Ethnographic Film Night
Line up: ABV Antropologen Beroeps Vereniging
Open: 19:00 - 23:00 hrs
Tickets: € 10
During this Ethnographic Film Night, organized by the Dutch Anthropological Association, we will show two ethnographic films by visual anthropologists: Ymke Moes & Lindsey Biegel (Studio Loek), and Manpreet Brar (Awaaz-a). During this evening, film lets us step into the worlds these visual anthropologists engage with through their work, showing how they document, interpret, and bring everyday life and communities to the screen. Each film will be followed by an after-talk with the makers. Ymke, Lindsey and Manpreet Brar will share their experiences, reflections, and insights into making and using film as part of their anthropological work.
Agenda:
19:00 - Walk in
19:30 - Start Aan de Rand van het Dorp [At the Edge of the Village]
20:00 - After talk with makers Ymke Moes & Lindsey Biegel
20:15 - Break
20:30 - Start Colored Frequencies
21:00 - After talk with maker Manpreet Brar
21:15 - Using film in your work + audience questions
21:35 - Drinks!
More information about the films and the makers;
Aan de Rand van het Dorp [At the Edge of the Village] by Ymke Moes and Lindsey Biegel
The documentary Aan de Rand van het Dorp focuses on the local energy transition in Wijnjewoude, with particular attention to the emotions and social dynamics surrounding the potential arrival of a manure digester. The film explores how this development evokes both hope and a sense of togetherness, as well as fear and alienation within the community. By presenting the diverse perspectives of village residents, the documentary shows that the energy transition is not a black-and-white process, but a complex interplay of emotions — ranging from hope to suspicion.
Ymke and Lindsey founded Studio Loek, a film collective that translates anthropology into film. After graduating as anthropologists from Utrecht University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
Colored Frequencies by Manpreet Brar
Colored Frequencies shows how various musicians and creatives in Amsterdam Zuidoost negotiate blackness. In a white society, black people often face demands to ‘attune’. They are seen as ‘other’, and as such are expected to embrace majoritarian norms, values and ways of doing. The maker explores to what extent they indeed attune, and how they find their own tunes and frequencies. Quite literally, musicians relate to frequencies in their productions and the film plays with this idea. They can be audible and inaudible, visible and invisible. In the encounter with the maker the creatives reflect on how they perceive anti-racism and how this may influence their creative expressions. Colored Frequencies invites the viewer to tune into the experiences and lively worlds of the protagonists. Through this musical journey we learn how dimensions such as creativity, religiosity and spirituality relate to how these creatives experience blackness.
Manpreet Brar has worked as a junior researcher in the department of ethnology at the Meertens Institute where she investigated how using visual anthropology as a research method can enrich and diversify archives.
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