Edited films, camera original film outtakes and uncut film footage (Afghanistan and Bolivia only), from the Faces of Change film series produced by the American University Field Staff. 27 edited films were created from filming projects in five diverse geographic locations: Afghanistan (the Maldar), Bolivia (Aymara), Kenya (Boran), Taiwan, and Soko Islands (Hong Kong) and are based around the themes rural society, education, rural economy, beliefs and women.
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Local Numbers:
HSFA 2014.2
Provenance:
Received from Norman Miller in multiple accessions in the following years:
1975 (accession number 1975-002); 1986 (accession number 1986-010); 2005 (accession number 2006-005); and 2014 (accession number 2014-002).
Restrictions:
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Edited films, camera original film outtakes and uncut film footage (Afghanistan and Bolivia only), from the Faces of Change film series produced by the American University Field Staff.
Supplementary materials: Study guides, still photographs, sound recordings, annotations, translations, reviews, essays, production logs and notes
Legacy keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic and family life ; Economic development ; Women ; Education ; Rural areas ; Rural families ; Agriculture ; Fishing ; Animal husbandry cattle ; Religious beliefs
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American University Field Staff Faces of Change collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Film outtakes from the American University Field Staff "Faces of Change" film series documenting Taiwanese farmers. Film footage documents farming practices, particularly rice; family life; and gender roles. Emphasis is placed on the challenges to their traditional lives by government programs, education, and economic development. The films "Chinese Farm Wife", "People are Many, Fields are Small", "A Rural Cooperative", "They Call Him 'Ah Kung'" and "Wet Culture Rice" were produced from this film project. Filmed by Richard Chen and Frank Tsai.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Farming ; Rice as a crop Asia ; Education ; Economic development
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.5
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Edited film depicts Boran herding practices, movement patterns, watering strategies, and the lifestyle of herdsmen in Kenya. Also examined are the Boran's reactions to government threats to their traditional reliance on cattle herding and the indirect effects of modernization. Filmed by David MacDougall and James Blue.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Cattle Africa ; Herding
Credits: MacDougall, David ethnographic filmmaker (1939- )
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.10
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Edited film explores how new access to education and other aspects of modernization in Kenya are slowly changing Boran women's attitudes. The women also reflect on the importance of their traditional roles and dawn-to-dusk tasks of women in a herding society. Filmed by David MacDougall and James Blue.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Cattle Africa ; Herding ; Women Education ; Women Africa
Credits: MacDougall, David ethnographic filmmaker (1939- )
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.11
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Edited film explores the threat to traditional fishermen and their families who live on family-sized junks based in Hong Kong by salaried fishermen using large, mechanized boats. The film depicts three styles of family fishing plus market and economic realities for small-scale fishermen and shows the challenge of adapting to modernization and education for their children. FIlmed by Richard Chen and George Chang.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Fishing boats ; Fishing China ; Economic development ; Education
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.13
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1 Film reel (17 minutes, color sound; 756 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film shows the involved lives of rural Chinese women through Mrs. Li, whose husband is a salaried factory worker. In addition to her role in supervising the children's education and managing the household she is a full participant in farming and community activities. FIlmed by Richard Chen and Frank Tsai.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic and family life ; Agriculture ; Towns, villages and other settlements
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.14
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Edited film depicts the Boran people of northern Kenya as they struggle to adapt to the concept of nationhood as expressed by the Kenyan political slogan for national unity, "Harambee" (pull together). The Harambee Day festivities are used to explore some of these difficulties in changing long established beliefs and in attaining government support for rural economic development. Filmed by David MacDougall and James Blue.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Cattle Africa ; Herding ; Government Politics ; Development economics ; Celebrations Africa
Credits: MacDougall, David ethnographic filmmaker (1939- )
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.15
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Edited film presents a 14-year-old boy who lives with his family on a fishing junk near a small island in Hong Kong territory. He reflects on his visit to an ancient harbor town, on his experiences in school, and on his future. The influence of his teacher, his parents, and the village headman on Hoy Fok's life and expectations is also shown. FIlmed by Richard Chen and George Chang.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Boats Chinese junks Hong Kong ; Domestic and family life ; Economic development ; Education
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.16
