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation, With Audio Description
directed by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016; produced by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina (Honolulu, HI: Na Maka O Ka'Aina, 1993), 1 hour 2 mins
This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the U.S.S. Boston landed at Honolulu in support of a treasonous coup d'etat against the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili'uokalani. The event w...
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directed by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016; produced by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina (Honolulu, HI: Na Maka O Ka'Aina, 1993), 1 hour 2 mins
Description
This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the U.S.S. Boston landed at Honolulu in support of a treasonous coup d'etat against the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili'uokalani. The event was described by U.S. President Grover Cleveland as "an act of war." Stylized re-enactments, archival photos and film, political cartoon...
This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the U.S.S. Boston landed at Honolulu in support of a treasonous coup d'etat against the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili'uokalani. The event was described by U.S. President Grover Cleveland as "an act of war." Stylized re-enactments, archival photos and film, political cartoons, historic quotes, and presentations by Hawaiian scholars tell Hawaiian history through Hawaiian eyes.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Joan Lander, fl. 1957, Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina, Leonelle Anderson Akana, fl. 1993
Author / Creator
Joan Lander, fl. 1957, Puhipau, 1937-2016
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Na Maka O Ka'Aina
Speaker / Narrator
Leonelle Anderson Akana, fl. 1993
Person Discussed
Queen of Hawaii Liliuokalani, 1838-1917
Topic / Theme
International relations, Geography, Hawaiians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1993 Na Maka O Ka'Aina
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After Passing
written by Tai-Li Hu, 1950-; directed by Tai-Li Hu, 1950-; produced by Tai-Li Hu, 1950- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 11 mins
The East-West Highway was soon to be built in central Taiwan. It would pass through the village of Liu Ts'o, and many homes and rice paddies would be destroyed. The film maker Hu Tai-Li went back to her mother-in-law's village Liu Ts'o, where she did anthropological research from 1976-78, to preserve some images o...
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written by Tai-Li Hu, 1950-; directed by Tai-Li Hu, 1950-; produced by Tai-Li Hu, 1950- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 11 mins
Description
The East-West Highway was soon to be built in central Taiwan. It would pass through the village of Liu Ts'o, and many homes and rice paddies would be destroyed. The film maker Hu Tai-Li went back to her mother-in-law's village Liu Ts'o, where she did anthropological research from 1976-78, to preserve some images of life forever. The East-West Highway was soon to be built in central Taiwan. It would pass through the village of Liu Ts'o, and many h...
The East-West Highway was soon to be built in central Taiwan. It would pass through the village of Liu Ts'o, and many homes and rice paddies would be destroyed. The film maker Hu Tai-Li went back to her mother-in-law's village Liu Ts'o, where she did anthropological research from 1976-78, to preserve some images of life forever. The East-West Highway was soon to be built in central Taiwan. It would pass through the village of Liu Ts'o, and many homes and rice paddies would be destroyed. The film maker Hu Tai-Li went back to her mother-in-law's village Liu Ts'o, where she did anthropological research from 1976-78, to preserve some images of life forever. This film was shot in a natural and intimate climate. During the annual two harvests, various activities in daily life and festivals were presented in the film reflecting the villagers' attitudes towards gods, ghosts, ancestors, women, farmlands, urbanization, industrialization, reclamation and resettlement. The film maker attempted to reveal the Taiwanese way of facing drastic social changes. In this unusual film—the first Taiwanese documentary to achieve commercial Success—we are treated to a series of affectionate vignettes of life in filmmaker Hu Tai-Li’s mother-in-law’s village before large portions of it are destroyed to make way for the new East-West hightway.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tai-Li Hu, 1950-
Author / Creator
Tai-Li Hu, 1950-
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Taiwanese, Farming, Agriculture, Economic development, Government land, Factories, Roadbuilding, Ethnography
Copyright Message
© Documentary Educational Resources
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Aftertaste
written by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-; directed by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-; produced by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 36 mins
Wine has been made in the Western Cape region of South Africa for over 300 years. At first, slaves and indigenous Khoisan worked the vineyards owned by white European settlers. Classified as 'Coloureds,' the descendants of these laborers have continued to work these vineyards for generations. Until recently, they...
