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 - November 5, 2006) [ [http://www.etnomuzej.co.yu/e0303153.htm XV International Festival of Ethnological Film - Awards] ]

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 0813377889
*" 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 0813509394
*" 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

* [http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/Fruzzetti.html The George Street Journal - "On syllabus or on film, anthropologist Fruzzetti places culture in the spotlight"]
* [http://www.bsrlive.com/archives/playlist.php?p=3306 Interview on BSR Radio, Providence, Rhode Island]