Hugh Brody
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Hugh Brody is a British anthropologist, writer, director and lecturer. He was born in 1943 and educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He taught social anthropology at Queen's University, Belfast. He is an Honorary Associate of the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, and an Associate of the School for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.http://www.faber.co.uk/author/hugh-brody/
In the 1970s he worked with the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, and then with Inuit and Indian organisations, mapping hunter-gatherer territories and researching Land Claims and indigenous rights in many parts of Canada. He was an adviser to the Mackenzie Pipeline Inquiry, a member of the World Bank's famous Morse Commission and chairman of the Snake River Independent Review, all of which took him to the encounter between large-scale development and indigenous communities. Since 1997 he has worked with the South African San Institute on Bushman history and land rights in the Southern Kalahari. He currently holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC.
In the 1970s he worked with the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, and then with Inuit and Indian organisations, mapping hunter-gatherer territories and researching Land Claims and indigenous rights in many parts of Canada. He was an adviser to the Mackenzie Pipeline Inquiry, a member of the World Bank's famous Morse Commission and chairman of the Snake River Independent Review, all of which took him to the encounter between large-scale development and indigenous communities. Since 1997 he has worked with the South African San Institute on Bushman history and land rights in the Southern Kalahari. He currently holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC.
Filmography
Director:- The Meaning of Life (2008)
- The Washing of Tears (1994)
- Time Immemorial (1991)
- Hunters and Bombers (1990) aka Conflits de chasseurs (Canada: French title)
- 1919 (1985)
Books
- The other side of Eden (2001)
- Maps and Dreams (1981) - winner of the Eaton's BC Book AwardEaton's BC Book AwardThe Eaton's BC Book Award was first presented in 1975 and last awarded in 1983. Prior to the establishment of the BC Book Prizes in 1985, Eaton’s BC Book Award was one of the British Columbia's top literary prizes.-History:...
- "Means of Escape" (1989)
- "Living Arctic" (1985)
- The People's Land: Eskimos and Whites in the Eastern Arctic(1975)
- Inishkillane; change and decline in the west of Ireland (1974)
Writing
- Cosmic Africa (2002)
- The Washing of Tears (1994)
- Time Immemorial (1991)
- 19191919 (film)1919 is a 1985 British drama film directed by Hugh Brody and written by Michael Ignatieff together with Brody. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Paul Scofield as Alexander Scherbatov* Maria Schell as Sophie Rubin...
(1985) - Big Zapper (1973) aka The Sex Life of a Female Private Eye
Nominations, Awards, and Honours
- 1991: Catholic Film Critics Award winner for Hunters and Bombers
- 1985: Golden BearGolden BearAccording to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
award nomination at Berlin35th Berlin International Film FestivalThe 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 15 to February 26, 1985.-Jury:* Jean Marais * Max von Sydow* Alberto Sordi* Regimantas Adomaitis* Sheila Benson* Wolfgang Kohlhaase* Onat Kutlar* Luis Megino...
for 19191919 (film)1919 is a 1985 British drama film directed by Hugh Brody and written by Michael Ignatieff together with Brody. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Paul Scofield as Alexander Scherbatov* Maria Schell as Sophie Rubin...