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A Month In The Life of Ephtim D.
written by Asen Balikci, 1929-; directed by Asen Balikci, 1929- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2003), 56 mins
This documentary takes a rare and intimate look at the life of a 73 year old pensioner currently living in Bulgaria following the collapse of the former Soviet Union. We follow Ephtim D. from the meager dinner table where he and his wife dine on some bread with a little margerine and garlic, to the park where he w...
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written by Asen Balikci, 1929-; directed by Asen Balikci, 1929- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2003), 56 mins
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This documentary takes a rare and intimate look at the life of a 73 year old pensioner currently living in Bulgaria following the collapse of the former Soviet Union. We follow Ephtim D. from the meager dinner table where he and his wife dine on some bread with a little margerine and garlic, to the park where he walks his dog and meets his friends. This documentary takes a rare and intimate look at the life of a 73 year old pensioner currently li...
This documentary takes a rare and intimate look at the life of a 73 year old pensioner currently living in Bulgaria following the collapse of the former Soviet Union. We follow Ephtim D. from the meager dinner table where he and his wife dine on some bread with a little margerine and garlic, to the park where he walks his dog and meets his friends. This documentary takes a rare and intimate look at the life of a 73 year old pensioner currently living in Bulgaria following the collapse of the former Soviet Union. We follow Ephtim D. from the meager dinner table where he and his wife dine on some bread with a little margerine and garlic, to the park where he walks his dog and meets his friends. Ephtim is a life-long Communist. He and his friends still attend Socialist party meetings in Sofia. It is difficult for a Westerner to understand why people in Eastern Europe would not embrace their freedom but still reminisce about the "good old days" under communism. When we see how difficult life is today for Ephtim and his wife we believe their memories of a better situation in earlier years. With painstaking precision Ephtim and his wife must account for literally every penny in order to survive. We know exactly how they spend their $66 monthly government pension which barely keeps them alive. Were it not for the fact that they own their tiny apartment their circumstances would be dire.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Asen Balikci, 1929-, Ephtim Detchev, fl. 1999
Author / Creator
Asen Balikci, 1929-
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Ephtim Detchev, fl. 1999
Topic / Theme
Bulgarian, Aging, Poverty, Communism, Pensions, Personal finances, Ethnography, Bulgarians
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© Documentary Educational Resources
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Mwalimu Nyerere
produced by Kabinda Lemba, Africa24 Media and Camerapix (Nairobi, Nairobi Area District: Africa24 Media, 2014), 27 mins
Mwalimu”, the teacher, as he was known, led his country to a peaceful transfer of power from the British. He was a patron of the arts, dabbled in socialist economic policy, but was always a unifier, using the Swahili language to bring the dozens of tribes in Tanzania together. Despite his position of power, he...
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produced by Kabinda Lemba, Africa24 Media and Camerapix (Nairobi, Nairobi Area District: Africa24 Media, 2014), 27 mins
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Mwalimu”, the teacher, as he was known, led his country to a peaceful transfer of power from the British. He was a patron of the arts, dabbled in socialist economic policy, but was always a unifier, using the Swahili language to bring the dozens of tribes in Tanzania together. Despite his position of power, he always was in touch with the common man.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kabinda Lemba, Africa24 Media, Camerapix
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Africa24 Media
Speaker / Narrator
Kabinda Lemba
Person Discussed
Julius Kambarage Nyerere, 1922-1999
Topic / Theme
Socialism, Imperialism and Colonialism, Tanzanians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 Africa24 Media
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NJM, NJM Tape Two, 22 May 1984
produced by Banyan Productions; interview by Frank Bishop, fl. 1984, in NJM (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1984), 59 mins
This an archival footage about the New JEWEL (Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation) Movement led by Grenadian revolutionary Maurice Bishop.
Frank Solomon interviews George Louison about the Grenada revolution. The following subjects are raised in this tape:, What was the constitutional position o...
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produced by Banyan Productions; interview by Frank Bishop, fl. 1984, in NJM (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive, 1984), 59 mins
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This an archival footage about the New JEWEL (Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation) Movement led by Grenadian revolutionary Maurice Bishop.
Frank Solomon interviews George Louison about the Grenada revolution. The following subjects are raised in this tape:, What was the constitutional position of Grenada inside and outside the party, How was Maurice Bishop leader?, Joint leadership proposal, Resignation of Maurice Bishop, Confl...
This an archival footage about the New JEWEL (Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation) Movement led by Grenadian revolutionary Maurice Bishop.
