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  1. Ikats of Sumba, The: Tie-Dyeing and Weaving of Ceremonial Cloths (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Janet Willougby
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    DVD

    Shows the making of the complex and high-quality ikats, ceremonial cloths with unique designs as woven in traditional villages of Sumba in Indonesia. Using indigo and a red dye from tree roots, the people of...

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  2. Backstrap Weaving: Traditional Weaving in Guatemala and Mexico (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Janet Willougby
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    DVD

    Shows backstrap weaving, a skill widely practiced in Guatemala and Mexico, where it is a common sight to see weavers sitting down to weave. Complex and colourful designs reflecting thousands of years of...

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  3. Making of a Kilim, The: Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving in Anatolia (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Janet Willougby
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    DVD

    Shows the making of kilims, which have been woven in Turkey for thousands of years. In the villages of Anatolia the tradition survives, with kilims woven with traditional motifs and patterns by women using...

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  4. Man Who Colours Stars, The: A Biography of David Malin, Space Photographer (1993)

    Director
    David Taylor
    Producer
    Terence Murtagh; David Taylor
    Subject
    Art; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), Contact distributor for price

    Documentary. For years David Malin was the world’s top astronomy photographer. His pictures unveiled our galaxy, the Milky Way - and the infinity of galaxies beyond - in the glory of full natural colour....

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  5. Monk and the Honeybee, The (1988 Video)

    Director
    David Taylor
    Producer
    David Taylor
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

    Documentary. Biography of Brother Adam Kehrle, a Benedictine brother attached to Buckfast Abbey in Devon, who spent a lifetime trying to breed the perfect honeybee. Filmed during the last decade of his life,...

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  6. Spacefiles

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £24.99

    Educational video. ‘Spacefiles’ is a visual compendium of space and astronomy consisting of 26 ten-minute episodes which present, in a flexible format, three separate programmes which look at: the Solar...

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