All Outputs (4)

The Bully's Playground (2009)
Digital Artefact
Bekerman, M., Ivanov, T., Langford, J., & McCafferty, N. (2009). The Bully's Playground. [Digital Video]

Bullying with the use of social media caught up with Central Asian urban centres quite early in the post-Soviet transformation. With the state institutions and society lacking the awareness of the problem or the tools to tackle it, bullying and schoo... Read More about The Bully's Playground.

Tears on the Silk Gown (2009)
Digital Artefact
Bekerman, M., Ivanov, T., Langford, J., & McCafferty, N. (2009). Tears on the Silk Gown. [Digital Video]

Bride Kidnapping has been a persistent problem in Kyrgyzstan and modernity has not reduced the occurrences of this practice often resorted to as a way of avoiding social class divisions or dowry requirements. In this film, this controversial custom i... Read More about Tears on the Silk Gown.

Santa Claus is coming to town (1991)
Digital Artefact
Bekerman, M. (1991). Santa Claus is coming to town. [Radio and YouTube]

A radio feature programme in the Polish language for children with information about the multicultural influences of the Santa Claus tradition and its origins with musical illustrations

The Family (English translation from the Kyrgyz language)
Digital Artefact
Bekerman, M., O'Mara, T., Randall, M., & Fisher, D. The Family (English translation from the Kyrgyz language). [A HD video film posted online]

A pilot TV social drama on the life of a Kyrgyz family trying to follow traditional cultural values but facing transitions from rural to urban life and the complexity of engaging in the modern world of the 21st century.