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Entirely composed of postcards sent to and from the front during the First World War, both picture and text. Skilfully directed by Dai Vaughan, it does not seek to evoke the physical reality of war so much...
1. Bright Lights Film Journal - Issue 72 - May 2011 www.brightlightsfilm.com This packed issue includes articles on films by Tarantino, Fassbinder, Carlos Atanes, Scorsese, Wong Kar-wai, forgotten minor...
A history of the British trade union movement. Begins with the rise of the ‘new unions’ in the late 1880s and the famous London dock strike of 1889 and ends with the Labour victory of 1945.
Examines some of the traditions which survive in present-day Mongolia. Nadam, the anniversary of the Revolution, is celebrated with horse races, wrestling and archery, and early in the year herdsmen (the...
About a community of Kurds resident in Iran on the border with Iraq, man of whom are refugees from Kurdish areas of Iraq. The distinguishing feature of this particular community is that its members are...
In Marrakech traditional Islamic attitudes to women prevail more strongly than in other Morrocan cities. The film attempts to say something about women who have experienced the hardships of life in such a...
About the involvement of Meo tribesmen in the war in Laos. Shows a Meo (Hmong) village and a Shaman’s procedure for exorcising an evil influence, then continues with the effect of war on the Meo. These...
Follows a group of Tuareg living high up in the Hoggar Mountains, at the foot of Tahat, the highest mountain in Algeria. Details, after some introductory descriptive material about Tuareg social life, the...
How the Maasai live today. The programmes are structured as a film diary of a seven-week visit to a single village, with each part covering a period of a week to ten days following several events.
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