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  1. Tradition Vs Tourism in Ladakh (2007)

    Subject
    Geography; Travel & tourism

    A video excerpt from a film by Dan Schreiber exploring the tension between tradition and tourism in a Ladakh, a remote region of Northern India. Originally featured as part of the US television programme...

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  2. Religion and Film: An Introduction

    Date
    23 Apr 2014, 16:57
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Religion and Film: An Introduction by Melanie J. Wright (I.B. Taurus, 2006), 256 pages, ISBN: 1850438862 (hardback), £47.50; ISBN: 9781850438861 (paperback), £14.99 About the reviewer: Dr Miles Booy was...

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  3. Ivry Gitlis and the Great Tradition (2004)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £13.99

    Tony Palmer’s film about the great violinist who has performed before Presidents of the USA and monarchs, and jammed with Eric Clapton and Stephane Grappelli, amonst others. The ‘Great Tradition’ is...

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  4. Pantomime Dame, The (1982 Film, Video)

    Director
    Elizabeth Wood
    Producer
    Elizabeth Wood
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The pantomime has been a uniquely British tradition for over 200 years, but the pantomime dame belongs to an older tradition having evolved from Grimaldi’s clown of the early 1800s through the burlesque...

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  5. Stephen Hodder: Transforming the Modern Tradition (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 40 min.; 24 slides. col., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Architect Stephen Hodder talks about his search for an extension or transformation of the modern tradition, and he uses three of his designs to illustate his approach. Hodder’s achievements include the...

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  6. Arthurian Tradition, The (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An interactive resource guide to the myths and reality of the Arthurian tradition, tracing the progression of King Arthur from his historical roots as a Romano-British warlord through the mythology of the...

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  7. Living Tradition, The (1992 Video)

    Director
    B Kaliasam
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    Looks at the ancient Indian Vaastu tradition of art and architecture. Shri Ganapti Sthapati, whose family have been sculptors since the 11th century, explains the roles which monuments and buildings have...

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  8. Mindful Way, The (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Montagnon; N O’Faolain
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRUBTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Filmed in a Buddhist forest monastery in north-east Thailand. The Abbot, Achaan Cha, is one of the most revered meditation teachers in the ‘Theravada’ tradition. He bases the life style of the monastery...

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  9. Chocolate Farmer, The (2012)

    Director
    Rohan Fernando
    Subject
    Agriculture; Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography

    An unspoiled corner of southern Belize, where cocoa farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land. The film captures a year in...

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  10. Images of Women (1991 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, 15 slides., 2000 sale: £16.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Works from the collection of the Leeds City Art Galleries provide a varied critical study of images of women. The works range from Victorian narratives by Tissot and Waterhouse, and high-minded embodiments...

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