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  1. Mother: Caring for Seven Billion (2011)

    aka: Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

    Director
    Christophe Fauchere
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £39.50

    Since the 1960s world population has nearly doubled and now tops seven billion. Population growth, though little discussed, is putting an unprecedented burden on the planet’s life systems. This film brings...

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  2. Gender Matters (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Development studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Until recently women’s experience was totally ignored by both development planners and the societies they were trying to serve. The situation has come about because of the seemingly universal imbalance in...

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  3. Knowledge-Based Systems (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Jeremy Cooper
    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., The videotapes in this course are only available as a set, comprising 12 programmes on 3 VHS videocassettes. Price per set: £400.

    Knowledge-based aids are briefly presented and discussed: the GLADYS system for diagnosing dyspepsia; algorithms used in training workers in Third World countries; a rule-based expert system currently being...

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  4. Something Old, Something New (1985 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter Campbell
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The oil palm is grown as a plantation crop in West Africa, the Far East and tropical America. Examines three developments in oil palm technology which have made an important contribution to agricultural...

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  5. Towards a Better Life (1993 Video)

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

    Rajasthan, with a history full of kings and palaces, is one of the poorest states in India. Many of the families are Untouchables and female illiteracy is high. It is an area subject to frequent disasters...

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  6. '70: Remembering a Revolution (2011)

    Director
    Alex De Verteuil
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 47 minutes), $225.00

    This film tells the story of the Black Power revolution in Trinidad and Tobago. Between February and April 1970, the streets of Port of Spain were filled with young Black men and women chanting ‘Power to...

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  7. Lessons from Kerala (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Indian state of Kerala lies at the south-western tip of the Indian sub-continent. Partly because of its history (it has survived many different rulers) and partly because of post-independence left-wing...

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  8. Breaking out (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Tells the story of some of the women in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. During the War of Independence many women fought side by side with the men. Everyone hoped their lives would change. Women...

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  9. Guess What’s Coming to Dinner? (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Tessa Livingstone
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at attempts to create food products through biotechnology. Genetic engineers claim that food shortages in the developing countries could be overcome by transferring genes from plants which can survive...

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  10. Bhopal: The Second Tragedy (1995 Video)

    Director
    Sunandan Walia
    Producer
    Sunandan Walia
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 51 min.

    Mark Tully investigates the Bhopal disaster of 1984 and its continuing devastation on the city’s inhabitants. Ten years after methyl isocyanate gas from a Union Carbide chemical factory leaked over the...

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