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  1. They Say We’Re All Winners (2002)

    Director
    Mari Finnestad
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 32 minutes), £50.00

    This documentary follows the Zimbabwean girls’ football team’s visit to Norway to take part in the world’s largest children’s football tournament. The film questions the outcome of this...

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  2. Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions (2012)

    aka: Vidas Enretejidas

    Director
    Carolyn Kallenborne
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 76 minutes), £162.00

    Examines how traditional art and design play an active role in the cultural sustainability of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca. Traces the development of the weaving process from the first people in the...

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  3. Arrows Against the Wind (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Tracey Groome
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    Portrays the cultural beliefs of the Dani and Asmat, two tribal groups in West Papua (Irian Jayan), and the social, political and environmental upheaval following Indonesia’s invasion of the country in 1963.

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  4. Essay on Camera Work, An (1998 Video)

    Director
    Kwame Braun
    Subject
    Anthropology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min., 1999 sale: US$220.00 (+p&p) PAL version

    As a tool for cross-cultural research and representation, video has many advantages over other, older technologies of documentation. It also compounds many of the ethical dilemmas confronting the...

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  5. Unity Through Culture (2011)

    Director
    Christian Suhr; Ton Otto
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), £50.00

    Soanin Killangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island, Manus, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. He organises the largest...

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  6. Peoples and Cultures of the World

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 744 minutes), £54.99

    This course offers an opportunity to survey the full scope of the field of cultural anthropology. Professor Fischer examines the contributions of the profession’s most noted scholars, from founders and...

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  7. Claude Levi-Strauss in His Own Words (2009)

    aka: Claude Levi-Strauss Par Lui-Même

    Director
    Pierre-André Boutang; Annie Chevallay
    Subject
    Anthropology; French studies; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 93 minutes), $39.95

    This French television documentary recounts the extraordinary career of the father of structural anthropology, Claude Lévi-Strauss, whose theories not only influenced that field, but also linguistics,...

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  8. Age Seven in the Ussr (1992)

    Director
    Michael Apted
    Subject
    Anthropology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 64 minutes), £40.00

    A portrait of the former Soviet Union painted by seven-year-old children from the length and breadth of the USSR. At a time of breathtaking and devastating political and economic change, how do Soviet...

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  9. Chanting Lama, The (199 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., £25.00 (+VAT + p&p)

    Aims to show the essence of the cultural life of Tibetan Buddhists by examining their religious rites. Shows the main temple in Dharamsala, and scenes from Benares, Darjeeling and the western Himalayas, with...

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  10. Hominid Evolution (1999 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A study of hominids - the so-called ape-men. Uses QuickTime movies of reconstructed skulls to allow users to examine different types of hominids, giving an insight into the apes and our ancestors. Based on...

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