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  1. In Search of Identity (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Tells the story of some of the immigrants to Sao Paulo who are actively contributing to the development of their adopted city. Many fear that the world is heading inexorably toward one dominant culture, but...

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  2. Latin American Cinemas

    Date
    6 Nov 2013, 18:26
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Latin American Cinemas: Local Views and Transnational Connections edited by Nayibe Bermúdez Barrios (University of Calgary Press, 2011). 344 pages. ISBN: 978-1552385142 (paperback). £29.50 About the...

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  3. Barbara and Her Friends in Candombleland (1977 Video)

    Director
    Carmen Opipari; Sylvie Timbert
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In the divine Afro-Brazilian cult Candomble is an initiation religion centred around possession. The filmmakers concentrate on children in the suburbs of Sao Paulo (Brazil) who introduce and guide us to this...

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  4. Kings of the Jungle (1991 Video)

    Director
    Chris Christophe
    Producer
    Chris Christophe
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1993 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The story of Brazil’s greatest living explorers, Claudio and Orlando Villas Boas, now both in their 70s, who retrace their 1943 expedition into a then unexplored region of the southern Amazon. Their...

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  5. Inside Saatchi and Saatchi (2007)

    Subject
    Business studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 minutes), £195.00

    Looks at how the advertising company Saatchi and Saatchi goes about turning unknown new Brazilian spirit, Sagatiba into a globally recognised brand like Bacardi or Smirnoff, with the aid of a 20 million...

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  6. Umbanda: The Problem Solver (1977 Film, Video)

    Director
    Jeff Harvey
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Umbanda is a syncretic religious movement, combining elements from orthodox Catholicism, with submerged African and indigenous Indian spiritual beliefs. In spite of past attempts to suppress it, it...

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  7. The Tribe that Hid from Man

    Date
    25 Jun 2014, 08:06
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Adrian Cowell’s award-winning 1970 documentary The Tribe That Hides From Man about the Kreen-Akrore Indians is now available on DVD. Dr Elizabeth Ewart of the University of Oxford has gone to Brazil to...

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