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Albino murders

Albino murders

DVD 2010

In Tanzania, incidence of albinism is unusually high, but albinos are looked upon as spirits or human ghosts rather than real people. Their body parts, believed to bring good luck and wealth, are prized for use in potions, talismans and folk remedies by witchdoctors. Albinos, both children and adults, are being killed or kidnapped and mutilated, their body parts feeding black market demand. This program follows Albino United, a Tanzanian soccer t...

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Varnado, Victor
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Description:
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
optical
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD
polychrome
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
Explorer (Television program)
Notes:
Originally produced in 2009 for broadcast as an episode of the television program Explorer
"As seen on National Geographic Channel"--Container
Narrator, Peter Coyote; Victor Varnado, Albino United
DVD-R
English; some dialogue in English or Swahili with English subtitles or dubbing
Control Number:
3096953
UPC:
727994952848
Other Authors:
Broomfield, Nick, 1948-
Coyote, Peter, narrator
Grupper, Jonathan, producer, author
Hoeferlin, Marc, producer, director
Lafayette Films
National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
National Geographic Television & Film
Reina, Juan, producer, director
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