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  1. Brilliant Moon (2011)

    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £15.99

    This documentary takes a look at the life of spiritual writer and meditation teacher Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist who has helped teach the practice of meditation to the Dalai Lama, the royal...

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  2. Sons of Haji Omar (1978 Film)

    Director
    Timothy Asch; Asen Balikci; Eugene Boyko; David Newman; Richard Sorensen
    Producer
    Don Hopkins; Douglas MacDonald; Michael McKennirey
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtun tribal group in north-eastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on this family: Haji Omar, the patriarch, a wealthy settled nomad, determined on...

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  3. Matai Samoa (1989 Video)

    Director
    George Milner
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 65 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A treatment of archival footage shot by George Milner of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in 1955 and 1959 while gathering material for his ‘Samoan Dictionary’. The...

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  4. Wife Among Wives, A (1981 Film, Video)

    Producer
    David MacDougall; Judith MacDougall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In 1973 and 1974, David and Judith MacDougall spent 14 months observing and filming the Turkana people of East Africa. This part of their film trilogy is an inquiry into the Turkana view of marriage through...

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  5. Drake and son (1997 Video)

    Director
    Tim Clements
    Producer
    Tim Clements
    Subject
    Agriculture; Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 32 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The story of a British man, Michael, who was born in his father’s farmhouse, works on his father’s farm and lives in a cottage just one field away, which he bought from his father when he got married. It...

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  6. Russian Civil War (2 Vols), The (1992 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 52 min. each, 2001 sale: £2.99 (inclusive) each

    Covers the consequences of Lenin’s return from Swiss exile to overthrow temporary prime minister Kerensky, the founding of the Red Army in early 1918, the treaty with the Germans at Brest-litovosk and the...

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  7. Mantegna: The Triumph of Caesar (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines ‘The Triumph of Caesar’, a series of nine canvases painted in the late 15th century by Andrea Mantegna. They were painted for the Gonzaga family in Mantua and are now in the British Royal...

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  8. Nursing on Film, 1920s - 1980s

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This collection of films held by the Staffordshire Film Archives traces the history of the nursing profession in North Staffordshire from the 1920s to the 1980s. In CITY GENERAL NURSES (1988), nurses past...

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  9. English Accent, An (1996)

    Producer
    Anne Diack
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Looks at the standard English accent known as received pronunciation (RP) using actors, members of the royal family and language experts. Looks at the pronunciation features that characterise RP, at how...

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  10. Ritual Journeys (2011)

    Director
    Dawa T Lepcha
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £50.00

    The film is an intimate portrait of Merayk, an 80 years old Lepcha shaman or Padim. Merayk lives with his family in Dzongu, a Lepcha reserve in North Sikkim. He performs healing rituals for individuals as...

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