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  1. Khumi Lives (2010)

    Director
    Ittukgula Changma
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies

    Khumi is the smallest of the indigenous groups in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh. In today’s age of globalization, changes are occurring in the animist Khumi peoples’ religion,...

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  2. 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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  3. Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford...is Shut, The (1990 Video)

    Director
    Celia Lowenstein
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, is an impressive collection of artifacts of many peoples of the world. Formed by an old-fashioned colonialist, it confirms the cultural imagination of humankind. Contributors...

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  4. Dinka: Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan (2011)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Media studies

    In 30 years, award-wining photographers and National Geographic grantees Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher have travelled over 270,000 miles through 40 countries in Africa to document more than 150 cultures....

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  5. Let Our Songs Live (1993 Video)

    Director
    Mats Brolin; Anna Cnattingius
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    This film was made at the invitation of the Sirionó Indians living in Ibiato, a small village with 500 inhabitants in the rainforest of northern Bolivia. The Sirionó call themselves ‘Mbía’ (people)....

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  6. Headhunting (1999)

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

    This film covers the history of human decapitation, featuring the story of two British engineers beheaded by rebels in modern Russia and the psychological and religious implications of contemporary...

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  7. Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon (1983 Video)

    Director
    Luc de Heusch
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Presents the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule, establishing the original expedition in the context of French anthropology at the time. Jean Rouch,...

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  8. 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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  9. Trobriand Islanders, The (1952 Film, Video)

    Director
    Harry A Powell
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A general introduction to the people of the Trobriand Islands. Also covers gardening and associated magic, mortuary rites, Kula preparations, and the harvest season. Made mainly in the region of Omarakana...

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  10. There is Nothing Wrong with My Uncle (2012)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 62 minutes), £50.00

    Nigerian writer Dul Johnson returns to the land of the Tarok people in Nigeria to observe the local death rituals and the Tarok ways of dealing with grief and honouring the departed. This film provides a...

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