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  1. Drum is Made, A: A Study of Yoruba Drum Carving (1979 Video)

    Producer
    Darius L Thieme; Mary S Thieme
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

    Shows the construction of an iyá‡lu dundun by a Nigerian craftsman from selection of a tree, carving and hollowing of the log to the preparation of goat skins for the drum head. The finished drum is then...

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  2. Recent additions to the Gateway

    Date
    20 Jul 2012, 15:57
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes nearly 1,200 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  3. Douceur du Village, La (1964 Film)

    aka: Quiet Village in Vietnam, A

    Director
    François Reichenbach
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Sociological study of life in a French village. Music by Michel Legrand.

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  4. Koyaanisqatsi (1983 Video)

    Director
    Godfrey Reggio
    Producer
    Godfrey Reggio
    Subject
    Anthropology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT of DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 90 min.

    A personal view of America, with a strongly environmental theme, set to music by Philip Glass. (The Hopi Indian title word means ‘unbalanced life’.)

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  5. 13th Festival of Ethnographic Film

    Date
    8 May 2013, 13:53
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    13th RAI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM 2013 13-16 June to Sunday 16th June 2013 at Edinburgh University www.raifilmfest.org.uk The festival is jointly hosted by the National Museums of...

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  6. The Cinema of Jean Rouch

    Date
    4 Jun 2014, 13:50
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    The Adventure of the Real – Jean Rouch and the craft of Ethnographic Cinema, by Paul Henley (University of Chicago Press, 2010), 533 pages, ISBN: 978-0226327150 (paperback), £24; Kindle, price £19.38;...

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  7. Critical Queer Studies

    Date
    6 Feb 2013, 12:12
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Critical Queer Studies: Law, Film and Fiction in Contemporary American Culture by Casey Charles (Ashgate Publishing, 2012). 191 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4094-4406-0 (hardback), £60.00 About the reviewer: ...

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  8. Managing Agent and Advisory Service

    Date
    10 Sep 2010, 16:36
    Author
    Gabriel
    Post Type
    Page

    The British Universities Film & Video Council and the Rights Department of the Open University ceased acting as the Managing Agent and Advisory Service for Moving Pictures and Sound Online (MAAS...

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