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Life and Death in Rio (1985 Video)

Producer

Vic Lockwood

Subject

Development studies; Medical sciences

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Rio de Janeiro has the reputation of being the world’s most glamorous city, but nine million people who live there are subject to infectious diseases and malnutrition. Death rates are high and life...

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Utopia Limited. Tape 1 (1983 Video)

Director

Richard Keefe; Nigel Maslin

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 150 min.

Examines a world system rooted in the unequal distribution of wealth and power and shows how the issues affect people in the UK. 1: Shows work being done in Britain to increase awareness of how the wider...

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Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed (1983)

aka: Como Querem Beber Agua

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 53 minutes), £105.00

In 1994 Ronaldo Morelos spent 5 months in Rio de Janeiro, observing and documenting the work of Augusto Boal and the Centro de Teatro do Oprimido. This was the time of the Brazilian national elections. It...

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Kayapo: Fire of the Jaguar (1982 Film)

Director

Peter Ramsden

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses the use of fire as a symbolic reproduction of society. Shows these ideas through everyday life among the Kayapo of Brazil, through their telling of the jaguar myth and showing the ritual that...

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Neighbourhood of Coelhos, The (1982 Film)

Director

Jaime Martin-Escobla

Subject

Architecture; Development studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Examines the lives of the inhabitants of Coelhos, a slum built over swampland in the city of Recife, Brazil, and describes an urban development project intended to relieve their plight. Illustrates the...

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Face Values. Part 1: Men and Women (1978 Film)

Director

David Cordingley

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The series attempts to present social anthropology to a wide audience and aims to show the basic similarities between people of different cultures and to suggest, through the deployment of material from...

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Face Values. Part 2: The Changing Tradition (1978 Film)

Director

David Cordingley

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The series attempts to present social anthropology to a wide audience and aims to show the basic similarities between people of different cultures and to suggest, through the deployment of material from...

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Face Values. Part 6: The Common Bond (1978 Film)

Director

David Cordingley

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The series attempts to present social anthropology to a wide audience and aims to show the basic similarities between people of different cultures and to suggest, through the deployment of material from...

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Kayapo: Coming of Age (1978 Film)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The Kayapo belong to a group of ancient tribal societies that have inhabited their present area of central Brazil for over 2000 years. The film covers the progression of a person’s life from child to...

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Kayapo: The Modern Life (1978 Film)

Director

Peter Ramsden

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the conditions of the Kayapo and their interaction with the Western world. A central figure in this relationship is chief Rop-ni. This film is one of many in which he has appeared as part of his...

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