Posts Tagged ‘Documentary’
Summer Course in Sweden
Upon our arrival in Stockholm, we were privileged to sit in for a lecture by Professor Alison Griffiths on Early Cinema and Cross-Cultural Representation at the Swedish film institute.
She explored the relationship between ethnography and early film making. 3 films were screened, Torres Straits Islanders, Hopi Snake Dance and Borneo Head-Hunters.
It was interesting to see [...]
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Tags: Documentary, university, stockholm, cinema, cross cultural, course, lecture, borneo, hopi snake dance, straits islanders, Alison Griffiths, ethnographic
Finding Bibi
Two years ago, I found a post on a mailing list I’m on, looking for a female cameraperson to work with an American female filmmaker who’s traveling the world, to shoot her Middle East section as part of her feature-length documentary. I wrote to her to find out more about the project knowing that there’s [...]
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Tags: Bita Haidarian, Documentary, film, Finding Bibi
Chinatown
I had a skype chat with my dad recently. And as we were speaking about the diversity of London and the people I get to meet and mingle, my dad asked if I “get to meet Chinese people”. (Before I continue, I’d just like to explain that my father comes from a very traditional Chinese [...]
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Tags: China, Documentary
