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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Complete Humphrey Jennings, The: Volume Two: Fires Were Started (2012)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 211 minutes), £19.99

    Widely considered to be one of Britain’s greatest filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings is best known for films which beautifully evoke everyday heroism in times of war and peace. Combining poetic observation and...

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  9. Guest Speaker

    Date
    28 Sep 2016, 16:55
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Page

    Guest speaker: James Holland This year’s guest speaker is historian, writer and broadcaster, James Holland. The author of the best-selling Fortress Malta, Battle of Britain, and Dam Busters, he...

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  10. Masters of Jewellery 2008 (2010)

    Subject
    Crafts; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 220 minutes), £162.00

    A series of programmes about the jewellers behind the most exquisite, multi-million-dollar collections of flawless stones, meticulous cuts and virtuoso craft. Interviews with the world’s most famous and...

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