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Comment by Rafael Lasevitz on April 19, 2010 at 7:24pm

Hi guys, I'm doing a research on Bolivian (and Latin-American in general) cinema, militant cinema especifically - or cinematographic attempts of communication between opposite sectors of society (indians/white peopole, peasants/upper classes, and so on).

I am already familiar with much of the production in that area, at least, from the 60's till very recently. What I do want to know, and perhaps someone here can help, is if there is any cinematographic production of that sort being done RIGHT NOW in LatAm, and especially in Bolivia and Peru, be it from well known directors, be it from small cineclubs, etc.

Any contact would be of great help!

Thanks, Rafael.

Comment by Ricardo Greene on March 11, 2010 at 1:35am

Remember that you are all invited to join and collaborate with OVERLAP, a network platform that provides a space of reunion and screening for audiovisual researchers dealing with the theoretical, ethical and aesthetical questions of representation and subjectivity.

We believe that social scientists are responsible for making the knowledge they produced available to a broader audience, and so this group has been created as an open and free platform that will increase and enrich the accessibility of anthropological films and discussions. We like to think of this space as the first step in a larger project that will -in the future- include public screenings, forums, joint projects and publications.

We accept any audiovisual work produced using ethnographic methodologies, but are especially interested in those that explore the particularities of audiovisual language in order to convey and communicate social knowledge in creative and unconventional ways. We want to become a dynamic and horizontal laboratory where people with wide spectrum of fields, cultures and nationalities can reflect, debate, find support and exchange their views on the diverse ways in which reality can be experienced and represented.

If you have any question do not hesitate to ask.

Ricardo Greene
Coordinador -OVERLAP: Laboratory of AudioVisual Anthropology
http://www.vimeo.com/groups/overlap

Comment by gonçalo mota on March 11, 2010 at 1:29am

yes, it have a dramatic effect, and i also believe in the power of the form to express the content. but, few weeks ago i so this great film "winter soldier", that with the simple classic interview, and some direct cinema, built one of the most powerfull films, that i saw about the war experience.

Comment by Gabriela Aguero on March 11, 2010 at 1:14am

That is an unbelievable piece. I would like to watch all of it if you can let me know where. My research is in Colombia with kids. Before anthropology I was a visual artist, or I guess I still am one. I think the stills are very powerful and so are the sounds on the background and the film noir aspect. You are right in pointing out that ethnography is supposed to tell good stories an stories like this where the boundaries of otherness are broken down by shared grief or human emotion are what we strive to do ourselves when we tell somebody else's story. Thanks for posting this.

Comment by Neil Turner on March 11, 2010 at 12:23am

Very nice piece and I particularly enjoyed the shadowy ambiance. After spending two years in Vietnam, I understand the "madness" of war...man's worst creation.

Comment by Rick Holden on March 1, 2010 at 6:21am

I love visual anthropology, although I have no talent for it. I wanted to link to a short film that tells a single story of an informant. There were pictures taken during the story that he is telling, which is incredibly powerful. The artist is able to collage the pictures together in a way that tells the story during the narrative. Good ethnography usually tells a good story, helps to get a better sense of what it was to be there. I thing that this new format does that really well. I think digital manipulations are the future of overlaying cultural nuance and emotion upon static images. The fact that its telling the stories of soldiers is secondary to the way it is done. You get both the inner and outer voices which give a fuller understanding of what's going on. The stories have been compiled from private journals that soldiers ...

If you don't want to watch the whole thing the link below is my favorite section. Each story is don't completely different, and some in animation. I've been a soldier in my life, and I can say that I've never seen anything that so starkly shines a light on the stress caused by the cognitive dissonance of understanding that your enemy is also a human being. That's harder than any movie depiction has ever shown. That that aspect is seen in the way these are done. Brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ3HApJ58TM

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Comment by Dada Docot on February 20, 2010 at 7:03pm

Hi. Just sending the link to the schedule of a workshop to be held in Singapore this coming week, in case somebody's interested. Papers on performance, film, and Asian migration, will be presented. Thanks.

Link: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/showfile.asp?eventfileid=523

Comment by gonçalo mota on January 15, 2010 at 2:14am

http://vimeo.com/8677463

Comment by gonçalo mota on January 15, 2010 at 2:13am

this is my vimeo channel, with some fragments of my audiovisual work.
please visit!

Comment by Magdalena Kloss on November 24, 2009 at 7:52pm

CALL FOR FILMS - ETHNOCINECA 2009
Ethnographic and Documentary Film Festival Vienna

The ETHNOCINECA is a unique film festival in the city of Vienna, Austria, which is dedicated to anthropological themes. Initiated by the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology (University of Vienna) and organized
by anthropology students and MASN-Austria, this year's Ethnographic and Documentary Filmfest Vienna will take place from the
18th to the 21st of May 2010.

The ETHNOCINECA intends to provide a platform for all media-artists and filmmakers who concentrate on anthropological issues like home,
otherness, migration, oppression, liberation, poverty etc. to introduce their works to a broader audience. A public discussion about the visually presented issues shall be stimulated and facilitated.

We invite all filmmakers and media artists to submit their films until 15 January 2010. You can download the rules and regulations as well as the film submission form from the following page:


http://www.ethnocineca.at/index.php?op=&lang=en

Vienna is calling for your films!

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