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Latest content available are: 1. Aristocrata Club Author: Jasmin Pinho, Aza Pinho Country: BRAZIL Production Year: 2004 Category: Documentary Length: 26 min Synopsis: The glamorous recreational club founded in Sao Paulo by a group of black people in the 60s. The film is based on interviews with the three generations that frequented the Aristocrata and on a collection of photos and films. The documentary portrays the scene of black resistance looking back on not too distant past that holds a lesson of dignity for us all. 2. Swimming Pool Blue Acrylic Hinterlands Author: Karim Ainouz, Marcelo Gomez Country: BRAZIL Production Year: 2004 Category: Documentary Length: 26 min Synopsis: A trip made as a film; a film wandering through the hinterland of Brazil. Remote places unveil traditions and habits of a Brazilian landscape that is at the same time naive and contemporary, local and globalized. 3. Invisible Daily Pleasures Author: Jorane Castro Country: BRAZIL Production Year: 2004 Category: Documentary Length: 26 min Synopsis: A portrait of the city of Belém do Para, made up of declarations from its young inhabitants who express and communicate through blogs. Because of its geographical and cultural distance, it has developed around itself and the Amazon region, which has always lived away from the world, in nearly complete self-sufficiency. 4. South Side Girl Author: Luciano de Paiva Mello Country: BRAZIL Production Year: 2004 Category: Documentary Length: 26 min Synopsis: The opposite circumstances of two girls of the same age but from different social backgrounds. One is from Rio de Janeiro, lives with her parents in a comfortable middle class house in the Leblon neighborhood. The other one lives with her mother and nine other people in a plain house in the district of Capao Redondo, on the outskirts of Sao Paolo. 5. Carrapateira is no longer jealous of Apollo 11 Author: Fabiano Maciel Country: BRAZIL Production Year: 2004 Category: Documentary Length: 26 min Synopsis: In 1969, Carrapateira in the hinterland of the state of Paraiba was considered one of the most deprived towns in Brazil. In that same year, the crew of Apollo 11 stepped for the first time onto the surface of the moon. Over thirty years later, this documentary shows how Carrapateira's people live today and relates the conquest of the moon to the personal dreams of progress and prosperity in the dry hinterland of the northeast. 6. Dhamma in the Modern Age Author: Kalinga Seneviratne Country: SRI LANKA Production Year: 2003 Category: Documentary Length: 50 min Synopsis: This documentary aims at providing insight into how Buddhism responds to the consumerist-driven modern environment in Thailand, Singapore and Australia. Buddhism is becoming increasingly popular within non-Asian communities, especially Western countries, but it has not lost its strive in its traditional terrains. 7. Mazamorreo: In Search of the Memory Author: Claudia Navas-Courbon Country: COLOMBIA Production Year: 2000 Category: Documentary Length: 55 min Synopsis: A documentary which compiles the memories and traditions of Afro-Colombian Communities of the Cauca region located in the Pacific lowlands in Colombia. The inhabitants share their childhood, adulthood and ancestral memories with the spectator. The film presents the traditional mining landscape of the Timbiqui River and the Catholic beliefs represented in the Divine Child devotion. The traditional music, dance and the legendary chants are all illustrated in the film. The goal is to highlight the unique and valuable traits of Afro-Colombian Diaspora within the larger context of Colombian identity. 8. Video Training Basics - Module 1 (Camera) Author: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Country: INDIA Production Year: 2004 Category: Documentary Length: 26 min Synopsis: The Camera, the first in the three-part series on Video Training Basics, looks at some simple but important principles to follow while using a video camera. Using the camera creatively cannot be easily slotted into a do's and don'ts video. The camera is often compared to the human eye. Yet, there is a great difference between how the eye creates a perspective and how we use the camera to perform like the eye. 9. Video Training Basics - Module 2 (Sound) Author: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Country: INDIA Production Year: 2004 Category: Documentary Length: 26 min Synopsis: The Sound, the second part of the Video Training Basics, explores some basic principles of recording sound especially on location. Sound is an integral element in the creative actualization of reality on video. Sound waves bounce and reverberate in varying ways under different circumstances, a characteristic that makes it difficult to record. While the human ear distinguishes between sounds, the mike does not. 10. Video Training Basics - Module 3 (Editing) Author: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Country: INDIA Production Year: 2004 Category: Documentary Length: 26 min Synopsis: Editing, the third in the series on Video Training Basics, points to the basic grammar of putting together a series of recorded moving images into a coherent cinematic sentence. It is during the editing process that a film develops its narrative style and structure, bringing together form and content. It is often a lengthy process that needs patient attention to detail, and constant reworking. More: http://creativecontent.unesco.org. |
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