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  1. Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946 Film, Video)

    Director
    Maya Deren
    Subject
    Dance; Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Maya Deren weaves together her interest in dance with the exploration of myth and symbol. Dance becomes a metaphor for courtship and sexual union from which ‘the widow’ flees at the end of the film,...

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  2. Nibelungen, Die (1924)

    Director
    Fritz Lang
    Subject
    Film studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 288 minutes), £19.99

    This new HD restoration of Fritz Lang’s epic two-part, five-hour version of the Middle German poem Die Nibelungenlied, tells the story of the hero Siegfried, his death and the subsequent vengeance of his...

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  3. Life and Death of Steve Biko (1978 Film, Video)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £25.00

    A portrait of South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko seen through the eyes of family and friends. During interrogation Biko suffered head injuries; no treatment was given and after five days he was...

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  4. Listen to the Cancer Patient (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 39min.

    Mrs C, a 78-year-old widow, formerly a midwife, has cancer of the bowel. She relates her feeling concerning her diseases, and her experiences of treatment and care. Mrs S, a 40-year-old patient with...

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  5. Accidental Hero, The (1997 Video)

    Producer
    John Drury; Anne Reevell
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Explores the backgroud of Oskar Schindler, the Czech-born factory owner who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish slave workers during World War 2. He became a hero, but was also a Nazi, a womaniser and a...

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  6. Passage (2009)

    Director
    John Walker
    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 113 minutes), $99.00

    The news shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew perished in the Arctic during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they...

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  7. Oh Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams (2008)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 149 minutes), £14.99

    Released to mark the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ death, this is the first ever full-length biography of the composer, produced by director Tony Palmer. The film features specially recorded...

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  8. Ladykillers, The (1955 Film)

    Director
    Alexander Mackendrick
    Producer
    Michael Balcon; Seth Holt
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Feature film. Mrs Louisa Wilberforce, a widow living alone in a Victorian house near St Pancras station, rents her upstairs room to a mysterious ‘Professor Marcus’, who meets with four oddly assorted...

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  9. Hamar Trilogy, The (3 Parts) (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Joanna Head; Jean Lydall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £585.00

    The Hamar people are an isolated people living in the dry scrubland of south-western Ethiopia. These programmes concentrate on the proud and outspoken Hamar women. 1 (1990): A young widow, an unmarried girl...

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  10. This Sporting Life (1963 Video)

    Director
    Lindsay Anderson
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £12.99

    One of the most notable films from cinema’s British "New Wave" phase. It is director Lindsay Anderson’s multi-award winning, gritty and powerful northern drama, featuring a breakout performance from...

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