Movies and TvShows featuring "autoethnography" theme.

My Winnipeg is a docufiction that combines elements of documentary and fictional storytelling to explore director Guy Maddin's hometown of Winnipeg. The film delves into the city's history, superstitions, and unique character, using a mix of personal anecdotes, home-movie footage, and surreal reenactments. It offers a nostalgic and poetic look at the city through the lens of Maddin's singular vision.

A Chinese Canadian son sets out to make a film on his mother, who was once known as the first ever Chinese Opera Singer to have performed Pingju Opera in English in late 1980's China.

Why must a woman change her surname after marriage or divorce? This autoethnographic film explores the issue of women’s changing surnames in Turkey. Some women have taken their cases to the European Court of Human Rights to defend their legal and personal identities. What do men think about this? How do women feel? And what unfolds between the lines of these everyday experiences? The film seeks to make these struggles and emotions visible.