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  1. Carved in Ivory (1975 Video)

    Director
    Michael Gill
    Producer
    Michael Gill
    Subject
    Archaeology; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Examines the small ivory sculptures created by the anonymous masters of the years 700-1200 AD in Europe. The themes are mainly religious. The style evolves over the span of 500 years and the commentary...

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  2. Bollywood Goes Shakespeare

    Date
    30 Jul 2015, 08:28
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    India produces more films per year than any other nation, yet only a smattering of these relate to Shakespeare. Dr Deana Rankin, Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, looks at recent...

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  3. Heat and Dust (1983)

    aka: Heat & Dust

    Director
    James Ivory
    Subject
    History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 130 minutes), £19.99

    A young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia and becomes obsessed with their revelations of her past in colonial India. Flitting between the present-day and the 1920s, the...

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  4. Elephant Will (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Adrian Pennink
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    As the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meets to consider whether to lift the ban on trading in ivory, a report from Africa looks the effects of a...

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  5. Ymako (1997 Video)

    Director
    Robin Shuffield; Laurent van Lancker
    Subject
    Anthropology; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Ymako Teatri, a theatre company based in the Ivory Coast, uses street theatre to question some contemporary West African problems. The group’s originality consists in using the ‘invisible theatre’...

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  6. Room with a View, A (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £19.99

    Film adaptation of the novel by E.M. Forster about an innocent Edwardian girl travelling in Italy who has her eyes opened to real life and romance. DVD Extras: Remastered; Commentary from Simon Callow,...

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  7. Albertine and Dorcas (1972 Video)

    Director
    Colette Piault
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £20.00

    Compares daily work of two women in Abijan. Albertine, the mother of a family, lives in Adjamés neighbourhood. Her work consists of preparing and selling ‘achéké' (manioc semolina). Her rather...

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  8. In Good Company (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 min., 1996 sale: £35.00 (inclusive)

    A sequel to THE END OF THE IVORY TOWER, illustrating some of the ways in which Southampton University works with industry and commerce.

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  9. In and out of Africa (1993 Video)

    Director
    Ilisa Barbash; Lucien Taylor
    Subject
    Anthropology; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 59 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    During the colonial period in the 1920s, European interest in collecting African art stimulated a transnational trade between Africa and the West. What has become a multi-million dollar trade lies largely in...

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  10. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Colossus of Rhodes (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £14.99

    Explores the birth of the image of "The New Man" in human history. Delving into the legends of the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, John Romer demostrates how these monuments projected a...

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