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Rub’El Kurus (1997 Video)

aka: Beneath the Cross

Director

Carlos Flores

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

During the 1980s the Guatemalan army launched ruthless counter-insurgency campaings against indigenous communities, killing or displacing thousands. This film documents the struggle of a group of...

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Sustainable Communities: Studying Settlement (2008)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 54 minutes), 40 minutes

This DVD is aimed at Geography tudents at Key Stages 3 - 5. It encourages students to think about their methodology and how they might evaluate and study their own locality, featuring case study material for...

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Homebeats: Struggles for Racial Justice (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

CD-ROM

Looks at racism and the black presence in Britain, using music, graphics, video, text and animation to cover the history of the struggle for racial justice, tracing the connections between slavery, the...

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Imagined Communities (1992 Video)

Director

Maggie Millman

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Explores the origins of nations and why people feel such deep attachments to their country, with reference to Benedict Anderson’s book ‘Imagined Communities’.

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Court of Justice of the European Communities (1998 Video)

Subject

Law; Politics & government

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min., Free loan

Illustrates the European Court of Justice and its functioning through a case submitted by an English working mother.

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Eden Valley (1994)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 100 minutes), £15.00 (+p&p)

Set within a harness racing fraternity, the video explores the conflict between urban and rural values through the medium of an evolving relationship between father and son.

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Muslims in Britain (1995 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Muslim families have been living in Britain for hundreds of years. Many of today’s Muslim communities first came to Britain after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 with large-scale Muslim immigration...

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Island in the China Sea (1975 Film)

Subject

Economics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Tai a Chau is a home for both farmers and fishermen, who live aboard small junks and use the island as a permanent harbour. The daily routines of Mr Wong, a fisherman, and Mr Ng, a farmer, are representative...

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Village Views: Making Local Character Count in New Development (1996 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min., Free loan

Promotional video to support the Countryside Commission’s Design in the Countryside programme. Encourages local communities to become involved with good design of buildings in rural areas.

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Local Heroes (1999 Video)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at four British businesses - Courts, Tullis Russell, Rio Tinto and Northumbrian - which operate around the world and rely on local communities for their workforces. Demonstrates their impact on these...

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