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Sse D'ethnologie (SSE) Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) Liste détaillée avec résumé par ordre titre et auteur Version du 10/03/2012 SSE/SEG 811.1 | 1 1000° Celsius : Arbeiten im Krematorium 1000 degrés Celsius : métiers au crématoire / 1000° Celsius : working in the crematory Réalisation Damaris Lüthi, Steff Bossert Scénario Damaris Lüthi Recherche Lilo Roost Vischer Image Roland Stutz Son Steff Bossert Production 1993, Suisse : Damaris Lüthi Format 1 vidéocassette : VHS, couleur (PAL), 25 im./s, 4/3, sonore (monophonique) Durée 31 min. Version Version originale en suisse alémanique Choix de sous-titres : anglais Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Europe Suisse : Berne Mot-clé mort ; crémation ; travail ; cimetière ; rite funéraire ; deuil Résumé «Un jour nous serons tous morts et notre cadavre se présentera comme un problème à résoudre. Ce documentaire traite de la façon pratique de gérer la mort et de l’évacuer.» (Source?) 1 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SGV/SSTP 9840.1 | 1 1000° Celsius : Arbeiten im Krematorium 1000 degrés Celsius : métiers au crématoire / 1000° Celsius : working in the crematory Réalisation Damaris Lüthi, Steff Bossert Scénario Damaris Lüthi Recherche Lilo Roost Vischer Image Roland Stutz Son Steff Bossert Production 1993, Suisse : Damaris Lüthi Format 1 vidéocassette : VHS, couleur (PAL), 25 im./s, 4/3, sonore (monophonique) Durée 31 min. Version Version originale en suisse alémanique Choix de sous-titres : anglais Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Europe Suisse : Berne Mot-clé mort ; crémation ; travail ; cimetière ; rite funéraire ; deuil Résumé «Un jour nous serons tous morts et notre cadavre se présentera comme un problème à résoudre. Ce documentaire traite de la façon pratique de gérer la mort et de l’évacuer.» (Source?) 2 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SGV/SSTP 9847.1 | 1 6 Filme aus Einsiedeln von Othmar Baur (1901-1977) Réalisation Othmar Baur Production 1994 (1934-1937), Suisse : s.n. Format 1 vidéocassette : VHS, 25 im./s, Durée 113 min. Version Version originale en Intertitres en allemand, français Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Europe Suisse Résumé français non disponible 3 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SSE/SEG 1126.1 | 1 Aboio Cattle Callers Réalisation Marília Rocha Image Leandro HBL, Marília Rocha Son Bruno do Cavaco Montage Clarissa Campolina Production 2005, Brésil Format 1 vidéocassette : Bétacam SP, couleur et séquences n. et b. (PAL), 25 im./s, 16/9, sonore (stéréophonique) Durée 74 min. Version Version originale en portugais Choix de sous-titres : anglais Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Amérique du Sud Brésil Mot-clé agriculture ; animal ; chant ; tradition ; troupeau Résumé «Sur les traces des chants des cowboys brésiliens, ce voyage cinématographique nous conduit à travers les paysages semi-désertiques du Sertão jusqu’aux dimensions mythiques des chants et des histoires des vaqueros. Le montage marie de manière poétique la bande sonore aux images Super 8 et digitales d’animaux et d’hommes pour donner lieu à une riche palette d’impressions.» (Visions du Réel, catalogue 2011) 4 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SSE/SEG 1127.1 | 1 Aboio Cattle Callers Réalisation Marília Rocha Image Leandro HBL Son Bruno do Cavaco Montage Clarissa Campolina Production 2005, Brésil Format 1 disque optique : DVD-vidéo, couleur et séquences n. et b. (NTSC), 25 im./s, 16/9, sonore (Dolby Digital) Durée 72 min. Version Version originale en portugais Choix de sous-titres : portugais, anglais, français Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Amérique du Sud Brésil Mot-clé agriculture ; animal ; chant ; tradition ; troupeau Résumé «Sur les traces des chants des cowboys brésiliens, ce voyage cinématographique nous conduit à travers les paysages semi-désertiques du Sertão jusqu’aux dimensions mythiques des chants et des histoires des vaqueros. Le montage marie de manière poétique la bande sonore aux images Super 8 et digitales d’animaux et d’hommes pour donner lieu à une riche palette d’impressions.» (Visions du Réel, catalogue 2011) 5 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SSE/SEG 1127.1 | 1 BIS Aboio Cattle Callers Réalisation Marília Rocha Image Leandro HBL Son Bruno do Cavaco Montage Clarissa Campolina Production 2005, Brésil Format 1 disque optique : DVD-vidéo, couleur et séquences n. et b. (NTSC), 25 im./s, 16/9, sonore (Dolby Digital) Durée 72 min. Version Version originale en portugais Choix de sous-titres : portugais, anglais, français Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Amérique du Sud Brésil Mot-clé agriculture ; animal ; chant ; tradition ; troupeau Résumé «Sur les traces des chants des cowboys brésiliens, ce voyage cinématographique nous conduit à travers les paysages semi-désertiques du Sertão jusqu’aux dimensions mythiques des chants et des histoires des vaqueros. Le montage marie de manière poétique la bande sonore aux images Super 8 et digitales d’animaux et d’hommes pour donner lieu à une