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  1. Vietnam War, The: The Tet Offensive (1995 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 62 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    CBS News footage of the Tet offensive during the Vietnam war, which started when the Viet Cong struck on the day of the Tet festival, the most sacred of all Vietnamese festivals. This was the most important...

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  2. Masks of Mer, The (2010)

    Director
    Michael Eaton
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 37 minutes), £50.00

    The film Alfred Haddon made in 1898 in the Torres Straits, lasting for less than a minute, is the world’s first example of anthropological cinema. The MASKS OF MER tells the extraordinary story of this...

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  3. Arvo Part: The Early Years

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 126 minutes), €17.98

    Estonian Arvo Pärt is widely regarded as one of today’s most original creators of music. Largely self-taught, he is remote from the mainstream of the contemporary avant-garde. Much of his music is bound...

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  4. Guests of God, The (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Maurice Thompson
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 1998 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Traces the steps of Abdul Hafidh Wentzel, his wife and children, European converts to Islam, as they prepare for their sacred pilgramage, the Hajj, and travel from their home in Dusseldorf to the holy cities...

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  5. Ceremonies Begin, The (1972 Film)

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Producer
    John Martin-Jones
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The action of this sequence is at night with ceremonial dancing both outside and inside the ceremonial house. The second- and third-stage initiates endure an almost total ban on eating and drinking until...

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  6. Seeds on Earth (2002)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 36 minutes), £50.00 +VAT +p&p

    Seed on Earth is a film about everyday life in rural Bengal (village of Janta, near Bishnupur town). It follows the daily schedule of two families and observes the complenentarity and difference of gender...

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  7. Inside the Vatican (2002 Video)

    Subject
    Art; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (53 min), £12.99 (inc)

    Show some of the most revered places in the world and sacred ceremonies seldom seen by outsiders. Includes interviews with some of the men and women - from art restorers to Roman Catholic leaders - who live...

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  8. Ceremonies End, The (1972 Film)

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Producer
    John Martin-Jones
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    This sequence shows a purification ceremony, the dismantling of the head-dresses, a concluding feast, and an eloquent speech for the initiates. A sacred betelnut ceremony is conducted and the lecture, which...

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  9. Sacred Monsters Recorded at Saddler’s Wells (2008)

    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £12.99

    Unique and exclusive recording at Sadler’s Wells of this worldwide box office hit which unites two of today’s pre-eminent dance talents, Akram Khan and Sylvie Guillem, as they explore the dynamics and...

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  10. My Country, Djarrakpi: An Introduction to a Clan Homeland by Narritjin Maymuru (1980 Video)

    aka: My Country, Djarrakpi

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Producer
    Ian Dunlop
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Narritjin Maymuru talks about his ancestral lands at Djarrakpi, one of the most important sacred sites of his Manggalili clan of the Yolngu people of north-east Arnham Land. Narritjin explains the meanings...

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