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Toyen (2005)

Director

Jan Nemec

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 63 minutes), $29.95

Jan Nemec’s film concerns the Czech artist Toyen (Marie Cerminova). As a female artist, Toyen broke through the male-dominated art world to create paintings and drawings, often erotic in nature. She...

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Afterimages 4: Vivienne Dick (2007)

Director

Vivienne Dick

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 56 minutes), £100.00

AFTERIMAGES is a continually-expanding collection of important works by film and video artists, newly remastered and made available on DVD for the first time. The aim is to make important historical works by...

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Beauty Queens: Helena Rubinstein

Subject

Business studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), €10.21

Helena Rubinstein is rightly seen as one of the pioneers of a market worth millions- the female beauty market. Born in Krakow, Rubinstein started her career in the early years of the twentieth century in...

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Brachiopods (1983 Video)

Subject

Biology; Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10 min.

Illustrates aspects of the life cycle of the living brachiopods ‘Terebratulina retusa’ (Linnaeus) and ‘Crania anomala’ (Muller) from Scotland. The braciopods are shown in normal life position,...

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Nature Display’d (1993 Video)

Producer

Alison Tucker

Subject

History; Medical sciences

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Studies the complex associations made in the 18th century between the concepts of Woman and Nature, and how these were depicted in art and in sciences. Looks at women in relation to botany, health, charity...

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Sisters-In-Law (2006)

aka: Sisters in Law

Director

Kim Longinotto; Florence Ayisi

Subject

Anthropology; Law

Distribution

Hire Sale, DVD (106 minutes), £6.00 (V)

Six year old Manka has run away from home, fleeing her abusive aunt. Sonita has daringly accused her neighbour of rape. Amina has decided to end her brutal marriage by taking her husband to court. Set in...

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Hidden Faces (1996 Film, Video)

Director

Claire Hunt; Kim Longinotto

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Originally intended as a film about feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi, the film is portrayal of the lives of modern Egyptian women in Islamic society. Safaa Fathay, a young Egyptian woman living in Paris,...

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Miracle of Life, The (1982 Film, Video)

Producer

Carl O Löfman; Bebe Nixon

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Until recently the process of fertilisation had never been seen in detail. Now, using new developments in camera techniques and technology, the programme explores the beauty of the hidden microworld of human...

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Mosby’s Physical Examination Video Series (1995 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 x 15-20 min., 1995 sale £615.00 (+VAT) (each set) 1995 sale:£123.00 (+VAT) (each part)

A video series showing the physical examination of the various body systems and covers the techniques of the examination, how the examiner interacts with the patient and how the examiner proceeds through the...

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Code Breakers, The (2001)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £ 15 per item or £ 100 for the whole set (inclusive)

One of a series of 13 short films about remarkable scientific discoveries by Nobel prizewinners and their colleagues. This programme looks at human genetics, how heredity works and the work of the Nobel...

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