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that the very land on which they live is<br />
turning against them. Despite this, the<br />
Mursi remain faithful to old ways and<br />
traditions, herding cattle and cultivating<br />
sorghum even as the Omo River's flood<br />
level continues to drop.<br />
Item no. : PB07860137<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 52 minutes<br />
Price : USD 149.00<br />
DISAPPEARING DISAPPEARING WORLD:<br />
WORLD:<br />
THE THE TROBRIAND<br />
TROBRIAND<br />
ISLANDERS ISLANDERS ISLANDERS OF OF PAPUA PAPUA NNEW<br />
N EW<br />
GUINEA<br />
GUINEA<br />
Examines the society that inhabits the<br />
Trobriand Islands off the eastern tip of<br />
Papua <strong>New</strong> Guinea, showing the <strong>com</strong>plex<br />
balance of male authority and female<br />
wealth as well as the magic and sorcery<br />
that pervades everyday life. Examines two<br />
events in particular: distribution of a<br />
woman's estate after her death and the<br />
celebration following a yam harvest.<br />
Item no. : GG07860139<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 52 minutes<br />
Price : USD 149.00<br />
DISAPPEARING DISAPPEARING WORLD: WORLD:<br />
WORLD:<br />
THE THE THE TUAREG TUAREG<br />
TUAREG<br />
Life has changed drastically for the Tuareg<br />
of the Algerian desert since slavery, the<br />
economic basis of their society, was<br />
abolished in 1962. The Tuareg carry on<br />
their traditions and customs to maintain<br />
prestige, but the schools are teaching their<br />
children about the world outside the<br />
desert.<br />
Item no. : YU07860140<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 149.00<br />
DISAPPEARING DISAPPEARING WORLD:<br />
WORLD:<br />
THE THE WHALE WHALE HUNTERS HUNTERS OF<br />
OF<br />
LAMALERA<br />
LAMALERA<br />
The Lamaholot, who inhabit an Indonesian<br />
island, hunt sperm whale with forged iron<br />
harpoons ten hours a day, six days a week,<br />
eight months a year. But their way of life is<br />
jeopardized by the scarcity of their prey,<br />
and they are leaving their island village of<br />
Lamalera to seek more profitable work<br />
elsewhere.<br />
Item no. : YH07860141<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 52 minutes<br />
Price : USD 149.00<br />
Concheros", "Danza Azteca", & "Danza<br />
Chichimeca", traces its origins to<br />
pre-Columbian Nahua ("Aztec") roots. Its<br />
adherents are organized into dance<br />
groups, each led by a "Capitan de Danza",<br />
who must obey one of the "Generales"<br />
who head distinct lineages and claim to<br />
pass traditional lore down from before the<br />
Spanish invasion of Mexico. The<br />
"Danzantes" must take part in a <strong>com</strong>plex<br />
series of "obligaciones" throughout the<br />
year. At the great annual pilgrimage to the<br />
shrine of Chalma, thousands of<br />
"Danzantes" from Mexico and the US<br />
gather for four days of ritual and dance.<br />
Since the 1960's, Mexican dance teachers<br />
like Florencio Yescas and Andres Segura<br />
have brought the "Danza" to the US. The<br />
Eagle's Children follows<br />
Mexican-American "Danzantes" to<br />
Chalma, Central Texas, and San Diego, as<br />
they rediscover their indigenous heritage.<br />
Item no. : GF07860145<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 39 minutes<br />
Price : USD 140.00<br />
EDWARD EDWARD R. R. MURROW<br />
MURROW<br />
COLLECTION, COLLECTION, THE:<br />
THE:<br />
HARVEST HARVEST OF OF SHAME<br />
SHAME<br />
Classic 1960 documentary expose,<br />
narrated by Murrow, of the degradation<br />
and exploitation of millions of migrant farm<br />
workers in the United States.<br />
Item no. : AN07860146<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 195.00<br />
FACEBOOK FACEBOOK FOLLIES<br />
FOLLIES<br />
Love it or hate it, Facebook is the world's<br />
most successful social networking site.<br />
Our relationships, our thoughts, our<br />
pastimes, our memories, our lives and<br />
deaths — all are now routinely recorded<br />
on Facebook. It represents a paradigm<br />
shift in <strong>com</strong>munications as significant as<br />
the printing press, the telegraph or the<br />
television. Inevitably, mishaps,<br />
embarrassment and trouble ac<strong>com</strong>pany<br />
such change. Shot on location in Canada,<br />
the US and the UK, FACEBOOK FOLLIES<br />
is an engaging journey through one of<br />
today's most pervasive forces of social<br />
change.<br />
Item no. : LF03921276<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 46 minutes<br />
Audience : Grades 9-12, Adult<br />
Education, Post<br />
Secondary<br />
Copyright : 2011<br />
Price : USD 250.00<br />
volcanic episodes that frequent their world,<br />
noting that the "ring of fire" that stretches<br />
more than 30,000 miles around the rim of<br />
the Pacific Ocean is the site of the most<br />
destructive earthquakes and volcanoes in<br />
recorded history. The first program<br />
examines the natural riches that continue<br />
to attract people to these perilous regions.<br />
Item no. : HH07860164<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
FIRE FIRE ON ON THE THE RIM: RIM: 2 2 -<br />
STORIES STORIES FROM FROM THE THE THE EAR EARTH EAR TH<br />
All around the "ring of fire," cultures old<br />
and new have incorporated tales of<br />
geological disasters into myths and<br />
legends as a means of coping with the<br />
impact of these events. This program<br />
delves into the fascinating ways in which<br />
people have responded to the<br />
unpredictable workings of the Earth.<br />
Item no. : NH07860165<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
FIRE FIRE ON ON THE THE RIM: RIM: 3 3 3 - THE<br />
THE<br />
PREDICTION PREDICTION PROBLEM<br />
PROBLEM<br />
PROBLEM<br />
Explains that societies for centuries have<br />
sought continually to improve the means<br />
of predicting earthquakes and volcanic<br />
eruptions, and that although modern<br />
technology enables scientists to make<br />
intelligent guesses about these events,<br />
forecasting remains an imperfect art.<br />
Item no. : HC07860166<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
FIRE FIRE ON ON THE THE RIM: RIM: 4 4 -<br />
PREPARING PREPARING FOR FOR DISAST DISASTER<br />
DISAST ER<br />
States that damage resulting from seismic<br />
activity can be minimized by careful<br />
planning and technological innovations.<br />
This program looks at the many methods<br />
people have devised through the ages in<br />
their attempts to survive the upheavals<br />
that plague the lands around the "ring of<br />
fire."<br />
Item no. : TF07860167<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
FUTURES FUTURES MARKET<br />
MARKET<br />
By Mercedes Alvarez<br />
FIRE FIRE ON ON THE THE THE RIM: RIM: 1 1 - FIRE FIRE<br />
FIRE A film essay in tableaux, FUTURES<br />
EAGLE'S EAGLE'S CHILDREN, CHILDREN, TH THE TH<br />
"La Danza de la Conquista del Gran<br />
Tenochtitlan", also known as "Los<br />
INTO INTO GOLD<br />
GOLD<br />
This series explores the ways Pacific Rim<br />
cultures cope with the seismic and<br />
MARKET traces the connections between<br />
memory, public space, and the real estate<br />
bubbles that led to the international<br />
financial crisis.<br />
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