Margaret Mead Film Festival

The Margaret Mead Film Festival is an annual film festival held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. It is the longest-running, premiere showcase for international documentaries in the United States, encompassing a broad spectrum of work, from indigenous community media to experimental nonfiction. The Festival is distinguished by its outstanding selection of titles, which tackle diverse and challenging subjects, representing a range of issues and perspectives, and by the forums for discussion with filmmakers and speakers.

The Mead Festival has a distinguished history of “firsts,” including being the first venue to screen the now-classic documentary Paris Is Burning (1990) about the urban transgender community. Furthermore the Mead Festival has introduced New York audiences to such acclaimed films as the Oscar-winning documentary The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006), Oscar-winning animated short The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005), The Future of Food (2004), Power Trip (2003), and Spellbound (2002).

Background

Margaret Mead in 1969

The festival owes its origins (and its name) to renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead, who worked for 52 years at the American Museum of Natural History. She acted as curator in the museum's Department of Anthropology, where she helped create the Hall of Pacific Peoples, which bears her name. In her lifetime, Margaret Mead greatly advanced the academic standing and popular appeal of cultural anthropology, and was also one of the earliest anthropologists to integrate visual methods into her research, focus on the study of visual communication, and teach courses on culture and communication. "Pictures are held together," Dr. Mead wrote, "by a way of looking that has grown out of anthropology, a science in which all peoples, however contrasted in physique and culture, are seen as members of the same species, engaged in solving problems common to humanity."

In 1976, in commemoration of her 75th birthday, the museum decided to pay tribute to her work with a film festival of top ethnographic and other documentary films. In its early years, the festival focused on ethnographic films and was hosted by the USC Center for Visual Anthropology (directed by Mead's student, the late filmmaker Tim Asch).[1][2] Today, the Festival continues to exemplify Mead's teachings: that film is a tool for cross-cultural understanding and that it is possible, and important, for societies to learn from each other.

Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award

Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award recognizes documentary filmmakers who embody the spirit, energy, and innovation demonstrated by anthropologist Margaret Mead in her research, fieldwork, films, and writings. Each year the award is given to a filmmaker whose feature documentary offers a new perspective on a culture or community remote from the majority of our audiences' experience as well as displays artistic excellence and originality in storytelling technique. U.S., North American, or World Premiere documentaries (60 minutes or longer) are eligible for the Award. This award has a cash prize.

  • 2010 Winner: Marc Francis/Nick Francis for When China Met Africa[3]
  • 2011 Winner: Yuanchen Liu for To the Light [4]
  • 2012 Winner: Adam Isenberg for A Life Without Words [5]

Traveling Festival

The Margaret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival presents highlights of the Festival that takes place in November. Each year titles are selected from the annual Mead Festival to participate in this year-long program which brings innovative non-fiction work to communities throughout the United States and abroad.

2011 Mead Festival

2011 Films

  • At Night, They Dance (La nuit, elles dansent) by Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault
  • The Bengali Detective by Phil Cox
  • Blue Meridian by Sofie Benoot
  • Broad Channel by Sarah J. Christman
  • Cinema and the Future of Space by Michael Shara
  • Convento by Jarred Alterman
  • The Creators by Laura Gamse
  • Deus Ex Boltanski by Robert Gardner
  • Empty Quarter by Alain LeTourneau and Pam Minty
  • The End of the World (Kres Šwiata) by Mateusz Skalski
  • Extraction by Myron Lameman
  • Flames of God by Meshakai Wolf
  • Grande Hotel by Lotte Stoops
  • Guañape Sur by János Richter
  • Hula and Natan by Robby Elmaliah
  • Moroloja by Alexander Ingham Brooke
  • The Observers by Jacqueline Goss
  • Planet Kirsan (Planeta Kirsan) by Magdalena Pita
  • Skydancer by Katja Esson
  • Space Tourists by Christian Frei
  • Voice Unknown by Jinhee Park
  • White Elephant (Nzoku ya Pembe) by Kristof Bilsen [6]

2011 Mead Filmmaker Award Nominees

  • All for the Good of the World and Nošovice (Vše Pro Dobro Svêta a Nošovic)by Vit Klusák
  • Kinder (Kids) by Bettina Büttner
  • Memoirs of a Plague by Robert Nugent
  • Rainmakers by Floris-Jan van Luyn
  • Small Kingdom of Lo by Caroline Leitner, Daniel Mazza, and Giuseppe Tedesch
  • Space Sailors (Fliegerkosmonauten) by Marian Kiss
  • To the Light by Yuanchen Liu [7]

