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  1. Public Information Films of the British Home Front: The First World War (2013)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £16.99

    This release brings together a collection of information films during World War I, made in order to promote co-operation and support among civilians. More than 25 official cartoons, trailers and short films...

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  2. Duminea: A Festival for the Water Spirits in the Niger Delta (1969 Film)

    Director
    Robin Horton; Francis Speed
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The little village of Soku, hidden in the heart of the Eastern Niger Delta, has a group of heroes headed by Fenibaso, and its creeks and rivers are controlled by the water-spirit Duminea. The film shows some...

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  3. Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade (1969 Film)

    Director
    Francis Speed
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A study of the Gelede ritual which is found in Western Nigeria and amongst the Yoruba in Dahomey. The purpose of this ceremony is to propitiate the great mother and assure the placation of women with...

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  4. Benin Kingship Ritual (1964 Film)

    Director
    R E Bradbury; Francis Speed
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 20 minutes), £50.00

    The rulers of Benin in Nigeria, the Oba, traditionally spend much of their time performing rituals designed to enhance their own power and the prosperity of their subjects. This film record of the rituals...

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  5. Were Ni!: He is a Madman (1963 Film)

    Director
    Raymond Prince; Francis Speed
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An ethnopsychiatric film of the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Western Nigeria. Among the Yoruba, psychiatric disorder is widespread and a set of institutions has been developed to deal...

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