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  1. Nukak of Colombia, The (1993 Video)

    Director
    Carlos Zipaguela
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    A portrayal of the Nunak, Colombian rain forest nomads, and their relations with the settlers, some of whom have adoped orphaned Nukak children.

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  2. The Tribe that Hid from Man

    Date
    25 Jun 2014, 08:06
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Adrian Cowell’s award-winning 1970 documentary The Tribe That Hides From Man about the Kreen-Akrore Indians is now available on DVD. Dr Elizabeth Ewart of the University of Oxford has gone to Brazil to...

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  3. 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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  4. 500 Nations (2006)

    Director
    Jack Leustig
    Producer
    Kevin Costner
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 390 minutes), £29.99

    An eight part American television documentary series which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and...

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  5. Reclaiming the Forest (1986 Film, Video)

    Director
    George Drion; Paul Henley
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The competition between national governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants for control of an area of South American rain forest. Shows the potential conflict betwen the interests of the...

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  6. Two Worlds of the Innu (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    A portrait of two Innu families in eastern Canada, caught between the shamanistic hunting life of their nomadic ancestors and the nightmare world of the modern villages where the government is trying to...

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  7. Savagery and the American Indian (2 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Ken Kirby
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Hire (Survival International) Sale (BBC), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) set

    Looks at the history of the persecution by European settlers of the American Indian nations. In two parts: 1) Wildnerness; Shows how Puritan prejudices helped to generate false views of Indians; 2)...

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  8. Flames in the Forest (1991 Video)

    Director
    Alan Hayling; Luke Holland
    Producer
    Luke Holland
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    Focuses on the Amazonian Indians’ fierce resistance to multinational oil companies invading and polluting their forests in Ecuador, told through the words of Luis Vargas and two Indian women leaders. Shows...

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  9. Hunters and Bombers (1991 Video)

    Director
    Hugh Brody; Nigel Markham
    Producer
    Alan Hayling; Rex Tasker
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min.

    The hunters are the Innu people and the bombers are the air forces of several NATO countries, which conduct low-level flights over Innu hunting terrain. The impact of the jets is hotly debated by peace...

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  10. Birdwatchers (2010)

    aka: (Terra Degli Uomini Rossi, La

    Director
    Marco Bechis
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 108 minutes), £15.99

    A drama in which a group of indigenous people face off against the modern day owners of their ancestral homeland.In Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the farming classes lead a wealthy and leisurely existence....

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