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Heat and Dust (1983)

aka: Heat & Dust

Director

James Ivory

Subject

History; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 130 minutes), £19.99

A young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia and becomes obsessed with their revelations of her past in colonial India. Flitting between the present-day and the 1920s, the...

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Akenfield (1974)

Director

Peter Hall

Subject

Agriculture; English language and literature; History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £14.99

Loosely based on Ronald Blythe’s book, this film traces three generations of one Suffolk family and their lives in the farming industry. The film features a cast of non-professional actors drawn from the...

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Partition (2007)

Director

Ken McMullen

Subject

Film Studies; History; Literature; Politics & government; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 78 minutes), £12.99

An intense drama based around the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 and the transfer of power from British to Indian hands. Based on Saadat Hussan Manto’s famous short story about partition,...

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Swastika (1973)

Director

Philippe Mora

Producer

David Puttnam

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes + 82 minutes extras), £11.99

Met with a tumultuous reception at Cannes in 1973, Swastika was subsequently banned in Germany until 2010, when it was acknowledged for its significant contribution to understanding Hitler and Nazism; as...

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Synergise! Lectures Series (2011)

Subject

Languages

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 360 minutes), £202.00

This series of 4 DVDs comprises 12 lectures presented in November 2010 at the Synergise! Conference organised and hosted by AUSIT, the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. The presentations...

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Essential Oscar Wilde, The (2003)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

A two-disc set comprising classic BBC productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, Lady Windermere’s Fan and a Timewatch programme entitled ‘The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde’.

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State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980s (2006)

Director

Geoff Dunlop

Producer

John Wyver; Geoff Dunlop

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 320 minutes), £39.99

A series of six authoritative and challenging documentaries about the visual arts in the 1980s. Filmed in Europe, the United States and Australia in 1985-6, the six programmes feature many key artists...

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Artaud (2007)

Subject

Drama; French studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 93 minutes), £29.99

A 2-disc homage to the enigmatic poet, actor, director, playwright, philosopher, visionary, madman Antonin Artaud - one of the most influential figures of 20th century art, theatre and cinema. MY LIFE AND...

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Sporting Legends (3 Parts) (2008)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD), £9.99 each; £25.99 set

A series of three CDs recorded in 1999, in which Cliff Morgan talks to sporting personalities from the past about their life and sporting career. Vol 1 - Mary Peters and Cliff Morgan (discussed with Ian...

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Cinema 16 DVD (2003)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

A DVD consisting of a compilation of some of the best short films past and present from British filmmakers, both established and emerging. In addition to the 16 films themselves the DVD includes commentaries...

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