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  1. Deep Hearts (1980 Film)

    Director
    Robert Fulton; Robert Gardner
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Bororo Fulani of the Niger Republic in Africa. The film was made during the few weeks that they gather in large numbers to celebrate their pride in themselves as an independent people. They hold a series...

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  2. Baka, People of the Rain Forest (4 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Phil Agland
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 104 min.

    About the Baka ('Pygmy’) people and their life in the tropical rainforest. Offers no analysis but sets out to show the Baka through the strong personalities of three central characters: Licano, a man in...

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  3. In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy. 2: The Kwegu (1982 Video)

    Director
    Leslie Woodhead
    Producer
    Leslie Woodhead
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (RAI)

    A study of the 500 Kwegu and 5000-strong Mursi, two tribes in south-east Ethiopia whose ways of life have become totally interdependent. Depicts the almost feudal relationship between the tribes, whereby...

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  4. Bali: Cremation (1978 Film)

    Director
    Peter Ramsden
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes the sequence of events of a cremation in Bali, as well as exploring the ritual itself and the implications of the cremation for those involved.

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  5. Bird of the Thunderwoman (1980 Film)

    Director
    David Parer
    Producer
    David Parer
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The exchange ceremony of the Wola people of the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea. The fusion of myth and drama in the ritual of the cassowary (a large flightless bird) is illustrated.

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  6. Veiled Revolution, A (1984 Film)

    Director
    Marilyn Gaunt
    Producer
    Elizabeth Fernea
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines feminist politics in Egypt, the first Islamic society to cast aside the veil in 1923, and a reaction there to the wearing of Western dress.

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  7. Face Values. Part 5: Moving Through Life (1978 Film)

    Director
    David Cordingley
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The series attempts to present social anthropology to a wide audience and aims to show the basic similarities between people of different cultures and to suggest, through the deployment of material from...

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  8. Bali: Down from the Mountain (1978 Film)

    Director
    Peter Ramsden
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    About the use of water in Bali and its relation to purity. Shows sequences of stages of the ceremony for consecrating holy water and of the three-month ceremony for removing the impurities of birth.

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  9. Principles of Caste (1982 Film)

    Director
    Tom Selwyn
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Analyses the religious principles behind the caste system and how these work in a Hindi marriage ceremony. Through an interview with an untouchable, and discussion with people working in various occupations,...

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  10. Masai Women (1975 Film, Video)

    Director
    Chris Curling
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    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...

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