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40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010, originally published 2010), 1 hour 27 mins
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian g...
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directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010, originally published 2010), 1 hour 27 mins
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40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian government repressed all memory of this event, and the world looked away.
Based on the research of prominent anthropologist Robert Leme...
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian government repressed all memory of this event, and the world looked away.
Based on the research of prominent anthropologist Robert Lemelson and edited by two-time Academy Award winner Pietro Scalia, this film follows the compelling testimonies of four individuals and their families from Central Java and Bali, as they break their silence for the first time. Told in understated detail, the cumulative effect of their stories is heartbreaking, profound and ultimately redemptive.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Author / Creator
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Sukarno, 1901-1970
Topic / Theme
Emotions and feelings, Family, Human rights, Massacres, Armed forces, Physical abuse, Political parties, Propaganda, Religious beliefs, Violence, Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Cultural Change: Punkin Center, Kentucky
produced by Richard Kane, 1944-; in Add & Mabel's Punkin Center (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 2 mins
In this segment we meet curio owners Mabel and Add Gray. We see some of the items Mabel has collected over the years and we hear Add describe how Punkin Center got its name.
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produced by Richard Kane, 1944-; in Add & Mabel's Punkin Center (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 2 mins
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In this segment we meet curio owners Mabel and Add Gray. We see some of the items Mabel has collected over the years and we hear Add describe how Punkin Center got its name.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dillon Bustin, fl. 1982, Richard Kane, 1944-, Mabel Gray, fl. 1984, Add Gray, fl. 1984, Mark Hammer, 1937-2007
Author / Creator
Dillon Bustin, fl. 1982, Richard Kane, 1944-
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Mark Hammer, 1937-2007
Person Discussed
Mabel Gray, fl. 1984, Add Gray, fl. 1984
Topic / Theme
Folklore, Museums, Collecting and collectables, Cultural change and history, Americans
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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
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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
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Rhythms of Earth, Alan Lomax conversation with Robert Gardner from the Screening room
written by Alan Lomax, 1915-2002; directed by Alan Lomax, 1915-2002 and Forrestine Paulay; produced by Alan Lomax, 1915-2002, in Rhythms of Earth (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2008), 34 mins
Alan Lomax and his associates, beginning in the late 1950s undertook a monumental study of the relationship between style in song and dance cross-culturally. It began with Cantometrics which developed a common language description for the many variables in performance style in the diverse cultures of the world and...
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written by Alan Lomax, 1915-2002; directed by Alan Lomax, 1915-2002 and Forrestine Paulay; produced by Alan Lomax, 1915-2002, in Rhythms of Earth (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2008), 34 mins
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Alan Lomax and his associates, beginning in the late 1950s undertook a monumental study of the relationship between style in song and dance cross-culturally. It began with Cantometrics which developed a common language description for the many variables in performance style in the diverse cultures of the world and measured how those variables clustered geographically and in relation to means of subsistence and aspects of social organization. Alan...
Alan Lomax and his associates, beginning in the late 1950s undertook a monumental study of the relationship between style in song and dance cross-culturally. It began with Cantometrics which developed a common language description for the many variables in performance style in the diverse cultures of the world and measured how those variables clustered geographically and in relation to means of subsistence and aspects of social organization. Alan Lomax and his associates, beginning in the late 1950s undertook a monumental study of the relationship between style and song and dance cross-culturally. It began with Cantometrics which developed a common language description for the many variables in performance style in the diverse cultures of the world and measured how those variables clustered geographically and in relation to means of subsistence and aspects of social organization. Choreometrics continued this investigation into dance and movement. At a primal level, these films are a whirlwind trip through the enormous variety of dance, music, costume and public presentation of culture around the world. More profoundly, they represents decades of work to find an appropriate descriptive language for dance and movement, to perceive the patterns that differentiate cultures, and to relate them to basic elements of culture. Additional video on the DVD includes Alan Lomax speaking about the goals and motivations of the project, Forrestine Paulay discussing the meaning of the work to her as a dancer, and anthropologist/biostatistician Michael Flory discussing the pioneering statistics and computer models used in the research. Choreometrics has special meaning for a generation of ethnographic and documentary filmmakers who contributed their work to this global sample because it is one of a few, and certainly the most ambitious, efforts to discover meaning in footage beyond the story a filmmaker constructs.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Forrestine Paulay, Alan Lomax, 1915-2002, Michael Flory
Author / Creator
Alan Lomax, 1915-2002, Forrestine Paulay
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Rhythms of Earth
Speaker / Narrator
Alan Lomax, 1915-2002
Topic / Theme
Cultural change and history, Cultural identity, Social dances, Dance and dancing, Dance theory, Movement in performance, Ethnography
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Environmental Agriculture Workbooks
in Amazon Projects: Agenda 31, Video in the Villages (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 2 mins
In this segment we learn about the value of keeping notebooks to record work incidents.