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written by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-; directed by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-; produced by Ceridwen Dovey, 1980- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 36 mins
Description
Wine has been made in the Western Cape region of South Africa for over 300 years. At first, slaves and indigenous Khoisan worked the vineyards owned by white European settlers. Classified as 'Coloureds,' the descendants of these laborers have continued to work these vineyards for generations. Until recently, they could not own the houses they lived in, and were paid for their labor partly in alcohol. This instituted form of abuse – called the d...
Wine has been made in the Western Cape region of South Africa for over 300 years. At first, slaves and indigenous Khoisan worked the vineyards owned by white European settlers. Classified as 'Coloureds,' the descendants of these laborers have continued to work these vineyards for generations. Until recently, they could not own the houses they lived in, and were paid for their labor partly in alcohol. This instituted form of abuse – called the dop system – was designed by wine farm owners to encourage alcohol dependency in their workers so that they would not leave the farm to look for work elsewhere. Wine has been made in the Western Cape region of South Africa for over 300 years. At first, slaves and indigenous Khoisan worked the vineyards owned by white European settlers, and the descendants of these laborers have continued to work these vineyards for generations. Until recently, laborers could not own their houses, and were paid for their labor partly in alcohol. This exploitation – called the dop system – was designed by wine farm owners to encourage alcohol dependency in their workers so that they would not leave the farm to look for work elsewhere. This film focuses on two wine farms where “empowerment” projects have recently been started in response to calls for change. The wine farm workers receive part of the profits from the sale of “empowerment” brand wine Winds of Change. They have used this money to buy their own houses and shares in the wine farm business. On the surface, these “empowerment” projects seem to be a radical departure from the abusive, paternalistic labor relationship between farm owners and workers that has existed for so long. But the legacy of centuries of abuse cannot be eradicated overnight. The film tells an optimistic – but realistic – story about life and change in the new South Africa.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-, Jaco van der Merwe, Loala Van der Westhuizen, Johan Booysen, Andries Lotter, Lilly Lotter
Author / Creator
Ceridwen Dovey, 1980-
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Khoisan, South African, Cultural change and history, Economics, Wine, Agriculture, Imperialism, Human rights, Racial integration, Ethnography, South Africans
Copyright Message
by Documentary Educational Resources
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Amisk
directed by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-; produced by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2015), 40 mins
A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.
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directed by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-; produced by Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2015), 40 mins
Description
A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-
Date Published / Released
1977, 2015
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Speaker / Narrator
Alanis Obomsawin, 1932-
Topic / Theme
Global Indigenous Perspectives, Land use, Social activism and activists, Government policy, Ecology, Cree, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 by National Film Board of Canada
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Ancient Powers, Episode 5, Law and Order
directed by Ian A Hunt, fl. 2010, Li Li, fl. 2023 and Ross Kirby, fl. 2022; produced by Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, Li Li, fl. 2023 and Ross Kirby, fl. 2022, BBC Studios, in Ancient Powers, Episode 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 48 mins
A new global approach to ancient history that unites the stories of the East and West. The remarkable story of the social, technological and physical challenges five powerful civilisations faced in their battle for survival and domination of the ancient world. These six programmes reveal an interconnected world...
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directed by Ian A Hunt, fl. 2010, Li Li, fl. 2023 and Ross Kirby, fl. 2022; produced by Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, Li Li, fl. 2023 and Ross Kirby, fl. 2022, BBC Studios, in Ancient Powers, Episode 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 48 mins
Description
A new global approach to ancient history that unites the stories of the East and West. The remarkable story of the social, technological and physical challenges five powerful civilisations faced in their battle for survival and domination of the ancient world. These six programmes reveal an interconnected world of trade, war and ideas, where each territory found different solutions to the same problems. Robust science, revealing archaeology an...
