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Witching Tree, The (1996 Video)

Producer

Joanna Head

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

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

In a country where there is still widespsread belief in witchcraft, to be accused and found guilty of being a witch in South Africa is a crime which carries the death benalty, by burning. After the death of...

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Rough Magic and Sweet Lullaby (2000 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare Lectures

Producer

Zahid Warley

BBC radio series. Six commissioned lectures on Shakespeare and his meaning in the modern world. In episode 5 writer and cultural historian Marina Warner considers Shakespeare’s use of the supernatural and...

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Häxan/Witchcraft Through the Ages (2007)

Director

Benjamin Christensen; William Burroughs

Subject

Film studies; History; Psychology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £19.99

A darkly humorous, genre-defying silent ‘documentary’, in which witchcraft through the ages is presented in a series of dramatic vignettes that explore the contention that witches of the middle ages...

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Witchcraft Among the Azande (1982 Video)

aka: Azande, The

Director

André Singer

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 52 minutes), £8.00 (hire), £50.00 (sale)

A study of the Azande of the Sudan who today live a life of obscurity, dominated by magic, oracles and spells. Discusses how their beliefs influence their reactions to such events as an illness, a spoiled...

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Life Cycle: A Story of AIDS in Malawi (2003)

Director

Doug Karr; Sierra Bellows

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 57 minutes), $219.00 [Institutional rate]

This film explores the themes of sex, witchcraft, poverty, death and religion in relation to AIDS. Shot over eight months and encompassing both the depth and breadth of a culture under siege, LIFE CYCLES...

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Hunt for Witches, The (1998 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Part of a series exploring ways of resolving conflicts across Africa. This film looks at efforts aimed at stemming witchcraft-related violence in South Africa,where people are still being killed on suspicion...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 152 minutes), £17.99

Film adaptation of JK Rowling’s best-selling novel, starring Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Rickman.

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Day of Wrath (2006)

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Subject

Drama; Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), ££19.99

A classic film by Carl Dreyer depicting the events in a seventeenth century Danish community which sees an accusation of witchcraft levelled against the wife of a cathedral notary. It deals with his prime...

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Legend of the Witches/Secret Rites (1970)

Director

Malcolm Leigh; Derek Ford

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 85 + 47 minutes), £19.99

An eye-opening exploration of the occult, Malcolm Leigh’s X-rated quasi-documentary LEGEND OF THE WITCHES is an imaginative depiction of pagan rituals as they were supposedly practised at the dawn of the...

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Burning Times, The (1993 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 57 min., 1994 sale: £40.00

An in-depth look at the witch persecutions that swept through Europe a few centuries ago. False accusations and trials led to extensive torture and burning at the stake. The video explores the process...

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