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Black Mountain (2008)

Director

Charlotte Whitby-Coles; Amin Hajee

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 84 minutes), £50.00

A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage to a Sufi Saint has been transformed and its local history rewritten. This film documents the journey of Charlotte, a student undertaking her PhD research...

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Pilgrimage (1988 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

Looks at a group of Muslims from Manchester travelling to Mecca - the Hajj pilgrimage.

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Pilgrimage: The Shrine at Loreto (1990 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the nature of pilgrimage, in particular at pilgrims visiting the Holy House at Loreto in Italy. Investigates the nature of the miracle in which the Virgin Mary’s house was transported by angels...

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Pilgrim’s Gift, The (1996 Video)

Director

Barbie Campbell Cole

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows a elderly, devout couple as they endure blistering heat, bitter cold and unforgiving terrain on a pilgrimage to the shrine of their saint and idol, the 13th-century Sheikh Husein. They make to...

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Guests of God, The (1991 Video)

Producer

Maurice Thompson

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 1998 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Traces the steps of Abdul Hafidh Wentzel, his wife and children, European converts to Islam, as they prepare for their sacred pilgramage, the Hajj, and travel from their home in Dusseldorf to the holy cities...

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Naked Pilgrim, The: Road to Santiago (2004)

Subject

Architecture; Art; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

Art critic Brian Sewell undertakes a personal pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain for one of the world’s largest religious festivals, in pursuit of a greater understanding of the relationship...

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Indian Pilgrimage, An: Kashi (1976 Film)

Director

Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini

Producer

Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Follows a South Indian Brahman, an accountant in an engineering firm, as he and his family perform the traditional ancestor rites at Kashi (Benares). Examines the living tradition of Orthodox Hinduism in the...

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Travellers Tales: The Hidden History of Surrey’s Gypsy and Traveller Community

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.00

The hidden heritage of Surrey’s largest ethnic minority is uncovered in this film celebrating the history and culture of Surrey’s Gypsy and Traveller community. Travellers’ Tales is a series of 18...

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Quechua, The (1974 Film, Video)

Director

Carlos Pasini

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Set in the southern Peruvian Andes, the film deals with a community of peasant agriculturalists who farm land between 12,000 and 14,000 feet above sea level, and concentrates mainly on a single family. The...

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Once Upon a Time in Iran (2006)

aka: Pilgrimage to Karbala

Director

Kevin Sim

Producer

Rebecca Dobbs

Subject

Politics & government; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.99

In the summer of 2006,a bus full of pilgrims left Tehran in Iran on the dangerous journey to Karbala in Iraq. ONCE UPON A TIME IN IRAN follows this breath-taking journey - a spiritual and emotional...

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