Lina Fruzzetti

Lina Fruzetti is an American anthropologist and documentary film director.

She is a professor of Anthropology at Brown University. Her films, co-directed with Ákos Östör, include Seed and Earth (1994), Fishers of Dar (2002) and Singing Pictures (2005). Singing Pictures is distributed by Documentary Educational Resources. It won an award at the XV International Festival of Ethnological Film (Belgarde November 1–5, 2006).^[1]

Books

• Culture and change along the Blue Nile : courts, markets, and strategies for development Boulder : Westview Press, 1990. xxi, 230 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0-8133-7788-9
• The gift of a virgin : women, marriage, and ritual in a Bengali society New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1982. xi, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0-8135-0939-4
• Kinship and ritual in Bengal : anthropological essays / Lina Fruzzetti, Akos Ostor. New Delhi : South Asian Publishers, c1984. x, 244 p. ; 23 cm.

Related filmmakers

• John Marshall (filmmaker)
• Robert Gardner
• Tim Asch
• Ákos Östör
• Aditi Nath Sarkar

References

1. "Awards". XV International Festival of Ethnological Film. Ethnographic Museum (Belgrade). November 2006. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

• The George Street Journal - "On syllabus or on film, anthropologist Fruzzetti places culture in the spotlight"
• Interview on BSR Radio, Providence, Rhode Island

External links

• "Documentary Educational Resources Profile of Lina Fruzetti". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
• Lina Fruzzetti at the Internet Movie Database
• Brown University Profile
• Lina Fruzzetti's research page