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Son Nica (1986 Video)

aka: Nicaragua: My Country

Director

Walter Marin; Jackie Reiter; Wolf Tirado

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 34 min.

Nicaragua’s first free elections were held in 1984 with seven political parties participating. Looks at the new democratic processes by focusing on two women members of the new National Assembly, one an...

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British Television Animation

Date

24 Aug 2016, 10:02

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

British Television Animation 1997-2010: Drawing Comic Tradition by Van Norris (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), 231 pages, ISBN 978-1137330932 (paperback) £47.99 About the reviewer: Professor Paul Wells works in...

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Guarda Cuidadosa, La (1965 Film)

Subject

Drama; Spanish studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Performance of a complete one-act play by Cervantes. A guard protects the house of the girl he hopes to marry from all other men; the girl chooses to marry another man.

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Nicaragua: Report from the Front (1984 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 32 min.

American journalists look at United States foreign policy toward Nicaragua particularly along the border between Nicaragua and Honduras. They were able to film the first footage of the secret...

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Sunrise over Tiananmen Square (1998)

Director

Shui-Bo Wang

Subject

Art; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 29 minutes), Canadian $19.95

Both an autobiographical work and an attempt to portray the new China, this collage film uses original art and family and archival photos to present a personal perspective on the Cultural Revolution and its...

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Great Sit Down, The (1978 Film)

Producer

Stephen Peet

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An account of how auto workers seized plants at General Motors in 1937 - a single incident which represented a turning point in the American Labour movement. Uses contemporary footage showing pickets,...

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This is War - Memories of Iraq (2008)

Subject

History; Psychology; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £14.99

A video diary about the experiences of an Oregon National Guard battalion sent to Iraq for a year in 2004, The film is divided into short chapters that bring home multiple aspects of a difficult and...

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Counter Culture Volume II (2006)

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 102 minutes), $9.99

Two more films on the 1960’s youth movemement in the USA.

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Learning on Screen Entries 2012

Date

9 May 2012, 17:28

Author

Sarah Allen

Post Type

Page

The British Universities Film & Video Council were pleased to receive the following entries to the Learning on Screen Awards 2012: A Boatload of Wild Irishmen LMDÓC in association with the...

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10 Years of the IWM Student Film Festival

Date

28 May 2013, 09:49

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

The Imperial War Museum’s Student Film Festival, to be renamed the 'IWM Short Film Festival', will return in 2014 after the IWM's closure for major refurbishment. Toby Haggith, Senior Curator in the...

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