A new global approach to ancient history that unites the stories of the East and West. The remarkable story of the social, technological and physical challenges five powerful civilisations faced in their battle for survival and domination of the ancient world. These six programmes reveal an interconnected world of trade, war and ideas, where each territory found different solutions to the same problems. Robust science, revealing archaeology and stylish CGI present the distant past as never before - an epic game of strategy and luck.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, Li Li, fl. 2023, Ross Kirby, fl. 2022, BBC Studios, Terence Maynard, 1969-
Author / Creator
Ian A Hunt, fl. 2010, Li Li, fl. 2023, Ross Kirby, fl. 2022
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Ancient Powers
Speaker / Narrator
Brian Martens, fl. 2008, Alexander Mariotti, fl. 2007, Manu S. Pillai, 1990-, Meredith Brand, fl. 2023, Salima Ikram, 1965-, Terence Maynard, 1969-
Person Discussed
Brian Martens, fl. 2008, Alexander Mariotti, fl. 2007, Manu S. Pillai, 1990-, Meredith Brand, fl. 2023, Salima Ikram, 1965-, Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 0009-0079, Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 260 BC-210 BC, Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, Pharoah of Egypt, 1388 BC-1351 BC, Akhenaten, Pharoah of Egypt, Samudra gupta
Topic / Theme
Monarchy, Cultural diversity, Ancient civilizations, Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, Romans (ancient), Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 BBC Worldwide
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Ancient Powers, Episode 6, End Game
directed by Ian A Hunt, fl. 2010, Li Li, fl. 2023 and Ross Kirby, fl. 2022; produced by Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, Li Li, fl. 2023 and Ross Kirby, fl. 2022, BBC Studios, in Ancient Powers, Episode 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 50 mins
A new global approach to ancient history that unites the stories of the East and West. The remarkable story of the social, technological and physical challenges five powerful civilisations faced in their battle for survival and domination of the ancient world. These six programmes reveal an interconnected world...
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directed by Ian A Hunt, fl. 2010, Li Li, fl. 2023 and Ross Kirby, fl. 2022; produced by Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, Li Li, fl. 2023 and Ross Kirby, fl. 2022, BBC Studios, in Ancient Powers, Episode 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2023), 50 mins
Description
A new global approach to ancient history that unites the stories of the East and West. The remarkable story of the social, technological and physical challenges five powerful civilisations faced in their battle for survival and domination of the ancient world. These six programmes reveal an interconnected world of trade, war and ideas, where each territory found different solutions to the same problems. Robust science, revealing archaeology an...
A new global approach to ancient history that unites the stories of the East and West. The remarkable story of the social, technological and physical challenges five powerful civilisations faced in their battle for survival and domination of the ancient world. These six programmes reveal an interconnected world of trade, war and ideas, where each territory found different solutions to the same problems. Robust science, revealing archaeology and stylish CGI present the distant past as never before - an epic game of strategy and luck.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, Li Li, fl. 2023, Ross Kirby, fl. 2022, BBC Studios, Terence Maynard, 1969-
Author / Creator
Ian A Hunt, fl. 2010, Li Li, fl. 2023, Ross Kirby, fl. 2022
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Ancient Powers
Speaker / Narrator
Arto Belekdanian, fl. 2023, Andreas Kapetanios, fl. 1994, Jigen Tang, 1964-, Nermine Sami, fl. 2023, Alexander Mariotti, fl. 2007, Manu S. Pillai, 1990-, Terence Maynard, 1969-
Person Discussed
Arto Belekdanian, fl. 2023, Andreas Kapetanios, fl. 1994, Jigen Tang, 1964-, Nermine Sami, fl. 2023, Alexander Mariotti, fl. 2007, Manu S. Pillai, 1990-, Ptolemy I Soter, 367 BC-283 BC, Alexander the Great, 356 BC-323 BC
Topic / Theme
Cultural diversity, Monarchy, Religious beliefs, Ancient civilizations, Nepali, Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, Romans (ancient), Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 BBC Worldwide
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Asking Ayahai: An Ayoreo Story
written by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004; directed by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004; produced by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 42 mins
The film focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder, whose life spans the period of dramatic transition for the Ayoreo of South America’s Gran Chaco as they moved from nomadic hunter/gatherers to wage laborers. Currently a part-time panhandler in Santa Cruz, his story is common to ma...
