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  1. Circumcision (1979 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 min.

    Gives the reasons for circumcision, excluding those for religious and racial reasons, and discusses techniques of surgical removal of prepuce.

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  2. It’s a Boy! (1995)

    Director
    Victor S Schonfeld
    Producer
    Victor S Schonfeld
    Subject
    Anthropology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 41 minutes), £20.00

    Follows the traditional Jewish circumcision of an infant who ended up being treated for severe septicaemia three days after the procdure. Dr Jenny Goodman suggests that circumcision among Jews, Muslims and...

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  3. Valley of Life or Death, The (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Adrian Pennink
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates the belief that circumcision can protect men from HIV, and asks whether it is tribal superstition or genuine scientific hope. Many in Africa are being led seek backstreet circumcisions in a...

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  4. Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision (2011)

    Director
    Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 70 minutes), $34.95

    CUT is a documentary that examines the subject of male circumcision from a religious, scientific and ethical perspective. Using cutting-edge research, in addition to interview footage of rabbis,...

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  5. Chole Island: Circumcision (1978 Film)

    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Male circumcision is the centre of a ritual which marks a stage in the male life cycle. Concerns an Islamic group in Tanzania and shows a part of the typical pattern of these rites - separation from the old,...

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  6. Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda (1989 Film, Video)

    Director
    Richard Hawkins
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documentary about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts his hopes and anxieties on this important day of his life...

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  7. Day I Will Never Forget, The (2004)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 92 minutes), £50.00

    The documentary explores the local dimension of the female circumcision debate in Kenyan societies. In a region of Kenya that is home to Muslims, Maasai and Somali and crosscut by Christian evangelists,...

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  8. Female Circumcision / A Cruel Ritual (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Louise Panton
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 40 min., 1996 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) both parts

    1 (1983): Shows that although illegal, about 90% of women in Khartoum, Sudan, undergo circumcision, often without anaesthetic. The programme ed to an Act of Parliament making the practice illegal in...

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  9. Welcome to Womanhood (1997 Video)

    Director
    Charlotte Metcalf
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    An update on the success of the ‘Reach’ project to halt female circumcision in Uganda.

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  10. Broken Silence, The (2003)

    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL), £10.00

    This film deals with the psychosocial problems and socio-cultural considerations, in which young girls and women who have undergone female circumcision can find themselves, especially when living in a...

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