riche palette d’impressions.» (Visions du Réel, catalogue 2011) 6 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SSE/SEG 1128.1 | 1 Acácio Réalisation Marília Rocha Recherche Glaura Cardoso Vale Image Clarissa Campolina, Marília Rocha Son Pedro Aspahan Montage Clarissa Campolina Production 2008, Brésil : Diana Gebrim, Glaura Cardoso Vale Format 1 disque optique : DVD-vidéo, couleur et séquences n. et b. (NTSC), 25 im./s, 4/3, sonore (Dolby) Durée 81 min. Version Version originale en portugais Choix de sous-titres : français, anglais, espagnol, portugais Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Amérique du Sud ; Afrique Brésil ; Angola Mot-clé biographie ; colonialisme ; anthropologie visuelle ; portrait Résumé «Des images d’archive tissent une toile du souvenir. Le Portugais Acácio Videira a passé trente ans en Angola colonial où il filma la tribu des Tucokwe ainsi que sa famille. La réalisatrice a combiné ces impressions à des images actuelles du Portugal, d’Angola et du Brésil; quant aux interviews avec Acácio et son épouse, ils nous livrent un récit personnel du siècle dernier.» (Visions du Réel, catalogue 2011) 7 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SSE/SEG 1128.1 | 1 BIS Acácio Réalisation Marília Rocha Recherche Glaura Cardoso Vale Image Clarissa Campolina, Marília Rocha Son Pedro Aspahan Montage Clarissa Campolina Production 2008, Brésil : Diana Gebrim, Glaura Cardoso Vale Format 1 disque optique : DVD-vidéo, couleur et séquences n. et b. (NTSC), 25 im./s, 4/3, sonore (Dolby) Durée 81 min. Version Version originale en portugais Choix de sous-titres : français, anglais, espagnol, portugais Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Amérique du Sud ; Afrique Brésil ; Angola Mot-clé biographie ; colonialisme ; anthropologie visuelle ; portrait Résumé «Des images d’archive tissent une toile du souvenir. Le Portugais Acácio Videira a passé trente ans en Angola colonial où il filma la tribu des Tucokwe ainsi que sa famille. La réalisatrice a combiné ces impressions à des images actuelles du Portugal, d’Angola et du Brésil; quant aux interviews avec Acácio et son épouse, ils nous livrent un récit personnel du siècle dernier.» (Visions du Réel, catalogue 2011) 8 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SSE/SEG 951.1 | 1 African Carving : a Dogon Kanaga mask Réalisation Thomas Blakely, Eliot Elisofon, Robert Gardner Image Eliot Elisofon Montage Thomas Blakely Production 1974, Etats-Unis : The Film Study Center Harvard University Format 1 disque optique : DVD-vidéo, couleur (PAL), 30 im./s, 4/3, sonore (monophonique) Durée 18 min. Version Version originale en anglais Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Afrique Mali : Bandiagara Population Dogon Mot-clé ethnographie ; objet ; masque ; fabrication ; rite ; danse Résumé Le masque "kanaga", le plus important de tous les masques dogon, appelé la "mère des masques", commémore la première mort d'un humain. Le danseur qui porte ce masque devient, symboliquement, le Créateur. Le film des ethnographes américains documente de près le processus de fabrication ritualisé de ce masque et son usage jusqu'au moment où le porteur touche le sol afin que l'âme monte au ciel. 9 Collection audio-visuelle de la Société Suisse d'Ethnologie (SSE) SSE/SEG 916.1 | 1 After the Game Réalisation John Marshall Scénario John Marshall Image John Marshall Montage John Marshall Production 1974, Etats-Unis : Documentary Educational Resources Format 1 disque optique : DVD-vidéo, noir et blanc (PAL), 25 im./s, 4/3, sonore (monophonique) Durée 9 min. Version Version originale en anglais Collection Pittsburgh Police Genre cinéma documentaire Lieu de l'action Amérique du Nord Etats-Unis : Pittsburgh Mot-clé travail ; police ; ville ; drogue ; infraction Résumé français non disponible Summary «Police search for drugs in a house where they arrest a group of boys who return from a basketball game and are accused of having a loud party and sniffing glue.» (Documentary Educational Resources) «Sponsored by the Lemberg Center for the Study of Violence at Brandeis University, the Pittsburgh Police films were shot by John Marshall in 1969 and 1970. Marshall used a Bogdanowicz modified Auricon with 12-120 Zoom, and later an Eclair NPR with 9.5-95 mm Angenieux Zoom. Sound was recorded using Nagras with Sennheiser shotgun mikes. In spite of the racially tense climate in the city, following civil disorders in which 2,000 people were arrested (although no one was killed) in response to the death of Martin Luther King, permission to film was granted by the Director of Public Safety and by each Station's Inspector. Individual officers provided access, and in each case the people involved gave their consent. Several years later, the Department and individual policemen were invited to participate in the discussion film, "The 4th and 5th and the Exclusionary Rule”, but the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association would not allow participation. The Pittsburgh Police Department now has copies of most of these films, all of which have been shown to Department members.
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