Film Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Discovering Country and Western Music . 1977. Produced by Bernard Wilets.
Full of Life A-Dancin' . 1978. Produced by Robert Fiore and Richard Nevell and directed by Robert Fiore.
Guitar Craft . 1977. Produced by Rob Williams.
Gypsy Yodeler . 1978. Produced by Ron Taylor.
Homemade American Music . 1980. Produced by Carrie Aginsky and Yasha Aginsky.
New England Fiddles . 1984. Produced and directed by John M. Bishop.
Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category . 1975. Directed by Scott Faulkner and Anthony Slone and produced by Appalshop
Oaksi . 1979. Directed by Anthony Slone and produced by Appalshop
Ralph Stanley's Bluegrass Festival . 1982. Produced and directed by Jim Kent.
Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers . 1976. Produced by Gene DuBey.
Sprout Wings and Fly . 1982. A film by Les Blank, Cece Conway , and Alice Gerrard.
Tough, Pretty or Smart: A Portrait of the Patoka Valley Boys . 1981. Produced by Richard Kane and Dillon Bustin.     

Film Review

Book reviewed in this article:
The Primal Mind . 1984. Produced by Richard Berman and Alvin H. Perlmutter.
Native Land: Nomads of the Dawn . 1986. Produced and directed by John Peaslee.
Spirit of the Hunt . 1982. Produced by Thomas Howe Associates.
Itam Hakin, Hopiit . 1984. Produced and directed by Victor Masayesva     

Intersections of Local and Global Processes in African Communities: On Multivocality and Context

Taxi to Timbuktu. 1994. 50 minutes. Directed by Christopher Walker. Produced by Faction Films. First Run/Icarus Films, 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014. (212) 727-1711. Available in video.
Have. Problem, Madam. 1995. 59 minutes. Directed by Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele. Produced by Bernard Neuhaus. First Run/Icarus Films, 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014. (212) 727-1711. Available in video and 16 mm.     

Film Reviews

The Chemistry of the Cell. Produced by Technical and Scientific Films Ltd., for E.F.V.A. and Educational Films of Scotland. Part 1 : The Structure of Protein and Nucleic Acids Sound, colour, 22 min

The Birth of the Red Kangaroo. 16 mm, sound, colour, 21 min. Produced by Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation Film Unit, Australia

Embryonic Development of the Light Brown Apple Moth. 16 mm, sound, black and white, 18 min. Produced by Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation Film Unit, Australia

Biology by Enquiry. 16 mm, sound, black and white, 17 min. Produced by the Nuffield Foundation

Animals Breathe in Many Ways. 16 mm, sound, colour, 10 min. Produced by Film Associates of California, U.S.A.

Life Story of a Moth. 16 mm, sound, colour, 11 min. Produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica     

Some New Audiovisual Catalogues

Book reviewed in this article:
Films, The Visualization of Anthropology . Lori A. Baldwin, M. Kathleen Duttro , and Geza Teleki , eds.
The World of Islam, Images and Echoes: A Critical Guide to Films and Recordings . Ellen-Fairbanks Bodman , gen ed.
Media Log. A Guide to Television, Film and Radio Programs Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities . Lilian Jimenez, Mara Mayor , and Virginia Schofield , eds.
Encyclopaedia Cinematographica: Cultural Anthropology Catalog . Richard Lytle and John K. Mallory , compilers.
Films from D.E.R . Toby Alice Volkman
Native Americans on Film and Video . Elizabeth Weatherford , ed.     

Ishi,the last American

Ishi in Two Worlds. Produced and directed by Richard Thompson and available on videotape from CRM Films. CRM Films, 1960, 20 mins.

The Last of His Tribe. HBO feature telefilm and videotape. A River City Production. Produced and directed by Harry Hook. Co‐produced by Robert Lovenheim. HBO, 1992. Approx. 90 mins.

Ishi, the Last Yahi. Dramatic Documentary Film. Rattlesnake Productions, Inc., 1992. Produced and directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts. Color, 56 mins. Information on world‐wide rights and rental pricing available from Filmmaker Jed Riffe, Saul Zaentz Film Center, 2600 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710; tel. (510) 841–2337.     

