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They Say We’Re All Winners (2002)

Director

Mari Finnestad

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 32 minutes), £50.00

This documentary follows the Zimbabwean girls’ football team’s visit to Norway to take part in the world’s largest children’s football tournament. The film questions the outcome of this...

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Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions (2012)

aka: Vidas Enretejidas

Director

Carolyn Kallenborne

Subject

Anthropology; Crafts

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 76 minutes), £162.00

Examines how traditional art and design play an active role in the cultural sustainability of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca. Traces the development of the weaving process from the first people in the...

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Arrows Against the Wind (1992 Video)

Producer

Tracey Groome

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

Portrays the cultural beliefs of the Dani and Asmat, two tribal groups in West Papua (Irian Jayan), and the social, political and environmental upheaval following Indonesia’s invasion of the country in 1963.

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Essay on Camera Work, An (1998 Video)

Director

Kwame Braun

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min., 1999 sale: US$220.00 (+p&p) PAL version

As a tool for cross-cultural research and representation, video has many advantages over other, older technologies of documentation. It also compounds many of the ethical dilemmas confronting the...

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Unity Through Culture (2011)

Director

Christian Suhr; Ton Otto

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), £50.00

Soanin Killangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island, Manus, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. He organises the largest...

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Peoples and Cultures of the World

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 744 minutes), £54.99

This course offers an opportunity to survey the full scope of the field of cultural anthropology. Professor Fischer examines the contributions of the profession’s most noted scholars, from founders and...

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Claude Levi-Strauss in His Own Words (2009)

aka: Claude Levi-Strauss Par Lui-Même

Director

Pierre-André Boutang; Annie Chevallay

Subject

Anthropology; French studies; Social sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 93 minutes), $39.95

This French television documentary recounts the extraordinary career of the father of structural anthropology, Claude Lévi-Strauss, whose theories not only influenced that field, but also linguistics,...

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Age Seven in the Ussr (1992)

Director

Michael Apted

Subject

Anthropology; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 64 minutes), £40.00

A portrait of the former Soviet Union painted by seven-year-old children from the length and breadth of the USSR. At a time of breathtaking and devastating political and economic change, how do Soviet...

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Chanting Lama, The (199 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., £25.00 (+VAT + p&p)

Aims to show the essence of the cultural life of Tibetan Buddhists by examining their religious rites. Shows the main temple in Dharamsala, and scenes from Benares, Darjeeling and the western Himalayas, with...

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Hominid Evolution (1999 Multimedia)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

CD-ROM

A study of hominids - the so-called ape-men. Uses QuickTime movies of reconstructed skulls to allow users to examine different types of hominids, giving an insight into the apes and our ancestors. Based on...

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