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Our Secret Century (1995 Multimedia)

Producer

Rick Prelinger

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

A series of themed CD-ROMs, edited and selected by ‘media archaeologist’ Rick Prelinger, comprising an anthology of films, film segments, text, still images and artifacts depicting trends and...

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Heroes: The Films of John Pilger 1970 - 2007 (2008)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2538 minutes), £30.00

"HEROES..." is the first, definitive collection of ground-breaking documentaries from John Pilger’s career as a world renowned film-maker, author and investigative journalist. The title, Heroes, is taken...

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Kenneth Anger. Volumes 1-3 (1980 Video)

Director

Kenneth Anger

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, 3 videocassettes. VHS. col. 58, 58, 42 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive) each

Nine films on three videocassettes by the avant-garde film-maker Kenneth Anger. All have been digitally re-mastered and include the original music. Volume 1 includes FIREWORKS (1947, 14 min): Anger’s first...

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Fitzcarraldo (1983)

Director

Werner Herzog

Subject

Anthropology; Film Studies; Geography; History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 157 minutes), £19.99

With Fitzcarraldo, one of his most renowned films, acclaimed German director Werner Herzog emulates Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ in this mammoth epic set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest....

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Whicker’s World Volume 2 (2009)

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 400 minutes), £19.56

A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker’s quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled...

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Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (3 Parts) (2005)

aka: Trilogy on Tibet, A

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56, 129, 52 minutes), £21.95

A digitally remastered reissue of the seminal trilogy of films on Tibet originally released in 1979, now on one DVD and containing additional materials and a new commentary.The trilogy portrays the unbroken...

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Undercurrents 3 (1995 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min., 1996 sale: £27.95 per issue

A quarterly alternative video magazine, published in response to a growing frustration with the mainstream. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the media to...

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Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (7 Parts) (2004)

Subject

Engineering; FE; History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 350 minutes), £39.99

Drama-documentary series recreating epic moments in the industrial revolution. Each episode explores a specific triumphal construction of the era.

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Phantom India (7 Parts) (1969 Film)

Director

Louis Malle

Producer

Elliott Kastner

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Part 1: Briefly opens in Calcutta then goes to the South in search of traditional India, of religious piety, of the agricultural problems showing aspects of the daily lives of fishermen and peasants. Some...

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Romantics, The: Complete Series (2006)

Subject

Arts and Humanities; History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £15.00

A compilation of three programmes exploring ‘The Romantics’. FROM REVOLUTION TO NATURE - This film traces the ‘birth’ of the individual in modern society. It begins with Jean Jacques Rousseau who...

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