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Lifecloud

Date released

1979

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

1050

NoS ID

329291

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Sir Fred Hoyle, chairman of the committee that set up the Anglo-Australian telescope, has produced a new theory - that life forms originated in the space between the stars and came to us on...

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Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life (2012)

Subject

Religious studies; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

Ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God’s purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. Religious rituals remain embedded in the major events of our lives. In this...

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Shakespeare - Breathing Life into Text (2001 Video)

Producer

Barbara Peters

Looks at how different interpretations of Shakespeare’s texts bring different meanings to scenes. Theatre director David Ritchie discusses his method for bringing Shakespeare to life on the stage, and how...

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Frankl and the Search for Meaning (1970)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

col. 30 min.

Dr Viktor E Frankl, founder of logotherapy, describes man’s search for meaning as a form of height psychology as opposed to Freudian theory, which is described as depth psychology. Explains that in man’s...

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Viktor Frankl: The Search for Meaning in Life Today (1987 Video)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 90 min., 1997 sale: US$159.00 (+p&p)

Viktor Frankl discusses his unique method of treatment. He considers the dilemma of living and loving in a modern, narcissistic world.

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Jains, The: A Religious Community in India (1985 Video)

Director

Marcus Banks; Caroline Humphrey; James Laidlaw

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at life of the Jain community in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Description of ancient and modern temples. Interviews with monks and nuns, and with believers who come to the temple to make...

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Dead Birds Re-Encountered (2014)

Director

Robert Gardner

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 46 minutes), $330

In 1961, anthropologist Robert Gardner organised an expedition to the highlands of New Guinea to film the Dani people. He stayed for six months to create an essay on the themes of violence and death most...

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Frans Hals of Antwerp (1988)

Director

Jonne Severjin

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 55 minutes), £14.95

An outstanding portrait painter, the Dutch artist Frans Hals (1581-1666) remains a mysterious personality. This film reconstructs his life and times through attention to the clues in his paintings, which...

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How to Live Forever (2009)

Director

Mark S. Wexler

Producer

Mark Luethi; Mark S. Wexler

Subject

Health Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 92 minutes), $19.95

Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. During the course of his investigations he meets 94-year-old...

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Magritte: Day and Night (2010)

aka: Jour et la Nuit, Le

Director

Henri de Gerlache

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £24.99

As mystifying and peculiar as his work, Rene Magritte painted in a style that was at once real and surreal, witty and disturbing. His enigmatic nature and amazing career deserve more than a routine...

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