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Annie Leibovitz (1993)

Director

Rebecca Frayn

Producer

Belinda Allen

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 51 minutes), £14.95

The American photographer Annie Leibovitz first attracted attention for her work while still a student in the late 1960s. Her photojournalism came to define the style of Rolling Stone magazine, the cult...

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Nighthawks (2005)

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 109 minutes), £12.99

A homosexual geography teacher is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night. Hugely controversial on its initial release, Nighthawks was one of the first British movies to...

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Detroit: Ruin of a City (2005)

Director

Michael Chanan; Ralph Steiner

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 92 minutes), £115.00 [University rate]

Once an industrial powerhouse and the hub of the American automobile industry, Detroit is now in serious decline and one of the poorest, most segregated cities in the USA. With the participation of Detroit...

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Bridging the Gap: Resilience

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

DVD (Region 0 PAL, 41 minutes), Free

Four short films on the theme of ‘Resilience’ commissioned by Scottish Documentary Institute. THE THIRD DAD Ten years after breaking all ties with her alcoholic father, a daughter sets out to find his...

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D.I.Y. Or die: How to Survive As an Independent Artist (2003)

aka: D.I.Y. Or die: Burn This DVD

Subject

Arts and Humanities; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £15.99

Contains interviews with nearly 30 artists, including many musicians as well as a few writers, filmmakers, painters, a sculptor and photographer and questions them in respect of their thoughts toward the...

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Eugène Vernier: fashion, femininity & form

Date

23 Nov 2012, 11:13

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Post

Eugène Vernier: fashion, femininity & form, with essays by Robin Muir and Becky E. Conekin, was published in hardback by Hirmer Publishers on Monday 19th November price £39.95, (220 pages, 200...

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Alfred Leslie: Cool Man in a Golden Age (2009)

Director

Alfred Leslie

Subject

Art; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 155 minutes), £40.00

Alfred Leslie is a pivotal American artist-painter-filmmaker whose work spans the past fifty years. A celebrated contemporary of the Abstract Expressionists and a key figure in the social milieu of downtown...

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Passwords: Poets and Poetry from the Neab Anthology

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 25 minutes), £19.99 together

The series features selected poets and poems from the NEAB GCSE English Language and Literature Anthology. Programmes 1-3 on Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy and Ted Hughes feature the poets themselves and...

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2014 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards

Date

1 May 2014, 09:37

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

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Last night the winners of this years 2014 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards were announced at the Sony World Photography Awards. The top 10 books in each category are on exhibit in the Sony World Photography...

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The Sound Edit: Wildlife film competition launched

Date

5 Nov 2012, 15:22

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

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This week the British Library have launched the Sound edit: Wildlife competition with IdeasTap at the London Film Festival. The competition is open to filmmakers, animators and photographers and there is a...

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