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Last Days of Jesus, The (2017)

Director

Peter Oxley

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 120 minutes), $19.99

For almost two thousand years, the story of Jesus of Nazareth’s final days has been celebrated by Christians the world over. From his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, through to his eventual crucifixion...

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Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice (1967 Film, Video)

Director

Asen Balikci; Quentin Brown

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire (film - RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (video), 16mm. sd. col. 33 min. (part 2 only) Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 1995 hire: £22.00 (+VAT +p&p) part 2 only 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The series shows how life used to be among the Netsilik when they still lived apart and depended on the land and their own ingenuity to sustain life through the rigours of the Arctic year. The filming was...

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Cafeteria Man (2012)

Subject

Catering; Health Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 65 minutes), $250.00

It is estimated that 32 million school children consume up to 50% of their calories at school, contributing to the obesity epidemic among young people. This film takes a look at Tony Geraci’s sweeping,...

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Debe’s Tantrum (1966 Film)

Director

John K Marshall

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Five-year-old Debe refuses to let his mother, Di!ai, go gathering without him. It will be a hot, exhausting day and Di!ai would prefer to leave Debe with his half-sister, N!ai. Debe has been looking forward...

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Heat and Dust (1983)

aka: Heat & Dust

Director

James Ivory

Subject

History; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 130 minutes), £19.99

A young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia and becomes obsessed with their revelations of her past in colonial India. Flitting between the present-day and the 1920s, the...

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Nitha (1991 Video)

Director

Leslie Woodhead

Producer

Leslie Woodhead

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

This is Leslie Woodhead’s fifth DISAPPEARING WORLD film made with the Mursi of south-west Ethiopia since 1985, made at the same time as THE LAND IS BAD. The nitha is an ‘age set ceremony’ of the Mursi...

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Kawelka, The: Ongka’s Big Moka (1974 Film, Video)

Director

Charlie Nairn

Producer

Charlie Nairn

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

In Papua New Guinea status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. The moka is a ceremony in which people, somethimes the whole tribe, give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger...

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Delicate Balance, A (2011)

Director

Alan Scheiber

Subject

Environmental science; Health Education; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £25.00

An independent Australian film which highlights how the food we eat affects personal health and the environment. Based on studies by some of the world’s experts on nutrition that suggest the state of...

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Exceptional Child, An (7 Parts) (1980 Video)

Producer

David Hodgson

Subject

Psychiatry; Social welfare

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 26 min.

Portrays seven ‘exceptional’ children and their families. Looks at the help partents can give and the demands this makes on the family unit. Whether the parents of a chess prodigy, or of a mentally...

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Group Hunting on the Spring Ice (1967 Film, Video)

Director

Asen Balikci; Quentin Brown

Producer

Quentin Brown; Kevin Smith

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The series shows how life used to be among the Netsilik when they still lived apart and depended on the land and their own ingenuity to sustain life through the rigours of the Artic year. The filming was...

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