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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. Depictions of Obesity (2010 Radio)

    Series
    How the Mighty Have Fallen
    Producer
    Susan Kenyon

    4-part radio series on the history of obesity. In episode 2 Dr Hilary Jones explores how corpulence has been portrayed throughout history in fine arts, anthropology music and literature. Dr Jones discusses...

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  3. 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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  4. You Can’t Live with Your Mouth Shut (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    On the island of Santiago, in the Cape Verde archipelago, lives Mano Mendi, the last player of cimboa, a one-string violin used to accompany the traditional batuque music. Through the portrait of Mano Mendi...

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  5. Tune-Up at the Ship (1982 Video)

    Director
    Carole Pegg
    Producer
    Carole Pegg
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    A ‘tune-up’ of traditional folk song, music and dance in the Blaxhall Ship, East Suffolk. ‘Chairman’ Clive Woolnough calls upon those present to contribute. Instrumental music from Oscar Woods, Jen...

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  6. Lessons from Gulam: Asian Music in Bradford (1986 Film, Video)

    Director
    John Baily
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Bradford has a community of 60,000 Muslim Asians. The film is a detailed study of musical culture and education within this community. Gulam Musa is the principal character and he is shown as a teachers and...

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  7. Carlinhos Brown, Bahia Beat (2003)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 minutes), £18.99

    Carlinhos Brown is a successful musician but still lives in Candeal, Brazil where he remains deeply rooted in the street culture which has been the inspiration for his Afro-Brazilian music. He has set up and...

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  8. Music of Vietnam (1966 Film)

    Director
    Robert Garfias; Harold Schultz
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In this film Tran Van Khe, a musicologist responsible for a number of informative works on the music of Vietnam, plays a short piece on the dan tranh, a 16-string zither. Item number: HE 299. - USES:...

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  9. Shooting Freetown (2011)

    Director
    Kieran Hanson
    Subject
    Anthropology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 29 minutes), £15.00

    A decade since Sierra Leone’s devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Inspired by Jean Rouch’s ‘shared anthropology’ and ‘ethno-fiction’,...

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  10. 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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