Results

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.

DVD Find Other To order

BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

Date

21 May 2013, 16:46

Author

Markeda Cole

Post Type

Post

For the week ending 10th May 2013, the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service focus on drama, music, the history of TV, the consequences of Google's infringement of literary...

Other Record only

Banking on Disaster (1987 Video)

Director

Adrian Cowell

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 90 min., 1998 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Documents the destruction of parts of the South American rainforest as the land is opened up by new roads and the forest is cleared to make way for coffee plantations and cattle ranches. As the settlers move...

DVD Find Other Record only

Appeal from the Rainforest, An (1990 Video)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

Shows the effects of mining in the rain forest. Davi Yanomami makes the first-ever visit by a Yanomami spokesperson to Europe, to appeal for acknowledgement of Yonomami land rights. He also collects the...

DVD Find Other Record only

Life in the Amazon (1992 Video)

aka: Vivre en Amazonie

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

Looks at the Huni Kui people who live deep in the Amazonian rainforest in harmony with their environment - a free society who follow the rhythm of the seasons, the rain, the river, the feasts and the farming.

DVD Find Other To order

Cholera (1992 Video)

Director

Chris Warren

Producer

Bob Thorpe

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the reasons behind the return of cholera to South America in 1991 for the first time in 100 years, and its rapid spread throughout the continent. New economic and political factors are involved, and...

DVD Find Other To order

Now That the Buffalo’s Gone (1969 Film, Video)

Director

Ross Devenish

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The history of the American Indian from the first white settlers to 1969.

DVD Find Other To order

Remembering Wounded Knee (1992 Video)

aka: Re-Creation of Wounded Knee, The

Director

Paul Englar

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

How white Americans and a native American commemorated the 100th anniversary of the battle of Wounded Knee in which Sioux Indians were massacred by the US Army in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

DVD Find Other To order

Controlling Interest (1978 Video)

Director

Larry Adelman

Subject

Economics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 45 min.

A study of multi-national corporations with particular reference to South America. The multi-nationals have great power over the jobs in particular localities and even, in the case of small to medium...

DVD Find Other To order

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...

DVD Find Other To order