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- Convenors:
-
Stephen Hughes
(Royal Anthropological Institute)
Caterina Sartori (Goldsmiths (University of London))
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- Format:
- Film
- Start time:
- 27 October, 2021 at
Time zone: Europe/London
- Session slots:
- 1
Short Abstract:
Over the last 20 years environmental films have emerged as a leading genre of documentary and ethnographic film. Within the field of anthropology filmmakers have moved beyond an older mainstream ecological movement that narrowly defined the environment as a pristine wilderness that needed to be protected from human destruction. Moving instead to a model of environmental justice, anthropological filmmakers have located their work within the interactions of communities, often led by indigenous peoples, who are working to protect our planet in their local settings.
Long Abstract:
As part of the curated film strand of the conference, we have brought together a group of filmmakers to discuss how ecological issues have posed challenges and questions for filmmaking: what does documentary offer for environmental action? How to construct a filmic story that both acknowledges and empowers indigenous and community leadership as well as informs, inspires and broadens new audiences to support positive social change?
Accepted papers:
Session 1Paper short abstract:
Pavel Borecký (Living Water- camera, directing and editing) born in Prague is a social anthropologist, audiovisual ethnographer and film curator. Pavel’s latest films Solaris (2015) and In the Devil's Garden (2018) focused on the consumption culture in Estonia and the question of decolonisation in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Living Water is his first feature documentary film. http://livingwaterfilm.com/
Paper short abstract:
Ana Llacer (Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia – director and producer) is a Spanish journalist and independent documentary filmmaker based in New York City. She is particularly interested in stories with a social focus rooted in the vindication of human rights and environmental justice. https://www.umadocumentary.com/
Paper short abstract:
Olivier Pollet, (Ophir- director, writer, producer, cinematography, Sound) French investigative journalist, researcher and documentary director and producer based in the UK. https://www.ophir-film.com/
Paper short abstract:
Land and Water Revisited is a remake of the ethnographic film Land and Water (1962). The documentary was filmed in Mexico's Teotihuacán Valley and re-frames many of the scenes in the original film to showcase environmental changes wrought by unchecked urban development and climate change. The documentary would not have been possible without the extensive collaboration and participation of families featured in the original film.