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  1. Adhiambo - Born in the Evening (2004)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 66 minutes), £50.00

    Adhiambo means ‘the one born in the evening’ in the Language of the Luo in western Kenya. The film follows NyaSeme, a married mother and grandmother in her late 30s, during the last month of her...

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  2. Day I Will Never Forget, The (2004)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 92 minutes), £50.00

    The documentary explores the local dimension of the female circumcision debate in Kenyan societies. In a region of Kenya that is home to Muslims, Maasai and Somali and crosscut by Christian evangelists,...

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  3. Duka’s Dilemma (2004)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 87 minutes), £50.00

    Jean Lydall has been making films with the Hamar community of southern Ethiopia since the 1970s. In 2001 she returned with her daughter to follow the continuing life story of Duka. Candid interviews reveal...

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  4. Letter to the Death (2004)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 62 minutes), £50.00

    About the encounter between tradition and modernity in a small village of Papua New Guinea. Three exceptional men rival with each other in the field of rituals and artistic creation in order to win over...

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  5. Little Waterfall (2003)

    Director
    Joshka Wessels
    Subject
    Anthropology; Arabic studies; Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes), £50.00

    Shallalah Saghirah ('Little Waterfall’) is a small village of about twenty households located in the Khanasser valley, in north Syria. The village has no electricity and still uses an ancient system, known...

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  6. Born Again (2003)

    Director
    Carla Huysmans
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 19 minutes), £15.00

    This film documents the relationship between director Carla Huysmanns and her friend Maureen Mulozi. The two women first met in Lusaka, Zambia in 1998. Since then Maureen has become a born again Christian...

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  7. Diya (2002)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 55 minutes), £50.00 +VAT +p&p

    A diya is a small terra cotta oil lamp used throughout India in Hindu ceremonies. The film follows the life history of an object through the every day experience of people who make, sell and use it in the...

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  8. Gaea Girls (2002)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 106 min), £50.00 +VAT +p&p

    A film about courage, transformation and dreams in the extraordinary world of Japanese women’s wrestling. Gaea Girls focuses on the hopes and fears of the beleaguered Gaea Japan squad, whose reputation...

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  9. Runaway (2002)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £12.99

    This film is set in a refuge for girls in Tehran and follows the stories of five girls who come here. These girls, in leaving a situation that has become intolerable, show incredible courage and...

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  10. Seeds on Earth (2002)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 36 minutes), £50.00 +VAT +p&p

    Seed on Earth is a film about everyday life in rural Bengal (village of Janta, near Bishnupur town). It follows the daily schedule of two families and observes the complenentarity and difference of gender...

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