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  1. Arctic with Bruce Parry (2011)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99 (DVD) ££24.99 (Blu-ray)

    All five episodes of the BBC television series in which anthropologist Bruce Parry embarks on another epic journey of discovery, exploring the wonders of the Arctic. Over the course of one summer, he travels...

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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. Suits and Savages: Why the World Bank Won’t Save the World (2000 Video)

    Director
    Dylan Howitt; Zoe Young
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 38 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) institutions

    Examines issues surrounding indigenous land rights and the displacement of people and wildlife in the name of development. Focuses on a conservation project in the Nagarhole National Park in southern India,...

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  4. Massana: Moments in Yaka Play and Ritual (1998 Video)

    Director
    Ingrid Lewis; Jerome Lewis
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    A humourous yet in-depth look at massana (children’s play) amongst the Ba-aka ‘Pygmies’ of Congo.

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  5. Yukhagir Stories (1997 Video)

    Director
    Rane Willerslev
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Yukhagirs are one of the small indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia. This film, shot in the village of Nelemnoye, explores what it means to be a Yukhagir.

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  6. Women in the Mines (1996 Video)

    Director
    Tess Fajardo
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    Highlights women’s perspectives as large-scale mining dislocates indigenous communities in the Philippines from land they have inhabited and managed for centuries.

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  7. Namibian Tribes: A Bushman’s Story (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    Looks at daily life in a ‘Bushman’ community in Namibia.

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  8. Two Worlds of the Innu (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    A portrait of two Innu families in eastern Canada, caught between the shamanistic hunting life of their nomadic ancestors and the nightmare world of the modern villages where the government is trying to...

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  9. First Nations First (1993 Video)

    Director
    Paolo Ducasse; Damien Rea
    Producer
    Paolo Ducasse; Damien Rea
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire (SI) Sale (TVE), Videocassette. VHS. col. 21 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Made to promote the ‘UN Decade of Indigenous People’, the film looks at the fundamental questions affecting the survival of indigenous peoples, who currently number 300 million, living in over 70...

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  10. Let Our Songs Live (1993 Video)

    Director
    Mats Brolin; Anna Cnattingius
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

    This film was made at the invitation of the Sirionó Indians living in Ibiato, a small village with 500 inhabitants in the rainforest of northern Bolivia. The Sirionó call themselves ‘Mbía’ (people)....

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