The Gypsies of Svinia.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2000. |
| Description | 1 online resource (55 min.) |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLON;1784662 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | MacDonald, Joe. |
| Other author/creator | Paskievich, John. |
| Other author/creator | Filmakers Library, inc. |
| Other author/creator | National Film Board of Canada. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 2, 2013). |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Language | In English. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |