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  1. Uncanny Strangers: Catering for Nature Conservation in Southwest Madagascar (2009)

    Director
    David Picard
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 46 minutes), £50.00

    Filmed in a fishing village in the South-West of Madagascar, UNCANNY STRANGERS provides insight into the relationships between the villagers and various human and non-human ‘strangers’ - ancestor and...

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  2. Chocolate Farmer, The (2012)

    Director
    Rohan Fernando
    Subject
    Agriculture; Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography

    An unspoiled corner of southern Belize, where cocoa farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land. The film captures a year in...

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  3. Firth on Firth: Reflections of an Anthropologist (1993 Video)

    Director
    Rolf Husmann; Peter Loizos; Werner Sperschneider
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 49 minutes), £50.00

    Sir Raymond Firth, one of Britain’s most eminent anthropologists, in conversation with Peter Loizos. Firth looks back on memories of New Zealand, Tikopia, and Malaya and recalls other anthropologists. His...

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  4. Shark Callers of Kontu, The (1982 Video)

    Director
    Dennis O’Rourke
    Producer
    Dennis O’Rourke; Chris Owen
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 54 min., 1999 sale: £150.00 (inclusive)

    Looks at the men of Kontu, a small coastal village in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, who still practise the ritual of ‘shark calling’. Traditionally the men have gone to sea in frail outrigger canoes to...

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  5. After the Rains Came: Seven Short Stories About Objects and Lifeworlds (2006)

    Director
    Sarah Thomas
    Subject
    Anthropology

    Sarah Thomas directed and edited ‘After The Rains Came: Seven short stories about objects and lifeworlds’ as part of her MA Visual Anthropology ethnographic research among the cow herding Samburu people...

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  6. Cannibalism (1999)

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

    This film explores the history of cannibalism around the world and its role in different culture, from ancient Britain to Papua New Guinea, including first-hand accounts, expert interviews and rarely seen...

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  7. Last of the Caravans (2008)

    Director
    Michael Steineck
    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £17.99

    1.5 million TUAREGS are scattered across the Sahara desert in North Africa, one of the earth’s most hostile environments to mankind. Over thousands of years the resilient Tuaregs have adapted well to the...

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  8. Art of Myths, The (Vol 1) (2007)

    aka: Arts du Mythe, Les

    Director
    Philippe Truffault
    Subject
    Anthropology; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 234 minutes), £24.99

    The stories behind some of the great artworks and artefacts from cultures of the world. Initially derided as curios of ‘primitive’ art, and even though they served as inspirations for some of the great...

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  9. In Search of the Hamat’Sa: A Tale of Headhunting (2006)

    Director
    Aaron Glass
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 33 minutes), £50.00

    Produced in the Program for Culture and Media at New York University, The Hamat’sa (or "Cannibal Dance") is the most important and widely known ceremony of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) people of British...

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  10. Magical Death (1973 Film)

    Director
    Timothy Asch; Napoleon Chagnon
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on the role of the shaman (Dedeheiw‰ in this case) in curing his Yanomamo co-villagers and sending sickness to enemy villages. The use of hallucinogenic snuff is shown in its daily context....

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