30 Anniversary, A Review in Films
Black girl
Senegal | OmeU

First Contact
Australia | original

Forest of bliss
USA | OmeU

Gbanga Tita
Belgium, France | OmU

İQué viva México!
USA, USSR | OmU

Photo Wallahs
Australia, England | OmeU

Renowned ethnographic filmmakers David and Judith MacDougall explore the many meanings of photography in this profound and penetrating documentary. The film focuses on the photographers of Mussoorie, a hill station in the Himalayan foothills of northern India whose fame has attracted tourists since the 19th century. Through a rich mixture of scenes that includes the photographers at work, their clients, and both old and new photographs, the film examines photography as art and as social artifact -- a medium of reality, fantasy, memory, and desire.
“There is now an interest in making films that do not simply deliver a statement about a topic but open it up in richer and more productive ways. These are films that develop complex networks of connections and relationships. In a sense they are meant as structures for generating meaning. That is certainly our intention in PHOTO WALLAHS. We want it to be a resource for a range of observations, ideas, and possibilities.” (David MacDougall, Visual Anthropology Review)
The day of a casual dock worker
Germany | original

The fish market and the fish
Germany | original

Three Times Piparsod: Life in an Indian Village
France, India | original
