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Sundanese Culture Alive (1988 Video)

aka: Sundanese Popular Culture Alive

Director

Jean Hellwig

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Music

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 46 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows the richness of Sundanese art, concentrating on the performing arts, particularly on the place of Jaipongan, a new style of music and dancing invented around 1978 on Western Java. The roots of...

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WAY OF GENTLENESS

Date released

Aug 1962

Series name

Mining Review 15th Year

Issue no

12

NoS ID

346180

Story no

2 / 3

BFI synopsis: A judo match between Port Talbot and Porth proves the skill of Gerald Thomas, a surveyor from South Wales NCB Commentary - This is the story of a belt and the man who owns it. His name is...

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King of Texas (2002 Film, Television)

Director

Uli Edel

Producer

Art Levinson

Made-for-television movie. A western version of King Lear. John Lear (Stewart) a wealthy, egomaniacal Texas rancher, challenges his three daughters to prove their love for him before they can claim their...

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Civilisation (13 Parts) (1969)

Subject

History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £49.99 (DD) £25.99 (BBC)

Sir Kenneth Clark’s personal view of the development of Western civilisation, concentrating on crucial episodes in France, Germany, England, Italy and America. Against the historical background are the men...

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Kama Wosi: Music in the Trobriand Islands (1980 Film, Video)

Director

Led McLaren

Producer

Led McLaren

Subject

Anthropology; Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Set in three inland villages on the largest of the Trobriand Islands. The poetry of songs and the art of singing are a major part of the Trobriand aesthetic traditions. Through the translation of song...

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Art History II: A Survey of the Western World (12 Parts) (1989 Video)

Producer

Donna Easter

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 x 15 min., 1995 sale: £29.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series surveying European and American art from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Each part concludes with a brief visual quiz.

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11 O’Clock High (1995 Video)

Director

Breda Beban; Paul Bush; Hrvoje Horvatic; Andrew Kötting; Sophie Outram; Sarah Pucill; George Snow

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £6.50 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A compilation of short films by London film and video artists George Snow, Andrew Kotting, Paul Bush, Sophie Outram, Sarah Pucill, Breda Baban and Hrvoje Horvatic. These films were the winners of a...

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Sacred Music (2010)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 330 minutes), £24.99

Four-part documentary series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. Featuring music performed by members of the award-winning choir The...

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Miss Mend (1926)

aka: Miss Mend, An Adventure Serial in Three Parts

Director

Boris Barnet

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 285 minutes), 35.95 Euros

Silent film produced in Russia in 1926 with the goal of rivalling the most entertaining American movies of the 1920s. It features stunning location photography and impressive stunt scenes: horse, car and...

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Performing Arts of China, The (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

Director

Deben Bhattacharya

Producer

Deben Bhattacharya

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 27 min.

Part 1: Examples of musical instruments being manufactured and played by master musicians and orchestras. Interwoven in the musical sequences are scenic shots of Chinese landscapes. Part 2: Rare scenes of...

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