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• Title:Everything is relatives / a Films for the Humanities and Sciences presentation ; written and presented by Bruce Dakowski ; executive producer, Karl Sabbagh ; produced and directed by Andre Singer.
  
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• Variant Title: William Rivers : Everything is relatives
  Pioneers of social anthropology. [William Rivers]
  
• Related Title:Strangers abroad (Television program)
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Dakowski, Bruce.
  Sabbagh, Karl.
  Singer, André, 1945-
  Thomson, Mike.
  Brook, Sue.
  Emney, Mark.
  Barrie, Chris, 1960-
  Central Independent Television.
  Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
  
• Published/Created:Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY audiovisual (Floor 3 )Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: GN21.R53 E88 2008 dvd
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY audiovisualWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: GN21.R53 E88 2008 dvd
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922.
  Torres Strait Islanders--Social life and customs.
  Melanesians--Social life and customs.
  Toda (Indic people)--Social life and customs.
  Anthropologists--Great Britain--Biography.
  Primitive societies.
  Kinship.
  
• Genre/Form:Documentary television programs.
  Ethnographic television programs.
  Biographical television programs.
  Educational television programs.
  Nonfiction television programs.
  
• Description:1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  
• Terms governing use:Restrictions: B.C. public post-secondary educational institutions only.
  
• Credits:Camera, Mike Thomson ; editor, Sue Brook ; music, Mark Emney.
  
• Cast:Presenter, Bruce Dakowski ; River's voice, Chris Barrie.
  
• Summary:Reviews the life and work of social anthropologist William Rivers. Describes his work among the people of the Torres Straits and the Todas of southern India and how he was led to stress the importance of kinship ties into understanding culture. His efforts to provide anthropology with a sound scientific base are evaluated in detail.
  
• Notes:Videodisc release of an episode of the 1985 television program Strangers Abroad by Central Independent Television.
  DVD ; NTSC, all region ; Dolby Digital 2.0 ; single layer.