RAIFF 2021 - Honouring Professor Marcus Banks

THIS TALK WAS PART OF RAIFF 2021 AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

Our dear friend and colleague, Professor Marcus Banks, passed away suddenly in October 2020.

Marcus was involved with the RAI throughout his career as both a filmmaker and a visual anthropologist. His first training as a documentary director-cameraman at the UK National Film and Television School was jointly sponsored by the RAI and Leverhulme. Marcus then joined the RAI Film Committee as a member and then served as Chair in the 1990s, was a regular member of the Film Festival Selection Committee and served as a judge for the RAI Film Festival on several occasions. In 2005, Marcus served as the RAI Film Festival Director. But more than these formal roles, Marcus supported RAI Film with a wealth of sage advice and wise counsel, which he reliably delivered in his calm, supportive and good-humoured manner.

In recognition of the debt of gratitude RAI Film we owe him, we present a film tribute from his friends, colleagues and students—a reflection of his contributions to the field of visual anthropology over the course of the past four decades.