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Edited film explores the daily life of Mr. Wong, a fisherman, and Mr. Ng, a farmer, who both use Tai A Chau, one of the Soko Islands off Hong Kong, as a permanent harbor for their floating homes. Both men reflect on their problems of survival, mutual dependence and hopes for the future. FIlmed by Richard Chen and George Chang.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Agriculture China ; Fishing China ; Economic development
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.13
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Edited film examines the tension being experienced by a traditional herding people, the Boran, by a growing town and a new road through their once isolated desert land. The struggles are depicted through two fathers and their sons as they confront the difficult choices between old and new ways. The film invites speculation on the outcome of their divergent ways of dealing with change. Filmed by David MacDougall and James Blue.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Cattle Africa ; Herding ; Development Africa
Credits: MacDougall, David ethnographic filmmaker (1939- )
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.19
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Edited film focuses on the life of Peter Boru, a 16 year old former Boran herdsboy who has become a boarding school student. The film poses the question of what kind of local economic opportunity exists for those who can complete their education. Filmed by David MacDougall and James Blue.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Cattle Africa ; Herding ; Development Africa ; Education Africa
Credits: MacDougall, David ethnographic filmmaker (1939- )
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.20
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1 Film reel (15 minutes, color sound; 540 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film explores the value of Taiwan farmer associations in Taiwan farming communities. The Tsao Tun Farmers' Association is the center of social, leisure, and economic activities for the 9,600 families who own the cooperative and rely on it for services ranging from irrigation, provision of seeds, farm implements, and fertilizers to crop storage and marketing. FIlmed by Richard Chen and Frank Tsai.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Agriculture ; Farm life ; Towns, villages and other settlements
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.25
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Edited film explores the melding of traditional magic practices with Catholicism for the people of Bolivia's Andean highlands. An unfortunate fatal automobile accident, coincident with the festival of Santiago, provides occasion for unique expressions of both faith and magic in the effort to influence events.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Rites and ceremonies ; Religion Catholicism ; Religious Activities symbolism ; Religious Festival Andes ; Death and mortuary customs ; Towns, villages and other settlements
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Edited film explores the hopes, fears and aspirations of two Afghan adolescents, Naim and Jabar. As they warm to the filmmakers presence, they reveal personal feelings about their lives, their future and themes of universal concern. FIlmed by David Hancock and Herb Di Gioia.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Youth ; Towns, villages and other settlements
Credits: Hancock, David filmmaker
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.22
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1 Film reel (32 minutes, color sound; 1,152 feet, 16mm)
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Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1974
Scope and Contents:
Edited film compares the life of three Taiwanese farm families engaged in the summer two-crop rice cycle to those of industrial laborers. FIlmed by Richard Chen and Frank Tsai.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic and family life ; Agriculture ; Towns, villages and other settlements
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.23
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Edited film captures an Aymara family in Bolivia's Andean Highlands as they plant potatoes, prepare and eat a meal, and discuss the religious and astronomical forces that control their destiny.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic and family life ; Agriculture Bolivia ; Religious beliefs ; Meals family ; Towns, villages and other settlements
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Edited film presents the internal conflicts of an elderly Aymara man living in Bolivia's Andean Highlands. Nearing the end he reflects on a life with property and status, but not contentment because, as he expresses, he believes that he is possessed by evil spirits.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic and family life ; Older people ; Towns, villages and other settlements
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Edited film examines how the deep division in Bolivia's Andean society between rural and townspeople begins at birth, is perpetuated by the schools, and continues throughout life. The focus of the film is the formal Flag Day festivities that bring the rural campesinos and town-dwelling mestizos together in this celebration.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Socialization ; Towns, villages and other settlements
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Edited film explores adaptation to modernity when the community of Tai A Chau, represented by the Landlord Chan, buys land to build a freshwater fishpond. Shown are negotiations with government representatives as the community seeks economic development and the sole holdouts of Mr. and Mrs. Lok. FIlmed by Richard Chen and George Chang.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Government programs ; Economic development
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Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.17
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