The 15th Asian Film Festival- 7th-17th March 2013

By Farzana Whitfield|February 11, 2013|Music, Media and Film Studies, South Asia|0 comments

    Image taken from: http://www.tonguesonfire.com/ Stop press! The programme for the 15th LAFF has been set! 7th to 17th March 2013 Tongues on Fire is proud to present the 15th London Asian Film Festival (LAFF) so make sure you save these dates and clear your diary for 7th to 17th March 2013. They are thrilled to be celebrating the centenary of Indian cinema this year with a focus on

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Films and Sound Recordings – August and September 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 5, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Vietnam: American Holocaust / Narrated by Martin Sheen Blind pig who wants to fly / een film van Edwin. Le cinéma de Rithy Panh Boys on film 6 : Pacific rim. Lirʻot ʼim ʼani mehạyekhet = To see if I’m smiling / First Hand Films ; Noga Communications ; director and producer, Tamar Yarom. Song of Umm Dalaila : the story of the Sahrawis / Dakkuma Productions produced and

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Africa – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 13, 2012|Africa|0 comments

African literature : gender discourse, religious values, and the African worldview / Safoura Salami-Boukari. AMAL : shelter for the poor in Khartoum, Sudan / [research, Ding Wowo ; editors, Ding Wowo, Carol McEowen, Zhao Chen.] Anglo-Zulu War, 1879 : a selected bibliography / Harold E. Raugh, Jr. Architecture and tourism in Italian colonial Libya : an ambivalent modernism / by Brian L. McLaren.  Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 / Guy

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South East Asia – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 18, 2012|South East Asia|0 comments

2010 International Seminar and Screening of Thai Cinema : proceedings, 16-18 April, 2010, Shanghai, China / [edited by Raksarn Wiwatsinudom … [et al.].]. A gentleman’s word : the legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia / Nilanjana Sengupta. An end to a war : a Japanese soldier’s experience of the 1945 death marches of North Borneo / written by Ueno Itsuyoshi, translated by Mika Reilly, edited by Richard W.

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Korea – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 6, 2012|Korea|0 comments

Divided nations and transitional justice : what Germany, Japan and South Korea can teach the world / edited by Sang Jin-Han : with contributions from Kim Dae-jung and Richard von Weizsäcker Social forces and states : poverty and distributional outcomes in South Korea, Chile, and Mexico Political systems of East Asia : China, Korea, and Japan / Louis D. Hayes Trilateralism and beyond : great power politics and the Korean

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Films and Sound Recordings – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 2, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Divine intervention [videorecording] : a chronicle of love and pain / a film by Elia Suleiman starring Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, Nayef Fahoum Daher, Amer Daher, Jamel Daher, George Ibrahim … Cry, the beloved country Disgrace / Film Finance Corporation Australia presents in association with Newbridge Film Capital … [et al.] a Wild Strawberries/Sherman Pictures production a Steve Jacobs film director, Steve Jacobs writer, Anna-Maria Monticelli producer, Anna-Maria Monticelli,

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Music, Media and Film Studies – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 13, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Raga and music in the Sikh holy scriptures / Savita Bakshi. Tribal dances of India / Usha Mehta. Trance, ritual, and rhythm : the cult of Mahasu Deota in the western Himalayas / Hans Utter. The new (ethno)musicologies / edited by Henry Stobart. Development of Hindustani classical music (19th & 20th centuries) / Rama Saraf. Boro Baba- Ustad Alauddin Khan / Sahana Gupta née Khan. Gāundā jāe wanạjārā / Sāhila

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Films and Sound Recordings – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 9, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Great African films. Vol. 1 – Faraw!: In Songhai with English subtitles. Haramuya: In Bambara with English subtitles. District 9 / Peter Jackson presents in association with TriStar Pictures and Block/Hanson a Wingnut Films production a film by Neill Blomkamp produced by Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell directed by Neill Blomkamp. Et maintenant, on va où? / Anne-Dominique Toussaint présente ; une co-production Les Films

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Africa – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 15, 2012|Africa|0 comments

Men in African film & fiction / edited by Lahoucine Ouzgane. History of the Igala Kingdom c.1534-1854 : a study of political and cultural integration in the Niger-Benue confluence area of Nigeria / Joseph N. Ukwedeh. African theatre. 9, Histories 1850-1950 / editor, Yvette Hutchison.. Africa in the American imagination : popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture / Carol Magee. The developmental challenges of mining and oil :

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 15, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near East Bārtu nabalkattu ana māt Aššur īpušma uḫatṭạ … : eine Studie zum Vokabular und zur Sprache der Rebellion in ausgewählten neuassyrischen Quellen und in 2 Kön 15-21 / Peter Juhás. Writing Ancient Persia / Thomas Harrison. Semitics Ahuvat ben ha-markịz : roman / Gidʻon Telpaz. אהובת בן המרקיז : רומן / גדעון תלפז. Be-shevaḥ ha-śinʼa / Moshe Dor בשבח השנאה : שירים / משה דור. Hạkụḳ be-even hạtukh

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