Films
The following is a current listing of films produced and/or distributed by International Film Foundation or Julien Bryan. Click on Search Films to search the film archive by name, crew or geographic location. Use the filtering links to reorder the films.
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Building a Bridge
Running Time: 10 min.
Credits
Director: NA
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
This film has an exceptionally wide range of uses — from science, engineering and anthropology classes to social studies and third grade “how people live” studies.
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Building a House
Country: Mali
Date: 1965
Running Time: 7 min.
Credits
Director: NA
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
The construction of a sturdy storage house suggests many aspects of the bozo culture — the division of labor between men and boys; the artistry of the simple construction, using materials yielded by the river; the joy and harmony of working to fulfill a common need.
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Buzkashi
Country: Badakhstan (Northeastern Afghanistan)
Running Time: 8 min.
Credits
Director: NA
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
This once-forbidden sport is performed on horseback by the tribes of Afghanistan.
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Casting Iron Plow-Shares
Country: Badakhstan (Northeastern Afghanistan)
Running Time: 11 min.
Credits
Director: NA
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
With exquisite deftness a team of Tajik men perform the several stages that shape, mold and cast in wet sand their iron plow shares.
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Caucasus Adventures
Country: Soviet Union
Date: 1930s
Running Time: 80 min.
Credits
Director: NA
Cinematographer: Julien Bryan
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