Editorial

Film and Video: JAF: Journal of Anthropological Films

“…Thus, other than the framing editorial, each film is accompanied only by an abstract and list of key words. Supplementary text may be accepted if it enhances the anthropological analysis or is requested by peer-reviewers (Storaas, Jørgensen, and Waage, 2017) but so far there does not appear to have been occasion for this.…”

“…Indeed, collectively the published films represent an impressive diversity of styles. Many contributors still work in the compelling tradition of ethnographic "observational" film, often incorporating a mix of styles, while others delve into more experimental, often sensory approaches (e.g., Storaas, Jørgensen, and Waage, 2017). One of the published films focuses on a small Peruvian filmmaking team working in the horror movie genre to convey ideas about the pre-colonial Peruvian spirit world, while also themselves continuing to honor the mountain spirit in the filmmaking process (Horror in the Andes: Ayacuchean Cinema in-the-Making, by Martha-Cecilia Dietrich; Vol 4 No 02, 2020).…”