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written by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004; directed by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004; produced by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 42 mins
Description
The film focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder, whose life spans the period of dramatic transition for the Ayoreo of South America’s Gran Chaco as they moved from nomadic hunter/gatherers to wage laborers. Currently a part-time panhandler in Santa Cruz, his story is common to many lowland indigenous peoples. Focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder and part-time panhandler in Santa...
The film focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder, whose life spans the period of dramatic transition for the Ayoreo of South America’s Gran Chaco as they moved from nomadic hunter/gatherers to wage laborers. Currently a part-time panhandler in Santa Cruz, his story is common to many lowland indigenous peoples. Focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder and part-time panhandler in Santa Cruz whose life spans the period of dramatic transition for the Ayoreo of South America’s Gran Chaco as they change from nomadic hunter/gatherers into wage laborers. Ayahai’s testimony of the critical contact moment between the Ayoreo and Westerners is juxtaposed with the memories of Dr. Charles Ramsey, another Octogenarian who was one of the first missionaries to reach Ayahai’s group in the 1950s. Since that first meeting, the Ayoreo have been discriminated against at all levels of Bolivian and Paraguayan society and face debilitating poverty. During a village screening of the unfinished film with the filmmaker the Ayoreo community gains an opportunity to discuss and respond to the opinions of the non-Ayoreo in Santa Cruz. The documentary challenges stereotypical images of lowland indigenous peoples like the Ayoreo with a portrait of their lived experience, while raising questions of interest to a wider anthropological audience concerned with the politics of memory, representation and native rights in Latin America. Although a growing body of ethnographic and pictorial representations exist in Spanish, French and German, very little has been published on the Ayoreo in English, and even less has been filmed. Supplemented by traditional songs, the film puts a human face on a transnational tribal peoples struggle for self-determination.
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Date Written / Recorded
2003
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004, Ayahai Chiqueno
Author / Creator
Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Ayahai Chiqueno
Topic / Theme
Ayoreo, Tribal and national groups, Migration, Homelessness, Cultural change and history, Imperialism, Traditional history, Anthropology, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography
Copyright Message
by Documentary Educational Resources
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Association of Caribbean States (without graphics)
produced by Banyan Productions (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1994), 13 mins
Scenes from Carifesta 1992 opening
Pan from Georgetown cathedral to CARICOM offices. Ken Corsbie introduces the programme and speaks about CARICOM and its function
Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM, talks about the CARICOM Bureau
Shots of goods being manufactured and shipped
Hayden Blades, Director of...
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produced by Banyan Productions (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1994), 13 mins
Description
Scenes from Carifesta 1992 opening
Pan from Georgetown cathedral to CARICOM offices. Ken Corsbie introduces the programme and speaks about CARICOM and its function
Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM, talks about the CARICOM Bureau
Shots of goods being manufactured and shipped
Hayden Blades, Director of Trade and Agriculture in CARICOM speaks about the moving of goods within the Caribbean
Ken Corsbie at the waterfront talks about the n...
Scenes from Carifesta 1992 opening
Pan from Georgetown cathedral to CARICOM offices. Ken Corsbie introduces the programme and speaks about CARICOM and its function
Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM, talks about the CARICOM Bureau
Shots of goods being manufactured and shipped
Hayden Blades, Director of Trade and Agriculture in CARICOM speaks about the moving of goods within the Caribbean
Ken Corsbie at the waterfront talks about the non-english peaking Caribbean and about the formation of the Association of Caribbean States in 1992
Byron Blake, Director of Economics and industry in CARICOM speaks about what the Association of Caribbean States will do in terms of trade
Ken Corsbie speaks about the formation of a Cuba Commission and also efforts towards aiding democracy in Haiti. Shots of Cuba and Haiti
Ken Corsbie speaks about the function of CARICOM in areas such as Education and NGO's in the region
Faith Wiltshire, Director, Functional C0-operation in CARICOM speaks about the work with NGOs
Shots of hurricane, Ken Corsbie speaks about the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) in Barbados
Jeremy Collymore, Regional Co-ordinator, Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
Timothy James, National Co-ordinator, St. Lucia talks about the work of Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) with shots of practice drill
Ken Corsbie speaks about the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute in St. Lucia
Vincent Sweeney, sanitary Engineer speaks about the function of the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute in St. Lucia, shots of Marigot Bay
Russ Fielden, General manager of The Moorings in Marigot Bay, St. Lucia, speaks about sewerage disposal in the bay with shots of The Moorings
Carifesta 1992 scenes
Ken Corsbie speaks about CARICOM's involvement with Women's organisations and NGOs – shots of Red Thread Collective leadership workshop
Sonja Harris, Senior Programme officer, Women in development speaks about CARICOM's involvement
Vanda Radzik, Red Thread Resource Unit speaks about the work of her organisation
Ken Corsbie sums up the work of CARICOM in front of Georgetown Cathedral.
