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  1. Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions (2012)

    aka: Vidas Enretejidas

    Director
    Carolyn Kallenborne
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 76 minutes), £162.00

    Examines how traditional art and design play an active role in the cultural sustainability of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca. Traces the development of the weaving process from the first people in the...

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  2. Birdwatchers (2010)

    aka: (Terra Degli Uomini Rossi, La

    Director
    Marco Bechis
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 108 minutes), £15.99

    A drama in which a group of indigenous people face off against the modern day owners of their ancestral homeland.In Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the farming classes lead a wealthy and leisurely existence....

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  3. Club Native (2009)

    Director
    Tracey Deer
    Subject
    Anthropology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 78 minutes), $295.00 (institutional rate);

    In Kahnawake, the hometown of Mohawk director Tracey Deer (Mohawk Girls), there are two unspoken rules: Don’t marry a non-Native, and never, ever have a child with a non-Native. In a community where tribal...

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  4. In Search of the Hamat’Sa: A Tale of Headhunting (2006)

    Director
    Aaron Glass
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 33 minutes), £50.00

    Produced in the Program for Culture and Media at New York University, The Hamat’sa (or "Cannibal Dance") is the most important and widely known ceremony of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) people of British...

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  5. 500 Nations (2006)

    Director
    Jack Leustig
    Producer
    Kevin Costner
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 390 minutes), £29.99

    An eight part American television documentary series which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and...

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  6. Native American Medicine: Linking Traditional and Complementary Healing (2006)

    Producer
    Carol Gilbey
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £17.95

    Natural medicine is not new, the beginnings go back thousands of years to many different cultures and has been adapted over the years to our modern day complimentary therapies. It is possible to re-forge the...

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  7. Mystery of the Miami Circle (2001 Video)

    aka: Miami Circle

    Producer
    Thecia Schreuders
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In 1998 a demolished Miami, Florida, apartment block revealed a mysterious and ancient circle of holes cut into the bedrock, nearly 13 metres in diameter. From the finds of bones, shell tools and basalt...

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  8. Aztecs and the Mayans, The: A Journey Back in Time (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the the Aztecs, whose architectural legacy is found in modern Mexico City, and the Mayans, who built some of the worlds great temples, including Chichen Itza and Copan. Uses location footage,...

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  9. Last of the Hiding Tribes, The (1998 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Adrian Cowell
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 60 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part

    Adrian Cowell traces the history of three tribes of the Amazon rainforest that are on the edge of extinction: the Panara, the Uru Eu Wau Wau, and the Ava-Canoeiro. The films focus on the dramas of...

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  10. Return from Extinction (1998 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Adrian Cowell
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. 60 min.

    First programme in a trilogy documenting the fight for survival of an ancient tribe agains the relentless advance of modern man. This programme concerns the various threats to the Amazonian Panara by contact...

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