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  1. Dead Birds Re-Encountered (2014)

    Director
    Robert Gardner
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 46 minutes), $330

    In 1961, anthropologist Robert Gardner organised an expedition to the highlands of New Guinea to film the Dani people. He stayed for six months to create an essay on the themes of violence and death most...

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  2. Samsara (2013)

    Director
    Ron Fricke
    Producer
    Mark Magidson
    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £24.99

    Following in the same template as 1992’s BARAKA (also directed by Fricke), SAMSARA is a study in the ways humanity works as a collective and as individuals, with the cycle of human existence providing the...

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  3. (Un)veiled: Muslim Women Talk About Hijab (2009)

    Director
    Innes Hofman Kanna
    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (36 minutes), $145.00

    The film introduces the audience to ten Muslim women from various backgrounds who now live in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Their discussion about hijab, the headscarf, revolves around a lecture on the same...

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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. Blood Cinema (1995 Multimedia)

    Producer
    Marsha Kinder
    Subject
    Media studies; Spanish studies
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Brings together excerpts from 15 films to illustrate the relationship between Spanish cinema and culture. Primarily intended as an accompaniment to Professor Marsha Kinder’s critique of Spanish film,...

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  6. Without Fathers or Husbands (1995 Video)

    Director
    Hua Cai
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A characteristic of the Na, an ethnic group in south-east China, is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives. Their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and, in that...

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  7. Heritage of India: Buddhism in Andhra Pradesh (5 Parts) (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20, 24, 20, 18, 16 min.

    Series using archaeological and historical source materials to present in a drama-documentary format a thematic exposition of social, economic, cultural and political aspects of Buddhism, focusing on the...

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  8. Tempus de Baristas (1993 Video)

    aka: Time of the Barmen

    Director
    David MacDougall
    Producer
    Paolo Piquereddu
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Depicts a fast-disappearing way of life - that of goat-herders in the mountains of eastern Sardinia. Three generations are seen: Pietro, a teenager, is thinking of going on to secondary school to study hotel...

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  9. Baraka (1992)

    Director
    Ron Fricke
    Producer
    Mark Magidson
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £19.99

    Scenes of nature are followed by scenes of religious celebrations, human life and work, death in war and funeral rituals. Filmed in 24 countries including Tanzania, China, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait, Cambodia,...

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  10. Global Culture?, A (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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