Shooting the Mursi Olisarali Olibui, Ben Young, Ethiopia / UK, 2009 This unique film tells the story of one of Africa's most isolated tribes through the eyes of one of its members, Olisarali Olibui, who carries in one hand a Kalashnikov and in the other a camera. It provides a compelling and at times disturbing […]
Je ne suis pas moi-même Director Alba Mora, Anna SantamariaCountry/Production Spain Release 2009 Length 50 mins Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region Location Cameroon / Africa & Brussels, Belgium / Europe Language English, French (English subtitles) Prizes/Commendations Material Culture Film Prize 2009 Where do the Afican masks come from and who determines […]
Insider Ethnographies – West African Visual Anthropologists from the Tromsø masters programme Film extracts and discussion with by Gary Kildea, Film Supervisor, Visual Cultural Studies, University of Tromsø University, Norway DJENEBA: A Minyanka woman of southern Mali, by Bata Diallo, 2011 REHE: The Blacksmiths of Mogode, Gamache, by Thomas Kodji, 2009 JUARKE: Boys made men […]
Future Remembrance Director Tobias Wendl, Nancy du PlessisCountry/Production Germany Release 1998 Length 54 mins Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region Location Ghana / Africa Language English (English sub) While glancing through the history of B&W photography in Ghana, the film focuses on present-day social practices of studio photographers and the impact of […]
Vjesh / Singing Rossella Schillaci (Italy) 2007, 57 mins With sharp voices, the women of St. Costantino and St. Paul Albanese sing the most heart-rending songs. These are the ancient vjeshet, handed down from mother to daughter. They tell of the Albanian escape to seek shelter in southern Italy, five centuries ago. But they are […]
Location: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Free, booking advised Thursday, 3rd May, 13.15pm Nuba Wrestling Colour, 43 minutes, 1991 Rolf Hussmann and Werner Sperschneider The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum take usually place between the northern and southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a hostile urban […]
Thursday, 17 May, 7pm These events are free, no booking required. MANENBERG Filmmaker/ Anthropologists: Karen Waltorp and Christian Vium 58 minutes, 2010 (distributed by the RAI) A beautifully shot documentary set on the outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa. The brilliance of it, is that the whole film revolves around the days leading up […]
Location: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Free, booking advised Thursday, 17 May, 13.15pm TROBRIAND CRICKET: AN INGENIOUS RESPONSE TO COLONIALISM Colour, 50 minutes,1974 Jerry Leach, Gary Kildea The film documents the transformation by the Trobriand Islanders of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries into a highly distinctive political ritual. Shot in 1973-1974, shortly before […]
Thursday, 24 May, 7pm These events are free, no booking required. Drugs and Prayers Filmmaker: Helene Basu, India/Germany, 2010
Thursday, 31 May, 7pm These events are free, no booking required. Pink Saris Filmmaker: Kim Longinotto, India/UK, 2010 (distributed by the RAI)
We are screening two films as part of the Open City Festival at SOAS on Sat 23 June. 14.00 Other Europe By Rossella Schillaci, 2011, Italy, 75 minutes Somali, Arabic, English Italian (Engl.Sub) (Winner of the RAI Film Prize 2011) And 19.00 Hanoi Eclipse. The Music of Dai Lam Linh By Barley Norton, 2010, UK, […]
The British Museum are hosting their 4th LGBT Film Day in partnership with LGBT Camden Forum and with support from the Royal Anthropological Institute. Date: 22 September Time: 13.15 Venue: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum Film: 'Shinjuku Boys' (followed by panel with director Kim Longinotto) SHINJUKU BOYS colour, 54 minutes, 1997 Filmmakers: Kim Longinotto and […]
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - ORANIA Film screening and discussion with director Tobias Lindner (2012, 94 minutes) School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/) Orania is situated in South Africa's barren Northern Cape province. […]
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - Q2P Film screening of Q2P by Paromita Vohra, 2006, 55 min School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/) Q2P is a film about toilets and the city. It sifts through […]
As contribution to the Black History Month the IBM Film Festival and Black History Walks are organising films and talks ‘Performing Black Bodies in White Spaces’ to explore how African Descendants use African and Caribbean dance as expression of cultural identity and self-discovery. Saturday 13 October, 6pm – 9pm Peckham Plex, Reye Lane, SE15 This […]
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - Other Europe (Altra Europa) Film screening of Other Europe (Altra Europa) by Rossella Schillaci, 2011, 75 min School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/) What happens to African migrants once […]
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - Law and War in Rural Kenya Film screening of Law and War in Rural Kenya by : Suzette Heald, 2010 , 64 min School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/) […]
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - Sifinja - The Iron Bride Film screening of Sifinja - The Iron Bride by Valerie Hänsch, 70 min School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/) This is a film about […]
ESRC Festival of Social Science Every Language Matters: Documenting and sustaining endangered languages Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 6.15 pm Sand Drawings of Vanuatu Presentation and film screening with Mike Franjieh Sand drawing is a unique art form only found in the Vanuatu archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. Sand drawings are elegant geometric patterns produced […]
ESRC Festival of Social Science Every Language Matters: Documenting and sustaining endangered languages Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 6 pm Tracks Across Sand: N/uu language and the =Khomani San of the southern Kalahari (2012) Film screening & discussion with director Hugh Brody Photo: Kirk Tougas 2008 In 1996, as part of land claims research with the […]
