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  1. Alejandro Mamani: A Case Study in Psychological Anthropology (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Alejandro Mamani, an elderly Aymara Indian, is the subject of this ethnographic study of mental illness and the approach of death.

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  2. Letter to the Death (2004)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 62 minutes), £50.00

    About the encounter between tradition and modernity in a small village of Papua New Guinea. Three exceptional men rival with each other in the field of rituals and artistic creation in order to win over...

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  3. Madarrpa Funeral at Gurka’Wuy (2 Parts) (1979 Film)

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The way of coping with death in north east Arnhem Land is through rites of clan, religion and land. The funeral is for a young child at an aboriginal clan homeland settlement on the Gulf of Carpentaria. At...

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  4. Family of Man, The (7 Parts) (1970 Film)

    Producer
    John Percival
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A series of seven films comparing family life in five different locations. The communities selected are Andheri in the foothills of the Himalayas; Buk in the western highlands of New Guinea; Shakawe on the...

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  5. Baraka (1992)

    Director
    Ron Fricke
    Producer
    Mark Magidson
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £19.99

    Scenes of nature are followed by scenes of religious celebrations, human life and work, death in war and funeral rituals. Filmed in 24 countries including Tanzania, China, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait, Cambodia,...

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  6. Dead Birds Re-Encountered (2014)

    Director
    Robert Gardner
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 46 minutes), $330

    In 1961, anthropologist Robert Gardner organised an expedition to the highlands of New Guinea to film the Dani people. He stayed for six months to create an essay on the themes of violence and death most...

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  7. Mbambim: A Lineage Head in Ayikpere, North Togo (1973 Film)

    Director
    Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A filmed portrait of Mbambim, the head of a patrilineage of 80 people living in a small Tyokossi village in North Togo, West Africa. Mbambim is a timid, unassuming man who shrinks from exercising authority...

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  8. Tribals of Chhotanagpur, The (8 Parts) (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 x 17-20 min each.

    A series showing the tribals of Chhotanagpur, India. Gives an insight into social, cultural and economic aspects of the tribals and critically examines the impact of modernity on their traditional way of...

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  9. Hamar Trilogy, The (3 Parts) (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Joanna Head; Jean Lydall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £585.00

    The Hamar people are an isolated people living in the dry scrubland of south-western Ethiopia. These programmes concentrate on the proud and outspoken Hamar women. 1 (1990): A young widow, an unmarried girl...

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