Hon. William Demas makes a statement
Title sequence, Ken Corsbie boards a boat
Ken Corsbie introduces the programme on a boat on the Essequibo
Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago
Long shot of Ken's boat on Essequibo
Ken Corsbie outlines the origin of a plan to form an Association of Caribbean states
Michael Manley outlines the proposal
Ken Corsbie continues the information and refers to the way in which the History of Latin America is intertwined with that of the Caribbean
National heroes Park in Kingston Jamaica with shots of some of the heroes busts. Mary Wells enters under the stature of Simon Bolivar and talks about his exile in Jamaica and reads from his LETTER FROM JAMAICA
Vox pop in Kingston about the concept of an Association of Caribbean States
Mary Wells speaking about the informal trading of goods between Latin America and the Caribbean.
Byron Blake, Acting Assistant Secretary General of regional Trade and Economic Integration CARICOM speaks about some of the advantages of an Association of Caribbean States
Caracas, Venezuela, shots of city and musicians playing and the statue of Simon Bolivar
Ken Corsbie enters frame and speaks about the relationship between Latin America and the Caribbean and language difficulties
Vox pop in Caracas about language relationship with the Caribbean
Underground train, Caracas, Ken Corsbie exits subway station and speaks about the way an Association of Caribbean States would affect various aspects of trade and business.
Arthur Lok Jack, Chairman of Associated Brands industries Ltd. Trinidad & Tobago speaks about his company's reach in the region
Alfredo Acedo Machado, President, Grupo Acedo Mendoza, Venezuela speaks about the opportunities presented by relations with CARICOM
Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM speaks about redesigning the relationship of Caribbean and regional countries
Ken Corsbie sums up the implications of an Association of Caribbean States
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ken Corsbie, fl. 1991-2006, Banyan Productions
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Topic / Theme
International relations, International trade, Caribbean and West Indians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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The Ax Fight
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...
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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
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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 with members of that village. A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in...
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 with members of that village. 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 with members of that village. They refused to work in their hosts' gardens, yet they demanded to be fed. The event lasted about half an hour, ten minutes of which were filmed. The film is constructed of four parts. The first consists of an unedited version of what the cameraman saw and the sound technician recorded. The apparent chaos of these first ten minutes is clarified in the second section, in which Chagnon explains the sequence of actions, the relationships between the actors, and how the filmmakers' interpretation of the events became coherent. The third section diagrams the lineages in the villages involved to illustrate the fight's relationship to long-standing patterns of conflict and alliance within the village. Finally, in an edited version of the fight, we see how the editors' hands shape the "reality" we view. The Ax Fight thus operates on several levels. It plunges the viewer into the problems of Yanomamo kinship, alliance, and village fission; of violence and conflict resolution. At the same time it raises questions about how anthropologists and filmmakers translate their experience into meaningful words and coherent, moving images.
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Date Written / Recorded
1971-02-28
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Craig Johnson
Author / Creator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994
Date Published / Released
1975
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Politics, Negotiation in government, Kin relationships, Violence, Cultural identity, Rural population, Tribal and national groups, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography, Yanomámi
Copyright Message
copyright © Documentary Educational Resources
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