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  1. People of Porgera (1984 Video)

    Director
    John Davis
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £27.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A film made of the Porgera people in Papua New Guinea before gold was discovered. Shows their courting ceremony, and a sing-sing; discusses marriage and bride price, wealth, debt and payback, salt, stone...

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  2. Poetry in Motion (1982)

    Director
    Ron Mann
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), £17.86 (Amazon)

    An unprecedented anthology of twenty-four leading North American poets who sing, chant, anything but "read" their work. The result is a celebration of poetry’s ancient oral tradition and an energetic...

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  3. Oi for England (1982 Video)

    Director
    Tony Smith
    Producer
    Sue Birtwistle
    Subject
    Drama; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

    The play by Trevor Griffiths. ‘Ammunition’, a group of four white skinheads, play and sing protest music in an area torn by racial violence. Their environment and inability to find employment leads to...

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  4. Singing Sculpture, The (1992 Video)

    aka: Gilbert and George: The Singing Sculpture

    Director
    Philip Haas
    Producer
    Philip Haas
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). col. 20 min., 1997 sale: US$59.95 (+p&p)

    Documents the 1991 re-creation by British artists Gilbert and George of their ‘the Singing Sculpture’ to mark the 20th anniversary of the original performance in New York’s Sonnabend Gallery. They...

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  5. Roi Africain et Sa Musique de Cour, Un (1996 Video)

    Director
    Jean Rouch; Gilbert Rouget
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 30 min., 1996 sale: 220.00FF (+p&p) (video only) 1996 sale: 700.00FF (+p&p) (video, CDs and book)

    A video-based package, with film of songs and dances carried out by the wives of King Gbèfa (1948-1976) from the palace at Porto-Novo in Benin. The women sing long poems ‘a capella’ while resting on...

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  6. Inside China: The Newest Revolution (1983 Video)

    Director
    Leslie Woodhead
    Producer
    André Singer
    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Filmed in two Han communities around the city of Wuxi in south-east China. Looks at the new emphasis on material incentives after years of Maoist austerity. Four women sing ‘we exchanged our chickens for a...

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  7. I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African-American Poetry (1998)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette, 150 minutes), $28.95

    A collection of 36 poems written by 25 African-American authors. Each of the poets is introduced with a brief biography and poetry notes. Read by Ashley Bryan and Renee Joshua-Porter. The featured poets are:...

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  8. Weavers, The: Wasn’t That a Time? (1981 Film)

    Director
    Jim Brown
    Producer
    Jim Brown; H Leventhal; George C Stoney
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A portrait of the Weavers - Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman and Lee Hays - as they prepare for a final reunion concert (November 1980) in Carnegie Hall. An affectionate look at the group which...

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  9. Singing in Tune: Reclaiming the Voice in Adult Life (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Education; Music
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the work of John Elenor, a music teacher who has pioneered a remedial course for people who feel socially disabled by their inability to sing. If the non-singer is sufficiently motivated and...

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  10. Swiss Yodelling - Thirty Years Later (2015)

    Producer
    Hugo Zemp
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 71 minutes + 21 minutes of extras), $340.00

    Thirty years after the first four documentaries, this film continues the research of the particular yodel style of the Muotatal, a Swiss alpine valley. In the 1980s, ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp found the...

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