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  1. Home from the Hill (1984 Video)

    Director
    Molly Dineen
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Anthropology’s relationship with colonialism has been discussed widely. Yet the ethnography of the colonial service remains largely unexplored on film. This documentary shows how, after 40 years in the...

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  2. Professional Foreigner, The: Asen Balilci and Visual Ethnography (2009)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Film & television production; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), £50.00

    Asen Balikci has been a leading figure in making ethnographic films for many decades. In a series of talks between Balikci and filmmaker Rolf Husmann in different locations, the life and work of Asen Balikci...

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  3. Forever in Time (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Robert W Mull
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the life and work of photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis, who documented the the traditional ways of the American Indians. from 1989 to 1928. Uses film footage of the time to place his work in context.

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  4. Garden Island, The (1968 Film)

    Director
    Steve Szabo
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An introduction, illustrating some of Malinowski’s material, to the ethnography of the Trobriand Islands in eastern Papua, showing gardening methods, magic, harvest, and dances, including among the latter...

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  5. Jesus and the Fisherman (198 Video)

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

    The Portuguese occupation of the Sri Lankan coast in the 16th century brought Catholicism to fishing villages. Examines the cross-cultural folklore which resulted, concentrating on the celebration of Easter,...

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  6. Buddha and the Rice Planters (198 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    An exploration of the culture of the people of Sri Lanka. Shows the the daily life of villagers - cultivating their rice fields, visiting the market and attending a variety of ceremonies. All aspects of...

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  7. 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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  8. Last Nomads of Eastern Greenland, The (1998 Video)

    Director
    Magnus S Magnusson; JoÎlle Robert-Lamblin
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette VHS. PAL. col. 23 min., 2001 sale: euro 27.81 (+VAT +p&p)

    In Eastern Greenland a few families of hunters still maintain the nomadic way of life of their ancestors.This film illustrates through recent images, historical documents and computer graphics the...

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  9. Sinsin: Spirits on Stage (1998 Video)

    aka: Sinsin: Le Theatre des Genies: La Dramaturgie Rituelle de Punang-Iraraj

    Director
    Charles MacDonald
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 34 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In Punang, a small coastal area in the southern part of Pulawan island off the Philippines, a young woman, Miming, undergoes the first ceremony of her ‘sinsin’ ritual cycle. In undergoing this ritual she...

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  10. Human Sacrifice (1999)

    Director
    André Singer; Tom Sheahan
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), £50.00

    The documentary gives insight into the ancient rituals and religious practices involved in human sacrifice. The FORBIDDEN RITES series looks at rituals considered important and acceptable to one society but...

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