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Vortex - Life in One of the Poorest Village in Hungary (2012)

Subject

Geography; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 76 minutes), £41.99

Filmed over six months, in Hungarian with English subtitles, this documentary follows three families in the village of Told, one of the poorest villages in Hungary. Isolation, poverty and discrimination...

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Rome, Open City

Date

29 Oct 2014, 14:15

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta ). GB. DVD. Arow Films. 103 minutes. £8 About the reviewer: Ron Guariento is a retired film and television producer and a lecturer at Newcastle University. Ron worked...

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Rome, Open City (1993)

aka: Roma Citta Aperta

Subject

History; Italian studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £15.99

Often seen as the true beginning of neo-realism with its documentary-style imagery and the authenticity of its performances, Rossellini’s classic tells the story of resistance under German occupation....

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My Voyage to Italy

Subject

Film & television production; Italian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 246 minutes), £7.99

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese gained great inspiration from the Italian films he watched in his youth and others that made an impact later on in his life, changing the way he made films. My Voyage To Italy...

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Can we Afford the Doctor? (1986 Video)

Director

Marilyn Wheatcroft

Producer

Sharon Goulds

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min.

An entertainment in music hall style that looks at memories of health care before there was a health service. Records the research, writing, rehearsal and performance by the Age Exchange Theatre Company in...

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Out of Our Minds (1986 Video)

Director

Greg Lanning

Producer

Sharon Goulds

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

Made at the 19th-century Fairfield Hospital in Letchworth, Herts, the video is based on the work of a group of Fairfield patients whose poems and writings offer a first-hand account of the experience of...

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Academy of Waste?, The (1996 Video)

Producer

Rosemary Hill

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the Italian university system where ‘natural selection’ sees only 30% of those enrolled as students get their final degree qualifications. The huge drop-out rate means that many universities are...

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Recollections: Eyewitnesses Remember the Holocaust (2007)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-ROM), free

Testimony is a unique insight into the Holocaust, but as survivors grow frailer with each passing year it is critical that their stories be heard both to teach about this catastrophic period of history and...

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Latest additions to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

Date

21 Mar 2013, 09:16

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

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The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments,...

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The Armstrong Lie

Date

5 Feb 2015, 08:54

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The Armstrong Lie. 2014. GB. Blu-Ray / DVD / Ultraviolet. Sony. 119 minutes + extras. £ 7.99 (DVD); £ 10.99 (Blu-ray). About the reviewer: Before taking up the position at the University of Sussex,...

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