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  1. Iqbal: One or Two Things I Know About Him (1994)

    Director
    Nasser Aslam
    Subject
    Literature; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £30.00

    A dramatic entry into the dreamscape of Muhammad Iqbal, poet/philosopher of the Indian subcontinent and spiritual founder of the separate Muslim state of Pakistan.

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  2. Slaves of the River (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 hire: £6.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows the lives of landless Bangladeshis over the course of the annual monsoon, as they eke out a living on a tiny island situatied in the world’s largest river delta. They speak for themselves with...

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  3. Building of Nanga Parbat, The (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    DVD (PAL, 27 minutes), £34.99

    Spectacular outcrop geology shot on location in northern Pakistan. Shows the consequences of rapid uplift (<10 Ma) of mountains such as the Nanga Parbat massif in the Himalayas, and presents a detailed...

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  4. Kalasha, The: Rites of Spring (1990 Video)

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

    Looks at the small Kalasha tribe who live in the Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan, the last people of the region to have resisted conversion to Islam. Their relgion is is closely connected with an alpine...

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  5. Who Will Cast the First Stone? (1988 Video)

    Director
    Ahmed A Jamal; Sabiha Sumar
    Producer
    Ahmed A Jamal; Sabiha Sumar
    Subject
    Politics & government; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Discusses the impact of Islamisation on women in Pakistan, particularly laws relating to extra-marital sex which is now a crime against the state, punishable by stoning to death. Women in prison, or out on...

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  6. Amir (1986 Video)

    Director
    John Baily
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale (video - RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Amir, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan, tells his story through music. His work with other musicians and his precarious existence as a refugee are at the centre of the film.

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  7. Faiz: Poet in Troubled Times (1986 Video)

    Director
    Faris Kermani
    Producer
    H O Nazareth
    Subject
    English language and literature; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Looks at the development of modern politics in Pakistan through the eyes of its premier poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz who died in 1984. The story is told through interviews, poems, songs and cinema clips.

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  8. Pathans, The (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    André Singer
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Bound by a common language and heritage and a fundamental belief in Islam, the Pathans have never acknowledged the political boundaries imposed by the states in which they live. Today the Pathans are...

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  9. Blood of Hussain, The

    Director
    Jamil Dehlavi
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 min; 51 min), £19.99

    Political, subversive and artistically maverick, Pakistan’s leading filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi’s body of work stands out for its originality and engagement with social and political questions. His vision...

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