Vanaja

Vanaja. Written and Directed by Rajnesh Domalpalli. Produced by Varija Films; Telugu with English subtitles, 2006; color, 110 minutes. Distributed by Emerging Pictures Corp.     

Film Review

Book reviewed in this article:
Becoming American . 1982. Produced by Ken Levine and Ivory Waterworth Levine
The Best Place to Live . 1982. Produced and directed by Peter O'Neill and Ralph Rugoff     

Comparative Ecology of Protozoa: A Laboratory Exercise for Undergraduates

slides/stips The colonisation of a shingle beach Set of 24, colour, plastic-mounted slides supplied in a wallet with teaching notes, by A. J. Cooper. Available from Audio Visual Productions Ltd, Hocker Hill House, Chepstow, Gwent NP6 5ER. Price £8.40, ref. 35 850; Peter Benson

slides/stips Evolution and behaviour Five sets of 35 mm colour slides with study notes. Three sets are reviewed here:

• Adaptations to predation AV221 (50 slides)

• Adaptive colouration AV222 (50 slides)

• How animals eat AV223 (44 slides)

Soon available in this series will be Animal societies and Insect societies. They are produced by David W. Macdonald in association with Oxford Scientific Films and are available from Oxford Educational Resources Ltd, 197 Botley Road, Oxford 0X2 OHE. Price £15 per set; Katie Bowbrick and Anne Roberts

slides/stips Hedges—past and presentSet of 24 mounted colour slides packaged as a three-page booklet by John Feltwell. Available from Audio Visual Productions Ltd, Hocker Hill House, Chepstow, Gwent NP6 5ER. Price £8.40, ref. 35 832.; Patricia A. Horton

slides/stips Experiments in biology A 50-frame 35 mm colour filmstrip supplied with cardboard slide mounts and teachers' notes, by J. Cremona. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hants, P03 SEE. Price £7.75, ref. 181.; Anita de Brouwer and Dean Madden

Tape/Slide Respiration: energy for life Two sets of 80 mounted slides, two prerecorded cassette tapes (one side with an inaudible signal and the other with an audible signal). Available from Edward Patterson Associates, Treetops, Cannongate Road, Hythe, Kent CT21 5PT, price £68; or from Science and Mankind Inc., Communications Park, Box 2000, Mount Kisco, NY 10549, USA, price $169.50 (with carousels) reference 1-1045-2850, or as a filmstrip $1149.50 reference 2-3045-2850.; Teresa Carberry, Kevin Want and Joy Wilson

Tape/Slide Extinction and endangered species: Natural process or human intervention A tape/slide presentation in four parts. 160 slides in total. Each part has a tape cassette with audible advance cues on one side and a 1000 Hz automatic signal on the other. Available from Edward Patterson Associates, Treelops, Cannongate Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5PT, price £68; or from Science and Mankind Inc., Communications Park, Box 2000, Mount Kisco, New York 10549, USA, price $169.50. In the USA the slides are prepacked in two carousels and are also available as a filmstrip $149.50. A comprehensive teacher's guide is provided.; Jill Beagley, Caroline Gould, Jonathan Gravesm and Sally Anne Wedderburn

Films The endocrine system Systems working together Two of a series of 10 16 mm colour sound films also available as videocassettes ranging in length from 11 to 22 minutes. Available from Viewtech Audio Visual Media, 122 Goldcrest Road, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol BS17 SXN. Price: Videocassettes: VHS £40.00, VCR £45.00, Betamax £40.00, V-matic £45.00; film hire: Endocrine System £10.50, Systems working together £9.80

Films The endocrine system

Films Systems working together; Sue Allan

Films Fungi and Man 16 mm colour film with teacher's notes by David Boulton. Running time: 17.5 minutes. UK, 1983. Available from Boulton-Hawker Films Ltd, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 5BG. Price: £201. Hire charge £7.50. Also available as videocassette: VHSjBetamax £23, Philips £29, U-Matic £35; S. M. Allan

