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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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