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  1. Man (1999 Film)

    Director
    Antoinette Starkiewicz
    Producer
    Mark Gould
    Subject
    Drama

    Animation short. A life drawing class is caught in the act of capturing the male nude on paper. Words spoken are from Shakespeare.

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  2. Voyeur, The (1993 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Art; Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The film is intended to challenge many widely held attitudes, beliefs and ideas. It examines questions of self-discovery, learning and understanding. A fashion model re-lives a day that changed her life. She...

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  3. Something Wicked (1992 Film)

    Director
    Bruce Redman
    Producer
    Bruce Redman

    Black comedy short. Hattie is a burnt-out social worker who has returned to university where the Shakespeare she’s studying begins to have a resonance in her life. The deadly combination of Othello,...

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  4. Good Woman of Bangkok, The (1991 Video)

    Director
    Dennis O’Rourke
    Producer
    Dennis O’Rourke; Glenys Rowe
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 82 min., 1999 sale: £150.00 (inclusive)

    An intimate portrait of a reluctant Third-World prostitute, Aoi, who caters for the enthusiastic First-World clientele crowding the bars of Thailand each night. She shares details of life as a prostitute and...

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  5. Photo Wallahs (1991 Video)

    Director
    Judith MacDougall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    An exploration of the cultural and personal meanings of photographs in a hill station in northern India. The ‘photo wallahs’ are the local photographers of Mussoorie, a town that once attracted Indian...

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  6. Celso and Cora (1983 Film)

    Director
    Gary Kildea
    Producer
    Gary Kildea
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 109 minutes), £50.00

    A portrait of a young couple and their two children living in Manila. They live in a squatters’ area in the city suburbs and scrape a living by selling cigarettes illegally outside a downtown hotel. The...

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  7. 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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  8. Namekas: Music in Lake Chambri (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    Les McLaren
    Producer
    Les McLaren
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the people of three villages on an island in Lake Chambri, adjacent to the Sepik river. Featured are the men’s sacred paired flutes, flute ensembles, slit drums and voice masks, which all have...

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