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Dread, Beat an’ Blood (1980)

aka: Dread, Beat and Blood

Director

Franco Rosso

Producer

Franco Rosso

Subject

Literature; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (45 minutes), £50.00

Profile of Linton Kwesi Johnson whose poetry is rooted very strongly in feelings of marginalisation and alienation found within urban black populations in the UK. Johnson, born in Jamaica in 1952, has...

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Black Sheep (2018)

Director

Ed Perkins

Subject

Social Studies

Short documentary following the story of Cornelius Walker after the murder of 11-year-old Damilola Taylor in November 2000. Cornelius, also aged 11 and with Nigerian parents, lived nearby. His mother,...

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Professional Knowledge - English

Subject

Education; Information technology

New technologies are second nature to most young people. This programme seeks to explore how they can help and encourage learning in the classroom - particularly in an English lesson. Teenagers discuss their...

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London Symphony: A Poetic Journey Through the Life of a City (2017)

Director

Alex Barrett

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £12.00

The ‘city symphony’ became a popular type of urban documentary during the last decade of the silent era. LONDON SYMPHONY pays homage to that subgenre. Its director, Alex Barrett, shot the film silent,...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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