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The Professional Foreigner: Asen Balikci & Visual Ethnography

Film
Title of the film Original title: The Professional Foreigner: Asen Balikci & Visual Ethnography
English title: The Professional Foreigner: Asen Balikci & Visual Ethnography
Hungarian title: A hivatásos külföldi: Asen Balikci és a vizuális etnográfia

Production and shooting info Country of the production: Germany - de
Year of production: from 1999 to 2009
Year of shooting: from 1999 to 2008
Length of the film: 60 min
Colouring: colour
Standard format: Beta SP
Recording format: DVCAM
Original language: bengali
Language of subtitle: English

Description of the content Asen Balikci has been a leading figure in making ethnographic films for many decades. In a series of talks between Balikci and Rolf Husmann in different locations, the life and work of Asen Balikci are shown and discussed. The film takes us from Asen’s youth in Istanbul to the present. His film work among the Bulgarian Pomak and his still ongoing work in Sikkim (India) conclude the film which is not only the portrait of a famous expert, but also more generally touches upon vital issues of ethnographic filmmaking.

Credits Director: Rolf Husmann
 Manfred Krüger
Expert: Rolf Husmann
 Asen Balikci
Producer: Rolf Husmann
Cinematographer: Manfred Krüger
Editor: Manfred Krüger
Sound: Verena Gruber
Main character: Asen Balikci

Company / Institution Production: Documentary Educational Resources
Distributor: Documentary Educational Resources

Ethnicity and locality Etnic group: Patua
Continent: South Asia
Country: India - in

Tipology Type: non-fiction film
Form: documentary film
Beszédmód: portrait

Related sciences Social science: ethnography


Keyword: craft, trade
 scientific life
 walk of life

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