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  1. Maitres Fous, Les (1955 Film)

    aka: Mad Masters, The

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a ceremony of the Hauka, a religious sect in West Africa, and explores questions of dependence, domination and synthesis. During trance possession the participants of the ceremony reflect traditional...

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  2. Hypnosis (2 Parts) (1979 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 46, 45 min.

    Part 1: Introduction and demonstration of technique. Preliminary interview, induction, deepening trance, termination, summary. Discussion with patient of value of hypnosis. Part 2: Application and theories:...

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  3. At Land (1944 Video)

    Director
    Maya Deren
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A trance-like film tracing the conflict between a woman and her environment. At the start of the film the woman (played by Maya Deren) is washed up on a beach and then goes on an anxious odyssey through a...

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  4. Dance, dance, dance little Zulu!

    Date released
    23 Feb 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    612
    NoS ID
    333152
    Story no
    1 / 4

    British Pathe synopsis: "The Grand Parade... (South African version)" M/S of a group of Zulus wearing traditional dress on their bottom halves and what looks like striped rugby shirts on their top halves....

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  5. Curing Ceremony, A (1966 Film)

    Director
    John K Marshall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A medicine man may go into a trance without the stimulus of dancing to treat someone who urgently needs his attention. /Ti!kay treats Sha//gai, a young pregnant woman who is about to have a miscarriage. Made...

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  6. Ceremonie Qawwali (2002)

    Subject
    Music; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 77 minutes), £13.99 (inclusive)

    The Sufis are a mystical sect of Islam and qawwali is the form of music they have developed in India and Pakistan, since the 13th century. The central focus of the music is the intensity of feeling in the...

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  7. Holy Hustlers (2009)

    Director
    Richard Werbner
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 53 minutes), £50.00

    Charismatic, street-wise young men, living in Botswana’s capital, command the prophetic domain in Eloyi, their Apostolic faith-healing church, at a time of escalating crisis. Bitter, sinful accusations...

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  8. Some Women of Marrakech (1977 Film, Video)

    Director
    Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In Marrakech traditional Islamic attitudes to women prevail more strongly than in other Morrocan cities. The film attempts to say something about women who have experienced the hardships of life in such a...

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  9. Indian Pilgrimage, An: Ramdevra (1974 Film)

    Director
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Producer
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Ramdev, a medieval martial hero and saint of western India, has become the focus of a miracle cult spread by a growing body of folk music. The film follows a group of Hindus on pilgrimage from Bombay to...

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  10. IlÉ AiyÉ (The House of Life) (2004)

    aka: House of Life, The

    Director
    David Byrne
    Subject
    Anthropology; Media studies; Music; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (50 minutes), £17.99

    An impressionistic documentary by David Byrne (of Talking Heads) on Candomblé, the Brazilian spirit cult of the Bahia region. This "docu-poem" eschews all traditional documentary techniques and evokes the...

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