Frank Solomon interviews George Louison about the Grenada revolution. The following subjects are raised in this tape:, What was the constitutional position of Grenada inside and outside the party, How was Maurice Bishop leader?, Joint leadership proposal, Resignation of Maurice Bishop, Conflict with central committee, Sequence of events prior to Maurice’s detention, Peter St. Paul PM’s security officer accused of planning to kill Bernard Coard, The situation surrounding Maurice Bishop’s Detention
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Banyan Productions
Author / Creator
Frank Bishop, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
1984-05-22
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Series
NJM
Person Discussed
George Louison, 1951-2003
Topic / Theme
U.S. Invasion of Grenada, October 25, 1983, Political and Social Movements, Grenadians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1984. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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Off the Map with Boyd Matson, Crossing the Empty Quarter
produced by David Hamlin, fl. 2000, National Geographic, in Off the Map with Boyd Matson (District of Columbia: National Geographic, 2000), 33 mins
"Where does adventure end and stupidity begin?" It's a question that three young Canadians asked themselves regularly since their journey began. In the comfort of home, their plans seemed well-thought out and solid. Besides,the trio thought, if Wilfred Thesiger could do this fifty years ago, we can do it today - w...
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produced by David Hamlin, fl. 2000, National Geographic, in Off the Map with Boyd Matson (District of Columbia: National Geographic, 2000), 33 mins
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"Where does adventure end and stupidity begin?" It's a question that three young Canadians asked themselves regularly since their journey began. In the comfort of home, their plans seemed well-thought out and solid. Besides,the trio thought, if Wilfred Thesiger could do this fifty years ago, we can do it today - we've got it all so wired. They set off to retrace Thesiger's daring 1949 route through the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia. Fifty years l...
"Where does adventure end and stupidity begin?" It's a question that three young Canadians asked themselves regularly since their journey began. In the comfort of home, their plans seemed well-thought out and solid. Besides,the trio thought, if Wilfred Thesiger could do this fifty years ago, we can do it today - we've got it all so wired. They set off to retrace Thesiger's daring 1949 route through the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia. Fifty years later, the desert still does not surrender willingly to the latest technological advancement or topographic maps.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Hamlin, fl. 2000, National Geographic, Boyd Matson, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
National Geographic
Series
Off the Map with Boyd Matson
Speaker / Narrator
Boyd Matson, fl. 2000
Person Discussed
Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, 1910-2003
Topic / Theme
Deserts, Travel incidents, Travel preparations, Desert travel, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by National Geographic
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On China, Millennials
produced by Cable News Network (CNN), in On China (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2016), 23 mins
Entitled. Empowered. Unique. These are some of the words used to describe China's millennials. This generation, of mostly only-children, has grown up in an era of unprecedented prosperity.
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produced by Cable News Network (CNN), in On China (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2016), 23 mins
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Entitled. Empowered. Unique. These are some of the words used to describe China's millennials. This generation, of mostly only-children, has grown up in an era of unprecedented prosperity.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Panel discussion
Contributor
Kristie Lu Stout, 1974-, Eric Fish, fl. 2010, Nini Suet, fl. 2010, Jane Sun, 1970-, Cable News Network (CNN)
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Cable News Network (CNN)
Series
On China
Topic / Theme
Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 CNN Newsource Sales
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One Country, One Tribe, One Nation
directed by Robin Vijfhuizen, fl. 2020; produced by Leiden University (Leiden, South Holland: Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden, 2019), 33 mins
In the face of prolonged U.S. military presence and a contemporary history of antagonistic inter-peninsular relations, this 14-week on site research conducted in and around Seoul, South Korea, addresses how pro-reunification activists in South Korea relate notions of Korean ethnic identity to issues of nation...
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directed by Robin Vijfhuizen, fl. 2020; produced by Leiden University (Leiden, South Holland: Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden, 2019), 33 mins
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In the face of prolonged U.S. military presence and a contemporary history of antagonistic inter-peninsular relations, this 14-week on site research conducted in and around Seoul, South Korea, addresses how pro-reunification activists in South Korea relate notions of Korean ethnic identity to issues of national sovereignty. Collaboratively generated data is translated into an audio-visual and a textual component. The audio-visual component...
