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Looks at the training of conscripts in KESA, the military training centre at the time of the 1967-74 Greek dictatorship. Draws on the testimony of former conscripts to reconstruct the process which...
Traces the history of anaesthetics and shows the work of an anaesthetist in London as he cares for a patient during a seven-hour operation in which two heart valves are replaced.
Studies the Masai, herdsmen in the Rift Valley of Kenya, focusing on the role of women in a society in which a very high percentage of marriages are polygamous and only the men are entitled to own the...
Construction of a hunting kit from raw materials and preparation of poisonous larvae and plants to coat arrow shafts. Use of equipment during a hunt. Note: The material for the film was shot in the 1950s.
The Sakuddei live on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. They are a small community with their own distinctive language and social and religious life. The film draws a moving and...
The Mehinacu are one of several Indian groups living near the headwaters of the River Xingu in the Xingu National Park in central Brazil. Relations between the sexes in this society are formalised in an...
The medicine dance is one activity in !Kung life that draws people together in groups that are not shaped by family, band, or close friendship. The dance is essentially a curing ritual but is not solemn; the...
The solar eclipse of 30 June 1973 was observed in Africa south of the Sahara. The film sets out the nature of the work involved in mounting an eclipse expedition both on the ground and in the air. The French...
A CD-ROM exploring Russian cinema before 1919 in the context of life and culture in pre-revolutionary Russia. There are over 100 film clips (55 mins), 74 minutes of analysis and commentary by film scholar...
Focuses on the role of the shaman (Dedeheiw in this case) in curing his Yanomamo co-villagers and sending sickness to enemy villages. The use of hallucinogenic snuff is shown in its daily context....
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