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  1. Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Journey (1997)

    Subject
    Literature; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 57 minutes), £12.99

    One of the greatest storytellers of our time, and arguably the greatest mythologist, Joseph Campbell spent most of his long, rich career explaining how ancient myths like the Hero’s Journey are relevant to...

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  2. Chapayev (1935 Film)

    Director
    Georgi Vasiliev; Sergei Vasiliev
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Chapayev was a Red Army commander who fought against Czech and Kolchak forces in the Civil War. He was killed in action and became a folk hero when a book about him was published in the early twenties by his...

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  3. Accidental Hero, The (1997 Video)

    Producer
    John Drury; Anne Reevell
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Explores the backgroud of Oskar Schindler, the Czech-born factory owner who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish slave workers during World War 2. He became a hero, but was also a Nazi, a womaniser and a...

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  4. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2 Parts) (1975 Audio)

    Director
    N.C. Collins
    Producer
    N.C. Collins
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 27, 47 min.

    Part 1: Professor Brooks concentrates on the story, its outstanding characteristics and how the writer has combined the original stories of the challenge and the temptation. Part 2: Professor Brooks looks at...

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  5. Romantic Spirit, The (2011)

    Director
    Daniel Lander
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities; Literature; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 420 minutes), $39.49

    A fourteen-part documentary television series made in 1983 about the history of the Romantic movement in art,music and literature on 7 DVDs. Individual programmes are: BATTLE OF T HE STAGE- Plays of...

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  6. Walbiri Ritual at Gunadjari (1969 Film)

    Director
    Roger Sandall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes the restoration of a large rock painting in Central Australia, with associated acts and dances. The ritual features the phallic ‘act’ of a legendary sexual hero.

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  7. Dances at Aurukun (1970 Film)

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A series of dances (eight in all) from Cape York, Australia. Carvings of the ancestral hero, sharks, wallabies, crocodiles, snakes, lizards and flying foxes are used in the dances. Also covers the...

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  8. Painted Ballad of India (198 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Art; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the art of painting the eight-metre long horizontal scrolls in a desert village in Rajasthan, with a ballad singer telling the tale of the folk hero Pabuji. The moves to a hamlet of traditional...

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  9. Congreve’s ‘The Way of the World’ (2 Parts) (1979 Audio)

    Director
    N.C. Collins
    Producer
    N.C. Collins
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 54, 61 min.

    Professor Brooks clarifies the complications of the plot, and then examines the world Congreve depicts, the duel between the hero and heroine, the characterisation in the play and the writer’s style.

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  10. Iron in the Soul: The Theatre of les Smith (1992 Video)

    aka: Stand Up, Les Smith

    Director
    Roy Battersby
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    Shows the work of British multi-cultural playwright Les Smith, featuring three of his plays: ‘Some Kind of Hero’, ‘Judging Billy Jones’, and ‘Body Count’.

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