Films Plants make food (2nd edition) A 16 mm colour film. Running time: 13 minutes. Produced by Churchill Films, Los Angeles, USA, and distributed by Boulton-Hawker Films Ltd, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 5BG. Price £146. Hire charge £7.50.; S. M. Allan

Videotapes The masterbuilders Videocassette. Running time 45 minutes. Release date June 1983. Produced by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL. Price £28.18, also for hire as videocassette or film; Sue Allan

Videotapes The Gibbs Kids investigate dentists Videotape available in VHS and Beta formats. Running time 15.5 minutes. Date of production 1982. Available from Gibbs Oral Hygiene Service, Hesketh House, Portman Square, London W1A 1DY. Price £7.00; Jane Seddon, Claire Thomas and Jane Powell

Tapes Science in Society Audio Unit 6: Science, technology and people Two audio cassettes, comprising a total of four, 15-minute programmes, supplied in a box with a set of Teacher's notes. Available from Science in Society Audio Ltd, 218 Sussex Gardens, London W2 3UD. Price £9.90.; Emma Wynne

Charts Fens D2.7 Towns and cities D2.8 Charts, in colour, size 70 cm by 30 cm. Available from Interpretative Branch, Nature Conservancy Council, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4TW. Price £0.75 each.; John A. Barker

Charts Countryside charts: Birds By David Elcome. A set of 20 full-colour charts, size 495 mm by 370 mm. Published by Macmillan Children's Books, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hants RG21 2XS. Price £11.95 plus VAT. ISBN 0 333 33121 4.; John A. Barker

Muliti-media Cartoon sheet discussion starters Produced by the Centre for World Development Education. Available from CtVDE, 128 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SH. Price 20p each with discounts for bulk orders plus 20 per cent p and p.; Balwinder Ghatabora

Software Human Blood Groups By D. and V. Garland. Written for BBC Model B, with colour monitor cassette and disc versions produced by Garland Computing, 35 Dean Hill, Plymouth, Devon PL9 9AF. £15.00.; Sophie McCormick

Software Microdiet Produced by the Advisory Unit for Computer Based Education, Hatfield. Program notes written by Dodie Hodgkinson. Available on disk or cassette for RML380Z. £25 + VAT.

Software Diet analysis Jeanette Bowen and Bob Waters for Computers in the Curriculum Project and MEP. Available on disk and cassette for RML380Z, 480Z, BBC B, and PET; on disk only for Apple. £14.50+VAT. Both from Longman Micro Software, Longman Group Ltd, 33-35 Tanner Row, York YOl 1JP.; Tessa Carrick

Software Flowering in soya bean Tom Bridson and Alison Rose for Computers in the Curriculum Project and MEP. Available on disk and cassette for RML380Z, 480Z, BBC B, and PET; on disk only for Apple. £14.50+VAT. From Longman Micro Software, Longman Group Ltd, 33-35 Tanner Row, York YOl UP.; Tessa Carrick     

Film Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
No Maps on My Taps . 1978. Produced and directed by George T. Nierenberg .
Tapdancin' . 1980. A film by Christian Blackwood .     

FILM REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Lucy in Disguise . 1980. Written, produced and codirected by David Smeltzer in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
The First Family . 1980. Produced by WVIZ in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.     

Film Reviews

The Island Hills. 16 mm, sound, colour, all parts 8 min each. Photographed and directed by F. G. Hollands. Produced by Rank Educational Films, 1966

La Vie des Euglenes. 16 mm, sound, colour, 14 min, English commentary. Produced by Laboratoire d'Evolution des Etres Organises (Faculte des Sciences de Paris)

The Fox. 16 mm, sound, colour, 11 min. (£1. 5s. for hire)

The Weasel. 16 mm, sound, colour, 12 min. (£2 for hire)

Plants and Animals. 16 mm, sound, colour, 9 min. (£1. 5s. for hire). All produced by Yugoslavia Films     

Film Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Inheritance. 1987. Produced and directed by Bill Donovan.
"Two Dollars and a Dream." 1987. A film by Stanley Nelson.     