In the face of prolonged U.S. military presence and a contemporary history of antagonistic inter-peninsular relations, this 14-week on site research conducted in and around Seoul, South Korea, addresses how pro-reunification activists in South Korea relate notions of Korean ethnic identity to issues of national sovereignty. Collaboratively generated data is translated into an audio-visual and a textual component. The audio-visual component takes the viewer through the filmmaker’s process of getting interested in and gaining understanding of the efforts of the main protagonist. The textual output contextualizes and engages further with topics mentioned in the film and exposes consequences of historical phenomena which reflect on today’s state of the debate around reunification of Korea. Combined, the output provides a unique approach into how pro-reunification activists explain how U.S. foreign policy and changing attitudes towards Korean ethnic identity form an obstacle to the reunification of territory as well as identity.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary, Ethnography
Contributor
Leiden University
Author / Creator
Robin Vijfhuizen, fl. 2020
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden
Topic / Theme
Cultural identity, International relations, Korean
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden
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Otaiya: Japan's Hidden Christians
written by Christal Whelan, fl. 2012; directed by Christal Whelan, fl. 2012; produced by Christal Whelan, fl. 2012 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 34 mins
In the sixteenth century Portuguese Catholic missionaries introduced Christianity to Japan. The religion flourished for about fifty years, but by 1614 the Tokugawa government issued an edict that outlawed Christianity and expelled the missionaries from Japan. About 150,000 believers went underground and continued...
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written by Christal Whelan, fl. 2012; directed by Christal Whelan, fl. 2012; produced by Christal Whelan, fl. 2012 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 34 mins
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In the sixteenth century Portuguese Catholic missionaries introduced Christianity to Japan. The religion flourished for about fifty years, but by 1614 the Tokugawa government issued an edict that outlawed Christianity and expelled the missionaries from Japan. About 150,000 believers went underground and continued to practice their religion in secret. In the sixteenth century Portuguese Catholic missionaries introduced Christianity to Japan. The r...
In the sixteenth century Portuguese Catholic missionaries introduced Christianity to Japan. The religion flourished for about fifty years, but by 1614 the Tokugawa government issued an edict that outlawed Christianity and expelled the missionaries from Japan. About 150,000 believers went underground and continued to practice their religion in secret. In the sixteenth century Portuguese Catholic missionaries introduced Christianity to Japan. The religion flourished for about fifty years, but by 1614 the Tokugawa government issued an edict that outlawed Christianity and expelled the missionaries from Japan. About 150,000 believers went underground and continued to practice their religion in secret. These people are known as the "Hidden Christians". Otaiya, meaning "Big Evening" is the Hidden Christian version of Christmas Eve. Through the occasion of this ceremony, the film tells the story of Japan's Hidden Christians. Made with the cooperation of contemporary Hidden Christians on the remote island of Narushima, the film features the only two remaining priests in the Goto Islands. Both men are in their late nineties and without successors. The ceremonial and religious lives of these two men stand in stark contrast to the materialism of the younger generation. Urban migration of the island's youth, an encroaching consumer ethic, and ironically, religious freedom are the forces that conspire to erode the traditions and solidarity of these extraordinary and persevering people.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Christal Whelan, fl. 2012
Author / Creator
Christal Whelan, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Christal Whelan, fl. 2012
Topic / Theme
Portuguese, Japanese, Religious persecution, Missionaries, Religious rites and ceremonies, Christianity, Cultural change and history, Ethnography
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Paradoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh
written by Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury; edited by Thomas Blom Hansen, 1958- (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019), 265 page(s)
Few places are as politically precarious as Bangladesh, even fewer as crowded. Its 57,000 or so square miles are some of the world's most inhabited. Often described as a definitive case of the bankruptcy of postcolonial governance, it is also one of the poorest among the most densely populated nations. In spite of...
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written by Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury; edited by Thomas Blom Hansen, 1958- (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019), 265 page(s)
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Few places are as politically precarious as Bangladesh, even fewer as crowded. Its 57,000 or so square miles are some of the world's most inhabited. Often described as a definitive case of the bankruptcy of postcolonial governance, it is also one of the poorest among the most densely populated nations. In spite of an overriding anxiety of exhaustion, there are a few important caveats to the familiar feelings of despair—a growing economy, and an...
