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"History of Anthropology"
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Australia
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Papua New Guinea
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Archival material / Museum displays
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Film / Photography / Mass media
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History of Anthropology
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Public Figure
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Religion / Belief / Faith
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Ritual
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Social Organisation
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Directors
Eaton, Michael
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Eschenbach, Sebastian
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Husmann, Rolf
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Loizos, Peter
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Milner, George
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Owen, Chris
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Sheahan, Tom
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Singer, André
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Sperscheinder, Werner
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Forbidden Rites
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Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
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Strangers Abroad
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Germany
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1981
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1986
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1989
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1993
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1999
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2010
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Cannibalism
1999
60
'
Directed by
André Singer
Tom Sheahan
.
The history of cannibalism around the world and its role in different culture, from ancient Britain to Papua New Guinea. The Forbidden Rites trilogy explores cannibalism, head hunting and human
Various
Ritual
Archival material / Museum displays
History of Anthropology
Coming of Age - Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
1986
52
'
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Everything is Relatives - William Rivers (1864-1922)
1986
52
'
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Fieldwork - Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929)
1986
52
'
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Firth on Firth
1993
49
'
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Peter Loizos
Werner Sperscheinder
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In a series of interviews in his London home and the London School of Economics, Sir Raymond Firth talks about his life and some of his personal views. The film focuses thus on his Maori studies,
British-Irish Isles
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Head Hunting
1999
60
'
Directed by
André Singer
.
The history of human decapitation, featuring the story of two British engineers beheaded by rebels in modern Russia and the psychological and religious implications of contemporary headhunting in
Various
Ritual
History of Anthropology
Human Sacrifice
1999
60
'
Directed by
André Singer
.
The documentary gives insight into the ancient rituals and religious practices involved in human sacrifice. The Forbidden Rites trilogy explores cannibalism, head hunting and human sacrifice. This
Various
Ritual
History of Anthropology
Looking for the Man Of Aran
1999
25
'
Directed by
Sebastian Eschenbach
.
It is 60 years since Robert Flaherty made Man of Aran. How do the people of the Aran Islands remember the experience and what do they feel about the image the films gives of their land?
British-Irish Isles
Film / Photography / Mass media
History of Anthropology
Masks of Mer
2010
37
'
Directed by
Michael Eaton
.
The film Alfred Haddon made in 1898 in the Torres Straits, lasting for less than a minute, is the world's first example of anthropological cinema. 'The Masks of Mer' tells the extraordinary story of
Australia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual
Matai Samoa
1989
65
'
Directed by
George Milner
.
The film is a valuable treatment of archival footage that George Milner shot while conducting fieldwork in 1955 and 1959. The footage (18 minutes of the total film) focuses on the traditional Samoan
New Zealand and Polynesia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Social Organisation
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual
Off the Verandah - Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942)
1986
52
'
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
The Red Bowmen
1981
50
'
Directed by
Chris Owen
.
In a remote part of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea, the Umeda people eke out a difficult living from the sago swamps and primary rain forest that surround them. Until recently, these
Melanesia
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
History of Anthropology
Strange Beliefs - Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard (1902-1973)
1986
52
'
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure