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The Gypsies of Svinia.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romanies--Slovakia--Svinia--Economic conditions.
- Romanies.
- Romanies--Slovakia--Svinia--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Svinia (Slovakia)--Ethnic relations.
- Svinia (Slovakia).
- Slovakia--Svinia.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2000.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Moved by a sense of outrage, David Scheffel, a Canadian anthropologist, is determined to help the impoverished Roma (Gypsies) rebuild their community in Svinia, a village in Eastern Slovakia. So-called "white" Svinia is a picturesque, typical Slovak village with well-kept homes, gardens, a store and a school. A little past the last "white" home is "black" Svinia, where life is characterized by decay and despair. The Roma dwell in squalid tenement blocks or in one-room huts without clean water or sewage facilities and little hope of employment. "White" Svinia despises the Roma who, in desperation, regularly burglarize their homes and gardens. Some "white" praise Hitler's policy of trying to exterminate the Roma. This powerful film gives an unprecedented look at a degraded ethnic group right in the middle of Europe, and the efforts being made to improve their lot.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Oct. 8, 2014).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 849667107
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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