Few places are as politically precarious as Bangladesh, even fewer as crowded. Its 57,000 or so square miles are some of the world's most inhabited. Often described as a definitive case of the bankruptcy of postcolonial governance, it is also one of the poorest among the most densely populated nations. In spite of an overriding anxiety of exhaustion, there are a few important caveats to the familiar feelings of despair—a growing economy, and an uneven, yet robust, nationalist sentiment—which, together, generate revealing paradoxes. In this book, Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury offers insight into what she calls "the paradoxes of the popular," or the constitutive contradictions of popular politics. The focus here is on mass protests, long considered the primary medium of meaningful change in this part of the world. Chowdhury writes provocatively about political life in Bangladesh in a rich ethnography that studies some of the most consequential protests of the last decade, spanning both rural and urban Bangladesh. By making the crowd its starting point and analytical locus, this book tacks between multiple sites of public political gatherings and pays attention to the ephemeral and often accidental configurations of the crowd. Ultimately, Chowdhury makes an original case for the crowd as a defining feature and a foundational force of democratic practices in South Asia and beyond.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Thomas Blom Hansen, 1958-
Author / Creator
Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Democracy, Political demonstrations, Politics & Policy, Sociology
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Copyright © 2019 Stanford University Press
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PBS NewsHour, California ends cruising ban that targeted Chicano low-rider culture
produced by WETA-TV and NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2022), 5 mins
For decades, many cities in California have enacted bans against cruising, where people parade their custom-built low-rider cars on city streets. But recently there’s been a push to overturn those ordinances, which many argue have been used to unfairly target Latinos.
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produced by WETA-TV and NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2022), 5 mins
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For decades, many cities in California have enacted bans against cruising, where people parade their custom-built low-rider cars on city streets. But recently there’s been a push to overturn those ordinances, which many argue have been used to unfairly target Latinos.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
News story
Contributor
WETA-TV, NewsHour Productions
Author / Creator
William Brangham, 1968-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
NewsHour Productions
Series
PBS NewsHour
Topic / Theme
Latinos, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2022 NewsHour Productions LLC
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Pepino Mango Nance
written by Bann Roy, fl. 1993 and Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996; directed by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996 and Bann Roy, fl. 1993 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 11 mins
Pepino Mango Nance was a class project made under the strict "rules" of CNTV 508 (at USC). The rules of the class were: the film had to be non-sync 16 mm, the number of shoot days could not exceed 10, the shooting ratio could not be more than 1:3, only two sessions of 4 hours each were allowed for the sound mix, a...
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written by Bann Roy, fl. 1993 and Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996; directed by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996 and Bann Roy, fl. 1993 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 11 mins
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Pepino Mango Nance was a class project made under the strict "rules" of CNTV 508 (at USC). The rules of the class were: the film had to be non-sync 16 mm, the number of shoot days could not exceed 10, the shooting ratio could not be more than 1:3, only two sessions of 4 hours each were allowed for the sound mix, and the finished film could not be longer than 400 Feet in length (approx. 11 minutes). Pepino Mango Nance was a class project made at U...
Pepino Mango Nance was a class project made under the strict "rules" of CNTV 508 (at USC). The rules of the class were: the film had to be non-sync 16 mm, the number of shoot days could not exceed 10, the shooting ratio could not be more than 1:3, only two sessions of 4 hours each were allowed for the sound mix, and the finished film could not be longer than 400 Feet in length (approx. 11 minutes). Pepino Mango Nance was a class project made at USC. The rules of the class were: the film had to be non-sync 16 mm, the number of shoot days could not exceed 10, the shooting ratio could not be more than 1:3, only two sessions of 4 hours each were allowed for the sound mix, and the finished film could not be longer than 400 feet in length (approx. 11 minutes). The filmmakers were inspired by Mike Davis's "City of Quartz" and started conducting research about day labor and their own work experiences in the households and businesses of the rich. They met Joseph Julian Gonzales, a second generation Chicano and music composer who was beginning an experimental composition for a string quartet inspired by hawker calls of the vendors of downtown Los Angeles. Most of the street vendors were first generation immigrants-many of them "illegal" from Central America. The film and the developing score influenced each other. In the course of shooting, a close friendship evolved between the filmmakers and Marta-Julia Lemus, the street vendor whose story runs parallel with Joseph's in the film. In the end the film is a complex mix weaving art, politics, law, and culture into 10 minutes, an example of what is possible under very restricted means to other students of film. It also can be used in classroom discussions of immigration, urban America, politics and law as well as providing an inside look at the act of creation.
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Date Written / Recorded
1995
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bann Roy, fl. 1993, Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996, Marta-Julia Lemus, Joseph Julián González, fl. 1995
Author / Creator
Bann Roy, fl. 1993, Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Central American, Music composition, Immigration and emigration, Economics, Urban life, Ethnography, Central Americans
Copyright Message
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