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  1. Eclipse 73 (1974 Film)

    Director
    P Lena; J Rösch
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The solar eclipse of 30 June 1973 was observed in Africa south of the Sahara. The film sets out the nature of the work involved in mounting an eclipse expedition both on the ground and in the air. The French...

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  2. Immaterial Bodies: A Cultural Analysis of Early Russian Films (2001)

    Subject
    Media studies; Russian studies
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version, 129 minutes), £27.99

    A CD-ROM exploring Russian cinema before 1919 in the context of life and culture in pre-revolutionary Russia. There are over 100 film clips (55 mins), 74 minutes of analysis and commentary by film scholar...

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  3. Magical Death (1973 Film)

    Director
    Timothy Asch; Napoleon Chagnon
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on the role of the shaman (Dedeheiw‰ in this case) in curing his Yanomamo co-villagers and sending sickness to enemy villages. The use of hallucinogenic snuff is shown in its daily context....

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  4. Tchaikovsky Complete Symphonies

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 340 minutes), £60.23

    Philippe Jordan ranks among the most established and moust sought-after conductors of his generation. As Music Director of the Paris Opera he performed the complete symphonies of Tchaikovsky in total three...

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  5. Quechua, The (1974 Film, Video)

    Director
    Carlos Pasini
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Set in the southern Peruvian Andes, the film deals with a community of peasant agriculturalists who farm land between 12,000 and 14,000 feet above sea level, and concentrates mainly on a single family. The...

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  6. Mugabe and the White African (2009)

    Director
    Lucy Bailey (2); Andrew Thompson (2)
    Subject
    Law; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £4.99

    Mike Campbell is one of a handful of white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began enforcing his controversial land seizure program, an initiative intended to reclaim white-owned...

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  7. Bitter Melons (1966 Film)

    Director
    John K Marshall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a small band of G/wi people in their desert environment as they engage in a variety of daily activities: making music, dancing, gathering roots and wild melons, setting a snare for a duiker, butchering...

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  8. Kawelka, The: Ongka’s Big Moka (1974 Film, Video)

    Director
    Charlie Nairn
    Producer
    Charlie Nairn
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In Papua New Guinea status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. The moka is a ceremony in which people, somethimes the whole tribe, give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger...

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  9. BFI Statistical Yearbook 2012 published

    Date
    26 Jul 2012, 11:22
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    British film thrived during 2011 according to new figures published today by the British Film Institute (BFI). Compiled by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit, the Statistical Yearbook presents the...

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  10. Three Films by Ken Loach (2017)

    Director
    Ken Loach
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 + 87 + 96 minutes), £29.99

    Collection of three feature films directed by Ken Loach. In Riff-Raff, Glaswegian jailbird Stevie (Robert Carlyle) heads to London to find work but discovers a world of corruption and degradation. Inner-city...

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