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  1. Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea (1990 Video)

    Director
    David Wason
    Producer
    David Wason
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The inhabitants of the Trobriand Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a group of small tropical atolls, are renowned for their rich yam production and the high drama of their harvest activities. Some...

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  2. Herders of Mongun-Taiga, The (1989 Video)

    Director
    John Sheppard
    Producer
    John Sheppard
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI) Sale (Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Tuvanians live deep inside the Soviet Union at the centre of Asia. With ‘glasnost’, the new openness, a film crew was allowed to film the nomadic yak herders of Mongun-Taiga, a rugged district on the...

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  3. Kayapo, The: Out of the Forest (1989 Video)

    Director
    Michael Beckham
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (c/o Concord) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a re-unification of the tribes at Altamira - the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam that will flood large parts of the Xingu...

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  4. Villagers of the Sierra de Gredos (1989 Video)

    Director
    Peter Carr
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (RAI)

    The 130 villagers of Navalguijo in the Sierra de Gredos of central Spain live in a village high in the mountains and face an extreme climate with poor soil. With access to winter pastures across the...

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  5. Across the Tracks: The Vlach Gypsies of Hungary (1988 Video)

    aka: Vlach Gypsies

    Director
    John Blake
    Distribution
    Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (Granada)

    Vlach gypsies are unassimilated descendents of gypsy slaves in Wallachia in Romania in the 19th century. Explores the gypsies’ position in socialist Hungary through the eyes of three related families,...

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  6. Whale Hunters of Lamalera, The (1988 Video)

    Director
    John Blake
    Producer
    John Blake
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (RAI)

    Follows the daily life of the Lamaholot, whale hunters from the village of Lamalera on the Indonesian island of Lembata, a community of 1500 people. The villagers have to fish to survive - their preferred...

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  7. Wodaabe, The (1988 Video)

    Director
    Leslie Woodhead
    Producer
    Leslie Woodhead
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (film - RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (video - RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Wodabee follow their herds across the borders of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon in search of pasture. The droughts that have ravaged the Sahel since the late 1960s have devastated Wodaabe cattle...

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  8. Basques of Santazi, The (1987 Video)

    Director
    Leslie Woodhead
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale (RAI), Video cassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows the lives over one year, shot during three intervals, of two Basque shepherding families who live in Santazi, a village in the foothills of the French Pyrenees. It focuses on continuity and change in...

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  9. Kayapo, The (1987 Video)

    Director
    Michael Beckham
    Producer
    Michael Beckham
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI) Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The lives of the Kayapo tribe of Brazil changed dramatically in 1982 when gold was found on their land and 3000 Brazilians invaded their territory to excavate one of the largest gold mines in the world. The...

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  10. Lau of Malaita, The (1987 Video)

    Director
    Leslie Woodhead
    Producer
    Leslie Woodhead
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI) Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Focuses on the Lau people of Lau lagoon in the Solomon Islands. They live on artificial islands near the island of Malaita, islands built on coral rubble. The Lau moved to them in an attempt to escape the...

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