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  1. Amir (1986 Video)

    Director
    John Baily
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale (video - RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Amir, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan, tells his story through music. His work with other musicians and his precarious existence as a refugee are at the centre of the film.

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  2. Raju and His Friends (1988 Film, Video)

    Director
    Marcus Banks
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Set in the city of Jamnagar, western India, the film focuses on the emotions, the quality of life and duty. Raju’s friendships with different people, including the director, provide a map of contemporary...

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  3. Ian Gleadell: A Falkland Farmer (1987 Film, Video)

    Director
    Bob Edwards; Alastair Kenneil
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale Hire, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 34 minutes), £50.00 (£15.00 hire)

    Shows the way of life of Falkland Islands sheep farmer Ian Gleadell and his struggle with the rough landscape, the island’s administration and loneliness.

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  4. Smoke (1991 Video)

    Director
    Maarten Rens
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Deals with fish smoking in Monnickendam, a small town near Amsterdam. Using archival footage, interviewing old fishermen, and contrasting the traditional and the modern industrial way to smoke fish, the film...

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  5. Home from the Hill (1984 Video)

    Director
    Molly Dineen
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Anthropology’s relationship with colonialism has been discussed widely. Yet the ethnography of the colonial service remains largely unexplored on film. This documentary shows how, after 40 years in the...

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  6. Sacred Harp Singers (1984 Video)

    Director
    Mark Brice
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 85 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A moving portrait of harp singers Leonard and Mazine Lacy. Sacred harp music is a kind of harmonised plainsong practiced in rural America. This film was shot in Sand Mountain, Alabama.

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  7. Shilluk of Southern Sudan, The (1975 Film, Video)

    Director
    Chris Curling
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An account of the rituals, mock battles and celebrations involved in the installation of the 32nd king of the Shilluk of southern Sudan, the most northern of the Nilotic peoples, whose dynasty was founded by...

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  8. Photo Wallahs (1991 Video)

    Director
    Judith MacDougall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    An exploration of the cultural and personal meanings of photographs in a hill station in northern India. The ‘photo wallahs’ are the local photographers of Mussoorie, a town that once attracted Indian...

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  9. Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (1975 Film)

    Director
    Jerry W Leach
    Subject
    Anthropology; Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £37.50

    An ethnographic film about cricket as played in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. In the first half the people explain how to play the game and tell why they changed it over the last 70 years. The...

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  10. Fatmawati’s Wedding: The Wedding of Two Sisters, The Preparations and Traditional Ceremonies (1998 Video)

    Director
    Fiona Kerlogue
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Records the preparations for the wedding of two sisters in eastern Sumatra in December 1996, emphasising the importance of the role of women in the village. Shows ritual exchanges of textiles and cakes, and...

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