{"product_id":"roger-sandalls-films-and-contemporary-anthropology-explorations-in-the-aesthetic-the-existential-and-the-possible-hardback-9780253043948","title":"Roger Sandall's Films and Contemporary Anthropology; Explorations in the Aesthetic, the Existential, and the Possible (Hardback) 9780253043948","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRoger Sandall's Films and Contemporary Anthropology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExplorations in the Aesthetic, the Existential, and the Possible\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLorraine Mortimer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253043948\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 September 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 30 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRoger Sandall's Films and Contemporary Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e, Lorraine Mortimer argues that while social anthropology and documentary film share historic roots and goals, particularly on the continent of Australia, their trajectories have tended to remain separate. This book reunites film and anthropology through the works of Roger Sandall, a New Zealand–born filmmaker and Columbia University graduate, who was part of the vibrant avant-garde and social documentary film culture in New York in the 1960s. Mentored by Margaret Mead in anthropology and Cecile Starr in fine arts, Sandall was eventually hired as the one-man film unit at the newly formed Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in 1965. In the 1970s, he became a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Sydney. Sandall won First Prize for Documentary at the Venice Film Festival in 1968, yet his films are scarcely known, even in Australia now. Mortimer demonstrates how Sandall's films continue to be relevant to contemporary discussions in the fields of anthropology and documentary studies. She ties exploration of the making and restriction of Sandall's aboriginal films and his nonrestricted films made in Mexico, Australia, and India to the radical history of anthropology and the resurgence today of an expanded, existential-phenomenological anthropology that encompasses the vital connections between humans, animals, things, and our environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Trusting the Material: \u003ci\u003eMaíz\u003c\/i\u003e (1962)\u003cbr\u003e 2. Environments Fit for the Spirit: The Flahertys, Sandall, and some Anarchist Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e 3. They Were Still Participants: The Ritual Films (1966-1976)\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Colors of the Infinite: \u003ci\u003eCamels and the Pitjantjara \u003c\/i\u003e(1969)\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"What You Thinkin' About, Little Horse?\": \u003ci\u003eConiston Muster: Scenes from a Stockman's Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1972)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Harmony and Fire: \u003ci\u003eMaking a Bark Canoe \u003c\/i\u003e(1969) and \u003ci\u003eNgatjakula: A Walbiri Fire Ceremony\u003c\/i\u003e (1967 and 1977)\u003cbr\u003e 7. More Optional and More Fragile: \u003ci\u003eWeddings \u003c\/i\u003e(1976)\u003cbr\u003e 8. In the Floating Desert with Jayasinhji Jhala Part 1: \u003ci\u003eThe Tragada Bhavai: A Rural Theater Troupe of Gujarat \u003c\/i\u003e(1981), \u003ci\u003eA Zenana: Scenes and Recollections \u003c\/i\u003e(1982), and \u003ci\u003eThe Bharvad Predicament \u003c\/i\u003e(1987)\u003cbr\u003e 9. In the Floating Desert with Jayasinhji Jhala Part 2: \u003ci\u003eClose Encounters of No Kind\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and \u003ci\u003eNomads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A (Relative) Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix I: Roger Sandall's Filmed Material Held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies\u003cbr\u003e Appendix II: Roger Sandall's Films Made (Produced, Directed and Edited), Film Awards, and Special Screenings\u003cbr\u003e Appendix III: Innovation in Sound Recording Made During the Filming of the AIAS Ritual Films According to David MacDougall\u003cbr\u003e Appendix IV: Availability of Sandall's Non-Restricted Films\u003cbr\u003e Filmography\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525280166168,"sku":"9780253043948","price":60.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/roger-sandalls-films-and-contemporary-anthropology-explorations-in-the-aesthetic-the-existential-and-the-possible-hardback-9780253043948","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}