2011 Retrospective Series

2011 Jury

The Mead Award jury is led by the Academy Award-nominated director of Black Swan and The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky, Karen Cooper, director of New York City's Film Forum; Liz Garbus, Academy Award-nominated director of Bobby Fischer Against the World, The Farm and 2002 MacArthur Fellow Stanley Nelson, director of the Emmy-winning documentary The Murder of Emmett Till.[9]

2012 Mead Festival

  • 18 Days in Egypt by Jigar Mehta and Yasmin Elayat
  • Bad Weather by Giovanni Giommi - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • Bay of All Saints
  • Bury the Hatchet by Aaron Walker
  • Buzkashi!
  • Children of Srikandi
  • A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet
  • George Stoney Tribute: How the Myth Was Made
  • Grab
  • Himself He Cooks by Valérie Berteau and Philippe Witjes - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • The Human Tower by Ram Devineni and Cano Rojas - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • Jai Bhim Comrade
  • Keep Me Upright (Tiens moi droite) by Zoé Chantre - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • A Life Without Words (Una Vida Sin Palabras) by Adam Isenberg - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • The Light in Her Eyes
  • Manapanmirr, in Christmas Spirit by Miyarrka Media - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • Maori Boy Genius by Pietra Brettkelly - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • Mead Arcade
  • Meanwhile in Mamelodi by Benjamin Kahlmeyer
  • Nagaland: The Last of the Headhunters by Patrick Morell - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • Re-Seeing the Century: The Expedition on Film
  • Sun Kissed
  • Sweet Dreams
  • The Other Half of Tomorrow by Sadia Shepard and Samina Quraeshi - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • Through Navajo Eyes
  • Tropicália
  • Tundra Book. A Tale of Vukvukla, the Little Rock (Kniga Tundry. Povest' o Vukvukaye - malen'kom kamne)
  • Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos (Atuaqsiniq Inuit Tunninginnik)
  • Wheat and Tares (Het Kaf en Het Koren) by Stefan Wittekamp and Suzanne Arts - Mead Filmmaker Award Nominee
  • Whose Story Is It? Story Lounge

See also

References

  1. ^ "Center for Visual Anthropology: USC Department of Anthropology". Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  2. ^ "Filming Culture: Nigeria, Korea and Beyond Margaret Mead Ethnographic Film Festival Travels to the University, Bringing Two Videos by Usc Visual Anthropology Graduates". Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  3. ^ "Directors Marc and Nick Francis Win First Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award for When China Met Africa at the American Museum of Natural History". AMNH Filmmaker Award. AMNH Press Center.
  4. ^ "Liu Wins 2011 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award". AMNH Filmmaker Award. AMNH News.
  5. ^ "2012 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award Announced". AMNH Filmmaker Award. AMNH News.
  6. ^ "A-Z Listings". AMNH Film Listings. AMNH. Archived from the original on 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  7. ^ "AMNH Filmmaker Award". AMNH. Archived from the original on 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  8. ^ "2011 Retrospective". Retrospective. AMNH. Archived from the original on 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  9. ^ "2011 Jury". AMNH.org. AMNH. Archived from the original on 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

Further reading

  • Lutkehaus, Nancy D. Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon. Princeton University Press, 2008.
  • "Mead Film Festival." Yarrow, A. New York Times, Monday, September 14, 1987.
  • "A World of Families" Press Release, American Museum of Natural History, 2002.

Read other articles:

L'Inconnue

Short story by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885 For other uses, see Lucy Virginia French. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: L'Inconnue – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) La ConfidenceShort story b...

 

 

Stadion Gajayana

Untuk kegunaan lain, lihat Gajayana (disambiguasi). Stadion Gajayana Informasi stadionPemilikPemerintah Kota MalangOperatorUPTD GajayanaLokasiLokasi Klojen, Malang, Jawa Timur, IndonesiaKoordinat7°58′32″LS,112°37′29″BTKonstruksiMulai pembangunan1924Dibuka1926Direnovasi1990 (kapasitas menjadi 17.000)2008 (kapasitas menjadi 35.000)Data teknisKapasitas35.000 penontonPemakaiPersema Malang 1953-sekarang Arema Indonesia/Arema FC 1987-2004 ; 2012-sekarang Malang United 2017-sekarang N...