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in Amazon Projects: Agenda 31, Video in the Villages (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 2 mins
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In this segment we learn about the value of keeping notebooks to record work incidents.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mari Correa, fl. 1986, Vincent Carelli, 1953-
Author / Creator
Mari Correa, fl. 1986, Vincent Carelli, 1953-
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Video in the Villages
Topic / Theme
Environment, Reptiles and amphibians, Planting, Forests, Tribal and national groups, American Indians
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Demaraction of Waiapi Land
in Amazon Projects: Signs Don't Speak, Video in the Villages (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 2 mins
While the Waiapi of Brazil used to roam freely, the discovery of gold in their territory caused outsiders to come in and disturb the environment. The Waiapi were willing to share their land, but they desired specific areas to be set aside for themselves only. Thus demarcation efforts - which took 11 years - began.
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in Amazon Projects: Signs Don't Speak, Video in the Villages (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 2 mins
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While the Waiapi of Brazil used to roam freely, the discovery of gold in their territory caused outsiders to come in and disturb the environment. The Waiapi were willing to share their land, but they desired specific areas to be set aside for themselves only. Thus demarcation efforts - which took 11 years - began.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dominique Gallois, fl. 1990, Vincent Carelli, 1953-
Author / Creator
Dominique Gallois, fl. 1990, Vincent Carelli, 1953-
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Video in the Villages
Topic / Theme
Property rights, Political boundaries, Cultural change and history, Tribal and national groups, Nhengatu
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American Fair
written by Rick Widmer, fl. 2004; directed by Rick Widmer, fl. 2004; produced by Lakefilm (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 1 hour 24 mins
American Fair is an intimate study of the hard-working farmers of York County, Maine, facing a vanishing way of life, their knowledge of land and beast, commitment to tradition and community - interdependent and pulling together. At the 140th fair in Acton, farmers congregate in the spirit of both co-operation and...
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written by Rick Widmer, fl. 2004; directed by Rick Widmer, fl. 2004; produced by Lakefilm (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 1 hour 24 mins
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American Fair is an intimate study of the hard-working farmers of York County, Maine, facing a vanishing way of life, their knowledge of land and beast, commitment to tradition and community - interdependent and pulling together. At the 140th fair in Acton, farmers congregate in the spirit of both co-operation and rivalry. Families show off their finest handicrafts, agricultural produce and livestock. Teamsters compete to see whose animal is the...
American Fair is an intimate study of the hard-working farmers of York County, Maine, facing a vanishing way of life, their knowledge of land and beast, commitment to tradition and community - interdependent and pulling together. At the 140th fair in Acton, farmers congregate in the spirit of both co-operation and rivalry. Families show off their finest handicrafts, agricultural produce and livestock. Teamsters compete to see whose animal is the strongest and whose daughter the most beautiful. Through the voices of farmers and townspeople, vendors and carnival workers, a portrait of a community joining together in celebration of the honest, hard-working agricultural traditions of the region is revealed. Fathers and sons, knowledge of land and beast, carnival workers and strange stories, country girls, ox-pulling, dairy showing, beauty pageants, a pig scramble and more! This feature-length ethnographic documentary quietly reveals the agricultural heritage of the region and opens our eyes to a wholesome side of American culture - as people of the earth.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rick Widmer, fl. 2004, Tyler Goodrich, 1994-, Greg Goodrich, 1991-, Nick Ridley, 1990-, Roger T. Ridley, fl. 2007, Lakefilm
Author / Creator
Rick Widmer, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
American, Farmers, Farm life, Contests and competitions, Fairs, Cattle, Ethnography, Americans
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An American Mosque
directed by David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016; produced by David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2013), 27 mins
An American Mosque is a film about Islam in America, religious intolerance, and the interfaith response to an historic hate-crime. When the Islamic Center of Yuba City, California, was burned to the ground in 1994, it was the first arson to destroy a mosque in US history. At the time, this incident was largely i...
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directed by David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016; produced by David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2013), 27 mins
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An American Mosque is a film about Islam in America, religious intolerance, and the interfaith response to an historic hate-crime. When the Islamic Center of Yuba City, California, was burned to the ground in 1994, it was the first arson to destroy a mosque in US history. At the time, this incident was largely ignored. Now, decades later, this symbolically important story is revisited. Late one night, arsonists broke into the newly-constructed...
