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Body Art: Kanopy Videos

Many groups or individuals used tattooing, piercing, body painting, and other forms of body modification and adornment to mark affiliation and identity, as parts of rites of passage, and as decoration.

Kanopy Videos

Kanopy Videos
On-demand streaming video for over 16,000 films including content from the BBC, PBS, and Critereon Collection. Public performance rights for educational use are included.

These videos are searchable via the Cerritos College Catalog or directly through Cerritos.kanopystreaming.com

Kanopy Videos on Body Art

Kanopy Video - Michael & His Dragon

Michael & His Dragon

Cleverly told through the story of Michael's tattoos - tattoos that mark his personal journey as both solider and veteran, this film is a deep and personal account on one man's experience with PTSD.

Kanopy Video - Tighten the Drums: Self-Decoration Among the Enga

Tighten the Drums: Self-Decoration Among the Enga

This film shows the diverse forms of body art in both daily life and ritual in Enga village society.

 

 

Kanopy Video - Tattoo Nation The True Story of the Ink Revolution

Tattoo Nation The True Story of the Ink Revolution

TATTOO NATION tells the story of a few people who helped transform the world of tattoo, and the way we think about tattoos, forever. This is the true story of the ink revolution.

 

 

Kanopy Video - Inside Tattooing

Inside Tattooing

'Inside Tattooing' is a unique documentary looking at the art of prison tattooing. Through a series of candid discussions with inked up ex-prisoners, gang members and wardens 'Inside Tattooing' investigates the stories behind these striking and often confrontational symbols of expression.

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