 

 

Final Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2004

Final Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2004TurnamenKejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2004 Portugal Yunani 0 1 Tanggal4 Juli 2004StadionStadion da Luz, LisbonPemain Terbaik Theodoros Zagorakis (Yunani)WasitMarkus Merk (Jerman)Penonton62,865← 2000 2008 → Final Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2004 adalah pertandingan sepak bola yang diselenggarakan pada 4 Juli 2004, bertempat di Stadion da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, untuk menentukan pemenang Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2004. Pertandingan ini menampilkan tuan rumah Portugal, yang ...

(214869) 2007 PA8

(214869) 2007 PA8PenemuanDitemukan olehLINEARSitus penemuan704Tanggal penemuan2007/08/09Ciri-ciri orbitAphelion4.691Perihelion0.954Sumbu semimayor2.823Eksentrisitas0.662Anomali rata-rata70.7Inklinasi2.0Bujur node menaik142.7Argumen perihelion292.3Ciri-ciri fisikMagnitudo mutlak (H)16.4 (214869) 2007 PA8 adalah sebuah asteroid. Asteroid ini merupakan bagian dari asteroid Apollo, yang terletak dekat dengan bumi. Eksentrisitas orbit asteroid ini tercatat sebesar 0.662, s...

 

 

Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari

Ottoman jurist and historian (1879-1952) Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthariمحمد زاهد الكوثريPersonalBorn1879Düzce, Kastamonu Vilayet, Ottoman EmpireDied1952 (aged 72–73)Cairo, EgyptReligionIslamNationality Ottoman EmpireDenominationSunniJurisprudenceHanafiCreedMaturidi[1][2][3][4][5]Main interest(s)Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Hadith studies, Shari'a (Islamic law), Tasawwuf, LiteratureNotable wo...

 

 

Ekonomi terencana

Halaman ini berisi artikel tentang sebuah sistem ekonomi yang berdasarkan pada perencanaan yang disentralisasikan. Untuk sistem ekonomi yang berdasarkan pada bentuk desentralisasi yang terencana, lihat Perencanaan desentralisasi (ekonomi). Bagian dari seriSistem ekonomi Ideologi Anarkis Kapitalis Komunis Korporatis Dirigis Fasis Georgis Islam Laissez-faire Sosialis pasar Merkantilis Neo-merkantilis Partisipan Proteksionis Sosialis Kapitalis negara Sindikalis Arah Tertutup (autarki) Terdesentr...

Polona

Polish digital library For other uses, see Polona (disambiguation) and Polona (given name). PolonaAvailable inPolish, EnglishURLwww.polona.plRegistration2006 Polona is a Polish digital library, which provides digitized books, magazines, graphics, maps, music, fliers and manuscripts from collections of the National Library of Poland and co-operating institutions. It began its operation in 2006.[1] Collections As of October 12, 2017 there were 2016037 objects,[2] of which 8...

 

 

Ansar (Sudan)

A religious and political group in Sudan, initially followers of the Mahdi Mohamad Ahmed The Ansar (Arabic: أنصار) are a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan whose followers are disciples of Muhammad Ahmad (12 August 1844 – 22 June 1885), a Sudanese religious leader based on Aba Island who proclaimed himself Mahdi on 29 June 1881. His followers won a series of victories against the Egyptians, culminating in the capture of Khartoum in January 1885. Muhammad Ahmad, who inspired the Ansar...

 

 

SMP Tashfia Bekasi

SMP Tashfia adalah salah satu sekolah menengah pertama di kota Bekasi yang berlokasi di Kelurahan Jatikramat Kecamatan Jatiasih. Sekolah ini didirikan pada tahun 2000 dalam naungan Yayasan Islam Salsabila dengan kode NPSN 20222992 dan Kode NSS 202026502101. Pada Tahun 2004, SMP Tashfia Bekasi memiliki 227 peserta didik dan memiliki nilai rata-rata Ujian Nasional 7,45 untuk 4 mata pelajaran yaitu Matematika, IPA, Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris. Program Kurikulum SMP Tashfia Bekasi Mengacu...

كأس إيطاليا 1991–92

يفتقر محتوى هذه المقالة إلى الاستشهاد بمصادر. فضلاً، ساهم في تطوير هذه المقالة من خلال إضافة مصادر موثوق بها. أي معلومات غير موثقة يمكن التشكيك بها وإزالتها. (نوفمبر 2019) كأس إيطاليا 1991–92 تفاصيل الموسم كأس إيطاليا  النسخة 45  البلد إيطاليا  التاريخ بداية:21 أغسطس 1991  ...