An American Mosque is a film about Islam in America, religious intolerance, and the interfaith response to an historic hate-crime. When the Islamic Center of Yuba City, California, was burned to the ground in 1994, it was the first arson to destroy a mosque in US history. At the time, this incident was largely ignored. Now, decades later, this symbolically important story is revisited. Late one night, arsonists broke into the newly-constructed mosque, doused prayer rugs with gasoline, then lit the building ablaze. The mosque was reduced to ashes and an investigation ensued.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016
Author / Creator
David Washburn, fl. 2007-2016
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Arson, History, Mosques, Islam, Communities, Hate crime
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Apu Condor (The Condor God)
written by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; directed by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; produced by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1992), 30 mins
A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'.
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written by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; directed by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; produced by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1992), 30 mins
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A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'. A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian "Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor". The Fiesta takes place high in the Peruvian Andes in the tiny village of Cotabambas, an impoverished farming community where all the contradictions that characterize Peru's splintered...
A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'. A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian "Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor". The Fiesta takes place high in the Peruvian Andes in the tiny village of Cotabambas, an impoverished farming community where all the contradictions that characterize Peru's splintered culture and economy are thrown into relief. Five hundred years after the arrival of Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadores, the indigenous Andinos, descendents of the Incas still live under the feudal control of their Mestizo Landowners, the mixed blood descendents of the Spanish. The themes of social stratification, ritual reversal and political relationships are an integral aspect of this film which culminates in a dramatic adaptation of the classic Spanish bullfight.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005, Noemi Delgado, Juri Ortiz, Father Giacomo Bonaita, Julio Delgado, Rafo Montesinos, Dimas Gamarra
Author / Creator
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005
Topic / Theme
Peruvian, Politics, Religious festivals, Social strata, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography, Peruvians
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The Art of Documentary Editing, ARE not AS
written by Lindsey Merrison, 1959-; directed by Lindsey Merrison, 1959-, in The Art of Documentary Editing (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 8 mins
After the success of the pioneering Art of Documentary Filmmaking workshop held in Yangon, Myanmar in 2005, Anglo-Burmese filmmaker Lindsey Merrison and four experienced documentary editors from Europe and Australia returned in 2006 to mount The Art of Documentary Editing. Some of the young Burmese men and women o...
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written by Lindsey Merrison, 1959-; directed by Lindsey Merrison, 1959-, in The Art of Documentary Editing (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 8 mins
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After the success of the pioneering Art of Documentary Filmmaking workshop held in Yangon, Myanmar in 2005, Anglo-Burmese filmmaker Lindsey Merrison and four experienced documentary editors from Europe and Australia returned in 2006 to mount The Art of Documentary Editing. Some of the young Burmese men and women on this residential course had previous experience of editing but several had never touched an edit suite in their lives. After the succ...
After the success of the pioneering Art of Documentary Filmmaking workshop held in Yangon, Myanmar in 2005, Anglo-Burmese filmmaker Lindsey Merrison and four experienced documentary editors from Europe and Australia returned in 2006 to mount The Art of Documentary Editing. Some of the young Burmese men and women on this residential course had previous experience of editing but several had never touched an edit suite in their lives. After the success of the pioneering Art of Documentary Filmmaking workshop held in Yangon, Myanmar in 2005, Anglo-Burmese filmmaker Lindsey Merrison and four experienced documentary editors from Europe and Australia returned in 2006 to mount The Art of Documentary Editing. Some of the young Burmese men and women on this residential course had previous experience of editing but several had never touched an edit suite in their lives. For one month, course participants and tutors worked side by side to shape eight short documentaries from material filmed by the participants prior to the workshop - often under difficult circumstances. Learning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their rushes, participants battled to create storylines and find the right rhythm for their films. Nerve-wracking screenings of works-in-progress before the whole group provided crucial feedback and helped these budding filmmakers to think about the form and content of all the films. This DVD features all eight films produced during the Art of Documentary Editing workshop. It also contains a short film about the workshop itself, including comments from participants and tutors. Not only do these works reflect an intriguing range of subjects and approaches - from observational to experimental - they also reveal their creators' gradual appreciation of the subtleties of the documentary genre, as well as their growing confidence as filmmakers.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lindsey Merrison, 1959-
Author / Creator
Lindsey Merrison, 1959-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
The Art of Documentary Editing
Topic / Theme
Burmese, Filmmaking industry, Film and films, Students, Education, Manuscript preparation, Ethnography
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