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  1. Asmat of New Guinea, The: A Case Study in Religion and Magic (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    A study of the Asmat, a society in western New Guinea, showing their use of religion and magic as tools of survival in a world they perceive as hostile and threatening.

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  2. Memories of the Origins of Ethnographic Film

    Date
    4 Jun 2014, 13:50
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Memories of the Origins of Ethnographic Film edited by Beate Engelbrecht (Peter Lang,  Frankfurt, 2007), 504 pages, ISBN: 978-3631507353, £35.80. About the Author: Susanne Hammacher is the Film Officer...

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  3. Red Bowmen, The (1981 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Chris Owen
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Each year a fertility ritual known as Ida is performed by the Umeda people who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sowanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Explores the complex symbolism...

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  4. Pepsi War (1992 Video)

    Director
    Charlie Clay
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The post-colonial period in Papua New Guinea has seen a resurgance in tribal warfare. This film follows the story of a fight between two clans, which developed from a dispute over cola bottles.

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  5. Global Cooperation (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1999 sale: £47.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Four case studies illustrate how development aid is being used in Papua New Guinea and Vietnam to achieve global cooperation between nations, illustrating how appropriate aid involves working with local...

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  6. 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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  7. Matjemosh: A Woodcarver from the Village of Amanankai-Asmat Tribe on the Southwest Coast of New Guinea (1965 Film)

    Director
    Adrianus Alexander Gerbrands
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    First-person narration (with Oxford accent) by the carver, who describes the complete process of making a hand-drum, from selecting the tree to carving the handle. Other demands for carvings are more briefly...

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  8. Garden Days: Village in Papua New Guinea (1988 Video)

    Director
    Jon Jerstad; Ariane Lewis
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A record of Rauit village, Sepik Inland, Papua New Guinea, chiefly from the woman’s point of view. Opens with the final stages of a ritual called ‘malyi’ with a masked dancer performing and the...

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  9. Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea (1990 Video)

    Director
    David Wason
    Producer
    David Wason
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The inhabitants of the Trobriand Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a group of small tropical atolls, are renowned for their rich yam production and the high drama of their harvest activities. Some...

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  10. Ileksen (1978 Video)

    Director
    Dennis O’Rourke
    Producer
    Gary Kildea; Dennis O’Rourke
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 54 min., 1999 sale: £150.00 (inclusive)

    Shows the election campaign, election day and the formation of a government in 1977 in Papua New Guinea, the first after the country became independent of Australia in 1975. The dominant impression is one of...

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