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Shaktima No Veh (2006)

Director

Jayasinhji Jhala

Subject

Anthropology; Drama; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 60 minutes), $195.00

The Goddess Shaktima is the most popular goddess in the region of Saurashtra (Western India) known as Jhalavad. This documentary presents the story of Shaktima as performed by the traditional muslim Bhavai...

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Sons and Lovers (2003) (2003)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 193 minutes), £19.99

Television adaptation by Simon Burke of DH Lawrence’s autobiographical novel of a young artist torn between his mother and his love for two women.

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Stolen Children, The (1992)

aka: Ladro di Bambini, Il

Director

Gianni Amelio

Subject

Italian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £15.99

This proze-winning film tells the story of a young policeman who escorts two young children back to their native Sicily after their mother is arrested.

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Southend Bygone Years on Film 2 (1995 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 49 min., 1996 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

Includes Southend publicity films from 1936, 1953 and 1959, Leigh-on-Sea in the 1930s, Londoners on a day trip 1948, and the Queen Mother opening the new Civic Centre in 1967.

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Oedipus Rex (1967)

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

Sophocles’ Greek tragedy about a boy who becomes obsessed with his mother. Filmed on location in Morocco.

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Assembly, An (1981 Video)

Director

I MacKenzie

Producer

I MacKenzie

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, Video cassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 18 min.

Recording of a brief service dealing with the incident in which Solomon gives judgement on the rival claims of two women to be the mother of a child. It illustrates how dance may be integrated into an act of...

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Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade (1969 Film)

Director

Francis Speed

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A study of the Gelede ritual which is found in Western Nigeria and amongst the Yoruba in Dahomey. The purpose of this ceremony is to propitiate the great mother and assure the placation of women with...

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Court of Justice of the European Communities (1998 Video)

Subject

Law; Politics & government

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min., Free loan

Illustrates the European Court of Justice and its functioning through a case submitted by an English working mother.

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Mother: Caring for Seven Billion (2011)

aka: Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

Director

Christophe Fauchere

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £39.50

Since the 1960s world population has nearly doubled and now tops seven billion. Population growth, though little discussed, is putting an unprecedented burden on the planet’s life systems. This film brings...

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Forms of Interaction at Six Weeks (1967 Film)

Director

Sidney Axelrad; Sylvia Brody

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Examines seven types of maternal behaviour with infants and shows variations in the mothers’ ways of touching, holding, looking at and talking to their babies during feedings. A Penn State Media Sales film.

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