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In the Shadow of the Sun (2013)

Director

Harry Freeland

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 84 minutes), £9.99

In Tanzania, witch doctors are spreading a belief that the body parts of albino people will bring wealth and good fortune. Referred to as ‘White Ghosts’ and ‘Devils’ within their communities, the...

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Practical Approaches to Artaud and the Theatre of Cruelty (2011)

aka: Antonin Artaud: Pactical Approaches to a Theatre of Cruelty

Subject

Drama; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £75.00

This two-disc DVD set showcases practical approaches to working with Artaud and the Theatre of Cruelty. It provides examples of students’ work considered excellent by moderators. These are combined with a...

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Look at Life: Volume 3 - Science (2011)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 450 minutes), £8.85

Forty-five films from the LOOK AT LIFE series, produced by the Special Features Division Rank Organisation every week for screening in Odeon cinemas between 1960 and 1969. This volume offers a selection of...

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Ugetsu Monogatari/Oyu-Sama (1951)

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (97, 94 minutes), £24.99

Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of the Rain and Moon) is based on a pair of 18th century ghost stories by Ueda Akinari. In 16th century Japan, amidst the pandemonium of civil war, potter Genjuro and...

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How to Teach Artaud (2011)

Subject

Drama; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 120 minutes), £75.00 [Institutional rate]

This comprehensive drama teaching resource is especially relevant where students need to explore a play and can choose Artaud as the influencing practitioner and where they need to devise their own piece and...

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Miss Mend (1926)

aka: Miss Mend, An Adventure Serial in Three Parts

Director

Boris Barnet

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 285 minutes), 35.95 Euros

Silent film produced in Russia in 1926 with the goal of rivalling the most entertaining American movies of the 1920s. It features stunning location photography and impressive stunt scenes: horse, car and...

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Last Plant Standing (1998)

Director

J Edward Milner

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 200 minutes), £17.00

Survival on a finite planet is based on food security: We are dependent on plants as the basis of all our food. The informed conservation of plant genetic resources is therefore a most vital task which...

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Jubilee (1978 Film)

Director

Derek Jarman

Producer

Howard Malin; James Whaley

Independent feature film. A visceral, punk fantasy made in the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee, and solo directorial debut for Derek Jarman. Anxious to gain knowledge, Queen Elizabeth I has her...

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My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Director

Stephen Frears

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 97 minutes), £14.99

Feature film. Stephen Frears’ film about Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a son of a Pakistani immigrant, who embarks on a venture to renovate his uncle’s laundrette with the help of his childhood friend,...

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Ancient Civilisations (6 Parts) (1998 Video)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series looking at how the ancient civilisations in China, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome and meso-America originated, what sustained them and why they fell.

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