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Looks at a coming-of-age rite among the Sambia, who live in an isolated valley in the highlands of New Guinea. In order to inherit the courage and virity of their elders, boys as young as seven must swallow...
A short film without commentary with the message that war toys do not necessarily make warriors, but it is possible that they give a false glamour to war.
Based on the archaeological dig outside Xian in 1974 which unearthed a 6000-strong life size terracotta army and the tomb of Qin Shi Huang Di, the first Emperor of China. Tells the story of his reign....
Focuses on the significance of the Masai age-set system, and, in particular, on the dramatic Eunoto ceremony which marks the important transition from warriorhood, during which the ‘warriors’ live for...
Documents the finding of an entire army of 7000 pottery soldiers in Xian, China, guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang Di (221-206 BC), who succeeded in unifying China and completing...
Tells the story of how the arrival of firearms has challenged the traditional way of life in Karamoja in Uganda. In a tribe whose men are traditionall warriors and cattle raiders, and older warrior attempts...
This issue of the Vichy newsreel released in May 1944 shows: 1) Ruins of historical and religious monuments and ordinary housing throughout France ‘devastated by those who call themselves our...
An adaptation of the classic Anglo-Saxon heroic poem. Beowulf (Gerard Butler) leads a troop of warriors across the sea to help an old friend, King Rothgar (Stellan Skarsgard) whose kingdom is being ravaged...
First published in 1977 at the height of the punk era, UK Sci-Fi comic 2000AD was violent, anti-authoritarian, darkly funny and distinctly British. With such iconic characters as Strontium Dog, Nemesis and...
This set brings together all of the surviving stand-alone BBC TV dramas that Alan Clarke directed between 1978-1989, including ‘Baal’ (starring David Bowie), ‘Contact’, ‘Road’ and...
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