 

 

Devin LeMahieu

21st century American politician Devin LeMahieuMajority Leader of the Wisconsin SenateIncumbentAssumed office January 4, 2021Preceded byScott L. FitzgeraldMember of the Wisconsin Senatefrom the 9th districtIncumbentAssumed office January 3, 2015Preceded byJoe Leibham Personal detailsBorn (1972-08-08) August 8, 1972 (age 51)Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.Political partyRepublicanRelativesDaniel LeMahieu (father)EducationDordt College (BA) Devin LeMahieu (born August 8, 1972) is an Amer...

 

 

Perry Como

American singer, actor, and TV personality (1912–2001) Perry ComoPublicity still, c. 1962BornPierino Ronald Como(1912-05-18)May 18, 1912Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.DiedMay 12, 2001(2001-05-12) (aged 88)Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, U.S.OccupationsSingeractortelevision personalityYears active1932–1997Spouse Roselle Belline ​ ​(m. 1933; died 1998)​Children3Musical careerGenresVocal popeasy listeningInstrument(s)VocalsLabelsD...

West Hartford, Vermont

This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. (September 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) United States historic placeWest Hartford Village Historic DistrictU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesU.S. Historic district The former West Hartford Village StoreShow map of VermontShow ma...

 

 

Steel Spider

Marvel Comics superhero character This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (December 2021) Comics character Steel SpiderThe Steel Spider.Art by Mike Deodato.Publication informationPublisherMarvel ComicsFirst appearance(As Ollie Osnick):The Spectacular Spider-Man #72 (Nov 1982)(As Spider-Kid):The Amazing Spider-Man #263 (April 1985)(As Steel ...

 

 

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi AliAyaan Hirsi Ali, 2016Lahir13 November 1969 (umur 54)Mogadishu, SomaliaPekerjaanpolitikus, penulisDikenal atasSubmissionThe Caged VirginInfidelPartai politikPeople's Party for Freedom and DemocracySuami/istriNiall Ferguson (2011 - sekarang)AnakThomas Ferguson Ayaan Hirsi Ali (pronunciationⓘ; bahasa Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; lahir Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969 di Mogadishu, Somalia)[1] adalah aktivis feminis, penulis dan politikus Belanda. Ia adalah putri...

Комітет Верховної Ради України з питань науки і освіти

Засідання Комітету в травні 2017 року Комітет Верховної Ради України з питань науки і освіти — колишній профільний комітет Верховної Ради України. Створений 4 грудня 2007 р.[1]. У Верховній Раді України 1-го скликання (1990—1994) діяла постійна Комісія Верховної Ради Укр�...

 

 

بريان جونسون (ممثل)

  لمعانٍ أخرى، طالع بريان جونسون (توضيح). بريان جونسون   معلومات شخصية الميلاد 6 ديسمبر 1967 (57 سنة)  هايلاندس  مواطنة الولايات المتحدة  الحياة العملية المهنة ممثل،  ومخرج أفلام،  وممثل تلفزيوني،  وكاتب سيناريو،  ومؤدي أصوات،  وممثل أفلام  اللغة ا�...

 

 

Mar Negro

Mar Negro Océano o mar de la IHO (n.º id.: 30) Fotografía por satélite del mar Negro.Ubicación geográficaContinente Europa OrientalAsia OccidentalCoordenadas 43°25′N 34°16′E / 43.41, 34.26Ubicación administrativaPaís Bulgaria Bulgaria Georgia Georgia Rumania Rumania Rusia Rusia Turquía Turquía Ucrania Ucrania Accidentes geográficosGolfos y bahías Bahía de Karkinit y estuario del DniéperEstrechos Bósforo (Mármara)Dardanelos (Egeo)Estrecho de...

Knute hitch

Knute hitchCategoryHitchRelatedMarlinespike hitchReleasingNon-jammingTypical useAttaching a lanyard to a tool The Knute hitch is used to attach a lanyard of small stuff to a marlingspike or other tool. Rigger Brion Toss named the hitch after his favourite marlingspike of the same name,[1] although the hitch is likely much older.[2] Tying The lanyard line should be just small enough to fit doubled through the lanyard hole in the tool. This is done, forming a protruding bight. T...

 

 

إقليم بوجدور

إقليم بوجدور   إقليم بوجدور تقسيم إداري البلد المغرب  [1] العاصمة بوجدور  التقسيم الأعلى جهة العيون الساقية الحمراء  خصائص جغرافية إحداثيات 26°08′00″N 14°30′00″W / 26.133333333333°N 14.5°W / 26.133333333333; -14.5   المساحة 43753 كيلومتر مربع  السكان التعداد السكاني 50556...