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  1. In the Shadow of the Sun (2013)

    Director
    Harry Freeland
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 84 minutes), £9.99

    In Tanzania, witch doctors are spreading a belief that the body parts of albino people will bring wealth and good fortune. Referred to as ‘White Ghosts’ and ‘Devils’ within their communities, the...

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  2. Häxan/Witchcraft Through the Ages (2007)

    Director
    Benjamin Christensen; William Burroughs
    Subject
    Film studies; History; Psychology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £19.99

    A darkly humorous, genre-defying silent ‘documentary’, in which witchcraft through the ages is presented in a series of dramatic vignettes that explore the contention that witches of the middle ages...

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  3. Day of Wrath (2006)

    Director
    Carl Theodor Dreyer
    Subject
    Drama; Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), ££19.99

    A classic film by Carl Dreyer depicting the events in a seventeenth century Danish community which sees an accusation of witchcraft levelled against the wife of a cathedral notary. It deals with his prime...

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  4. Life Cycle: A Story of AIDS in Malawi (2003)

    Director
    Doug Karr; Sierra Bellows
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 57 minutes), $219.00 [Institutional rate]

    This film explores the themes of sex, witchcraft, poverty, death and religion in relation to AIDS. Shot over eight months and encompassing both the depth and breadth of a culture under siege, LIFE CYCLES...

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  5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 152 minutes), £17.99

    Film adaptation of JK Rowling’s best-selling novel, starring Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Rickman.

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  6. Hunt for Witches, The (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Part of a series exploring ways of resolving conflicts across Africa. This film looks at efforts aimed at stemming witchcraft-related violence in South Africa,where people are still being killed on suspicion...

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  7. Crucible, The (1996) (1996 Video)

    Director
    Nicholas Hytner
    Producer
    Robert A Miller; David V Picker
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 118 minutes), £9.99

    A film adaptation by Arthur Miller of his stage play about the 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, witch hunts.

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  8. Witching Tree, The (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Joanna Head
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In a country where there is still widespsread belief in witchcraft, to be accused and found guilty of being a witch in South Africa is a crime which carries the death benalty, by burning. After the death of...

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  9. Burning Times, The (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; History; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 57 min., 1994 sale: £40.00

    An in-depth look at the witch persecutions that swept through Europe a few centuries ago. False accusations and trials led to extensive torture and burning at the stake. The video explores the process...

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  10. Movement and Meaning. Part 4: Witch (1986 Video)

    Director
    Jan Mathew
    Subject
    Dance; Education
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min., 1997 sale: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how it is possible to work with ‘direct message’ in educational dance. Made primarily for use in the Chelsea School of Human Movement, but also has a wider audience. Takes the theme of the witch,...

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