| Description |
1 online resource (55 min.) |
| Series |
Ethnographic video online ; volume 1 |
| Summary |
Moved by a sense of outrage, David Scheffel, a Canadian anthropologist, is determined to help the impoverished Roma (Gypsies) rebuild their community in Svinia, a village in Eastern Slovakia. So-called "white" Svinia is a picturesque, typical Slovak village with well-kept homes, gardens, a store and a school. A little past the last "white" home is "black" Svinia, where life is characterized by decay and despair. The Roma dwell in squalid tenement blocks or in one-room huts without clean water or sewage facilities and little hope of employment. "White" Svinia despises the Roma who, in desperation, regularly burglarize their homes and gardens. Some "white" praise Hitler's policy of trying to exterminate the Roma. This powerful film gives an unprecedented look at a degraded ethnic group right in the middle of Europe, and the efforts being made to improve their lot |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 2, 2013) |
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This edition in English |
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Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Video Festival, 2000 |
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Hon. Men., Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 1999 |
| Subject |
Romanies -- Slovakia -- Svinia -- Economic conditions
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Romanies -- Slovakia -- Svinia -- Social conditions
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Ethnic relations
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Romanies -- Economic conditions
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Romanies -- Social conditions
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Svinia (Slovakia) -- Ethnic relations
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Slovakia -- Svinia
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction films
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Nonfiction films.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
MacDonald, Joe (Motion picture producer and director), producer.
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Paskievich, John, director.
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Filmakers Library, inc.
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National Film Board of Canada.
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