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  1. Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision (2011)

    Director
    Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 70 minutes), $34.95

    CUT is a documentary that examines the subject of male circumcision from a religious, scientific and ethical perspective. Using cutting-edge research, in addition to interview footage of rabbis,...

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  2. Sang des Femmes, Le (2011)

    aka: Blood of Women, The

    Director
    Christian Lajoumard
    Subject
    Anthropology; Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £20.00

    The Pokot people live in a small region straddling the border of Uganda and Kenya. This film presents the consequences of female genital mutilation through the testimonies of Pokot women, doctors and social...

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  3. Valley of Life or Death, The (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Adrian Pennink
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates the belief that circumcision can protect men from HIV, and asks whether it is tribal superstition or genuine scientific hope. Many in Africa are being led seek backstreet circumcisions in a...

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  4. It’s a Boy! (1995)

    Director
    Victor S Schonfeld
    Producer
    Victor S Schonfeld
    Subject
    Anthropology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 41 minutes), £20.00

    Follows the traditional Jewish circumcision of an infant who ended up being treated for severe septicaemia three days after the procdure. Dr Jenny Goodman suggests that circumcision among Jews, Muslims and...

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  5. Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda (1989 Film, Video)

    Director
    Richard Hawkins
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documentary about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts his hopes and anxieties on this important day of his life...

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  6. Circumcision (1979 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 min.

    Gives the reasons for circumcision, excluding those for religious and racial reasons, and discusses techniques of surgical removal of prepuce.

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  7. Chole Island: Circumcision (1978 Film)

    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Male circumcision is the centre of a ritual which marks a stage in the male life cycle. Concerns an Islamic group in Tanzania and shows a part of the typical pattern of these rites - separation from the old,...

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  8. Sacred Boards and an Ancestral Site (1965 Film, Video)

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Producer
    John Martin-Jones
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The object of the series of films was to create a scientific record of the traditional life of Aboriginal people in the Western Desert of Australia. They concentrate on the subsistence technology of the...

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