Film Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Panare—Scenes from the Frontier . 1982. Produced by Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
Nomads of the Rain Forest . 1984. A film by Adrian Warren.     

Film Reviews

The Chaco Legacy . 1980. A film by Graham Shedd , for Odyssey.
Civilization in Ancient Chiapas . 1980. Produced by Brigham Young University ; directed by Roger Snodgrass.     

Film Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Voices from Gaza . 1987. Produced by M. Pachachi and A. Cassia
Children of Fire . 1990. A film by Mai Masri and Jean Chamoun     

FILM REVIEWS

Sur les Traces du Renard Pale (Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon). 1983. A film by Luc de Heusch.
Spite . 1984. Produced by Catherine De Clippel and directed by Jean-Paul Colleyn and Manu Bonmarriage.     

Reviews

The Flavonoids. Advances in Research since 1980. Ed. by J. B. H arborne .
Hungry crops : a guide to nutrient deficiencies in field crops By N. J. G rundon .
Microbial ecology: organisms, habitats, activities. By H einz S tolp .
Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi. Ed. by A. D. M. R ayner , C. M. B rasier and D. M oore .
Micro-algal Biotechnology . Edited by M.A. B orowitzka and L. J. B orowitzka and L. J. B orowitzka .
Experimental Phycology: A laboratory manual Edited by C hristopher S. L obban , D avid J. C hapman , and B runo P. K remer .
100 Families of Flowering Plants. By M. H ickey and C. K ing .
Differentiation Patterns in Higher Plants. Edited by K. M. U rbanska .
The Living Tundra. By Yu. I. C hernov , Translated by D. L öve .
North American Terrestrial Vegetation. Edited by M. G. B arbour & W. D. B illings .
Biogeography and Quaternary History in Tropical Latin America. By T. C. W hitmore and G. T. P rance (Editors).
Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago . By T. C. W hitmore (Editor).
Postglacial Vegetation of Canada. By J. C. R ichie .     

REVIEWS

Book review in this article
Botanical Latin . By W. T. S tearn .
Laboratory Manual of Tropical Mycology and Elementary Bacteriology . By A. T hompson and G loria L im .
Agriculture in the Tropics . By C. C. W ebster and P. N. W ilson .
Bananas . By N. W. S immonds .
Rice . By D. H. G rist .
Tea . By T. E den .
Lowson's Botany . By E. W. S imon , K. J. D ormer and J. N. H artshorne .
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. 16. Ed. by L. M achlis and W. K. B riggs .
Ultrastructural Plant Cytology . By A. F rey -W yssling and K. M ühlethaler .
Drawings of British Platits . Part XXII, Scrophulariaceae (1). By S tella R oss
Molecules and Cells .By D. A. C oult . The Principles of Modern Biology. Ed. by D. A. C oult .
The Growth of Cereals and Grasses . Ed. by F. L. M ilthorpe and J. D. I vins .
Origins of Metidelism . By R. C. O lby .
Fungal Genetics . By J. R. S. F incham and P. R. D ay . Botanical Monographs, Vol. 4, ed. by W. O. J ames .
Genetik der Pilze . by K. E sser and R. K uenen .
Microbial and Molecular Genetics . By J. R. S. F incham . Modern Biology Series, ed. by J. E. W ebb .
Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum, Supplementum XIII . Compiled at the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, under the direction of Sir G eorge T aylor .
A Flora of Northeastern Minnesota . By O lga L akela .
Stephen Hales, D.D., F.R.S. An Eighteenth Century Biography . By A. E. C lark -K ennedy .     

REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article:
Pigments in Plants . Ed. by F. C zygan .
Nitrogen and Carbon Metabolism . Ed. by J. D erek B ewley .
Advances in Biochemical Engineering . Vol. 18, Plant Cell Cultures II . Managing Editor: A. F iechter .
The Botany of Auckland . By L ucy M. C ranwell .
Photosynthesis . By D. O. H all and K. K. R ao .
Plants and Mineral Salts . By J. F. S utcliffe and D. A. B aker .
The Archives of the Peat Bogs . By S ir H arry G odwin .
The Biology of Mosses . By D. H. S. R ichardson .