Anthropology Films

Awara Soup (Le Bouillon d'Awara)

Directed by: Marie-Clémence & Cesar Paes
Produced by: Marie-Clémence Paes

A very fresh approach to the questions of identity, immigration, and integration... The mixing of cultures in French Guiana through the cooking of... a magic dish.

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University and College (with PPR*)	$250
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Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Directed by: Jessica Oreck
Produced by: Jessica Oreck

Sold live in vending machines and department stores, plastic replicas included as prizes in the equivalent of a McDonald’s Happy Meal and the subject of the No. 1 videogame, MushiKing, from the smallest backyard to the top of Mt. Fuji, insects inspire an enthusiasm in Japan seen nowhere else in this world. Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo discovers why Japan developed this rich and enriching social relationship with insects.

Like a detective story, the film untangles the web of influences behind Japan’s captivation with insects. It opens in modern-day Tokyo where a single beetle recently sold for $90,000 then slips back to the early 1800s, to the first cricket-selling business and the development of haiku and other forms of insect literature and art. Through history and adventure, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo travels all the way back in time to stories of the fabled first emperor who named Japan the "Isle of the Dragonflies."

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is set to the rhythm of traditional Japanese values in its attention to detail, harmony, and the appreciation of the seemingly mundane. It quietly challenges the viewer to observe the world from an uncommon perspective that will shift the familiar to the fantastic and just might change not only the way we think about bugs, but the way we think about life.

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K-12, Public Libraries, Non-profits & Government (with PPR*)	$199
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Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds: The Hmong Shaman In America powerfully exposes the struggle of Hmong refugees in America. This classic documentary traces the lives of three Hmong families displaces thousands of miles from their villages in Northern Laos and alienated in American cities. Renowned anthropologist, Dwight Conquergood, narrates the rich history of shamanic rituals and explains the similarity between Hmong beliefs and those of Aboriginal people of the Americas.

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University and College (with PPR*)	$250
K-12, Public Libraries, Non-profits & Government (with PPR*)	$99
Public Libraries (without PPR*)	$39.95
Home Viewing (without PPR*)	$23.95
Special Bundle Pack (includes The Split Horn)	$25 $24.95

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Left by the Ship

Directed by: Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati
Produced by: Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati

Two years in the lives of four filipino Amerasians, sons and daughters of US servicemen and local women, left behind in the Philippines when the US bases Closed in 1992.

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University and College (with PPR*)	$250
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Songs and Tears of Nature (Aux Guerriers du silence)

Directed by: Marie-Clémence & Cesar Paes
Produced by: Marie-Clémence Paes

Shot in Lapland and Brazil, the film is about Man's relationship with Nature. We listen to the oral culture of the Saamis from the Arctic and Fulni-ôs from Brazil, then beyond ice fields, beyond trees, climates, skins, we discover the same idea: to preserve environment, we first need to preserve the diversity of culture, of language. An astonishing message of peace, dialogue and understanding.

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The Split Horn:
Life of a Hmong Shaman in America

"It would be difficult for another documentary to equal the scope of Taggart Siegel's film "THE SPLIT HORN: Life of a Hmong shaman in America."
— Justin Lowe, Asian Week

The Split Horn is the sweeping story of a Hmong shaman and his family living in Appleton, Wisconsin. Documenting the journey of Paja Thao and his family from the mountains of Laos to the heartland of America this poignant film shows a shaman's struggle to maintain his ancient traditions as his children embrace American culture. American has become the testing ground for the enduring strength of Hmong culture. The evocative narrative captures the daily struggle to Paja Thao's family between two worlds.

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University and College (with PPR*)	$250
K-12, Public Libraries, Non-profits & Government (with PPR*)	$99
Public Libraries (without PPR*)	$39.95
Home Viewing - Special Offer	$25 $14.95
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