Private Project

Female Pioneers in Ethnographic Film

In 2001 a conference called "Memories of the Origins of Visual Anthropology - Putting the Past together" took place in Göttingen, Germany.

The video recordings of “Female Pioneers in Ethnographic Films” were made spontaneously by a group of young visual anthropologists. They criticised the organisers for not paying enough attention to the contributions of women in the field of ethnographic film and visual anthropology in the sixties and seventies.

Therefore, they interviewed spontaneously Patsy Asch, Sarah Elder, Jean Lydall and Judith MacDougall about their role in the history of ethnographic film.

This film is a source edition, which means that the complete conversation can be seen. It gives an interesting insight into the situation of the women, most of whom could not devote themselves completely to film work and yet played a central role in it.

  • Anja Dreschke
    Director
  • Barbara Fuß
    Director
  • Stefanie Glatz
    Director
  • Wilma Kiener
    Director
  • Eva Knopf
    Director
  • Eva Meiß
    Director
  • Nicole Wolf
    Director
  • Beate Engelbrecht
    Producer
  • Patsy Asch
    Key Cast
  • Sara Elder
    Key Cast
  • Jean Lydall
    Key Cast
  • Judith MacDougall
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 9 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    miniDV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director - Anja Dreschke, Barbara Fuß, Stefanie Glatz, Wilma Kiener, Eva Knopf, Eva Meiß, Nicole Wolf