Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/mccarty-mark-c850all.aspx Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:02:43 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/the-village-p283.aspx Product283 Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:38:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/the-village-p283.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/village.jpg" alt="The Village" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/the-village-p283.aspx">The Village</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/the-village-p283.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div><div><b>New 2020 Digitally Remastered Edition</b><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>The Village</i> is an&nbsp;intimate study of the slow-paced diurnal round of activity in Dunquin <span style="font-size:13px;">(</span>native name <i>Dún Chaoin</i>), County Kerry, Ireland.</div><div><br /><div>At the time of filming in 1967, the village consisted of only 180 people, <g class="gr_ gr_21 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling" id="21" data-gr-id="21">most</g> elderly and poor. This portrait was filmed at a time when acculturation by urban tourists was just beginning. The language, customs and subsistence techniques of Dunquin are presented without commentary or narration.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Throughout this vérité exploration, key village characters <g class="gr_ gr_392 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="392" data-gr-id="392">emerge:</g> the postmistress, who dispenses sweets, gossip, and pensions; and the pub owner, who is also a landlord, grocer, and traditional yarn-spinner. Despite being isolated from the rest of the country and depleted by emigration, the society, traditions, and lives of Dunquin carry on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Arguably the first ethnographic film to be completed in the style that would become known as Observational Cinema, <i>The Village</i> offers a marked contrast with Robert Flaherty's 1934 documentary <i>Man of Aran</i>, made in the same subculture.</div><blockquote><div>"The heart of <i>The Village</i>... is the culture of the peasants today... remarkable how many of the folkways are captured in only seventy minutes." – John C. Messenger, <i>American Anthropologist</i>, 1972<br /></div></blockquote></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/mccarty-mark-c850all.aspx">McCarty, Mark</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>