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  1. Macbeth (2017 Film)

    Director
    Kit Monkham
    Producer
    Alan Latham; Tom Mattinson
    Subject
    Drama; Politics & government; Psychology; Shakespeare; Women’s studies

    One of King Duncan’s best generals, Macbeth is showered with honours at court having achieved a great victory. When some drifters prophesy that he will be King and encouraged by the ambitions of his wife,...

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  2. Crucible, The (2015)

    Director
    Yaël Farber
    Subject
    Drama

    The play by Arthur Miller filmed live in high definition at the Old Vic, London in September 2014. Richard Armitage is John Proctor. Yaël Farber directs.

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  3. 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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  4. Kendal Project, The: A Spiritual Revolution? (2012)

    Subject
    Religious studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Between October 2000 and June 2002, a University of Lancaster study of the population of Kendal, revealed some fascinating trends in modern society’s approach to, and practice of, religion and...

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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