The Gypsies of Svinia [electronic resource].
2000
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Title
The Gypsies of Svinia [electronic resource].
Publication Details
New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2000.
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (55 min.)
Summary
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.
Note
Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 2, 2013).
Available Note
Previously released as DVD.
Added Author
MacDonald, Joe.
Paskievich, John.
Paskievich, John.
Added Corporate Author
Filmakers Library, inc.
National Film Board of Canada.
National Film Board of Canada.
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