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Excavating Television (2007)

Director

Amy Ramsey

Subject

Archaeology; Media studies

In this personlal short film by University of Southern California student Amy Ramsey, the archaeologist/filmmaker explores what the public knows, and often misconstrues, about her field of study. She...

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13th Festival of Ethnographic Film

Date

8 May 2013, 13:53

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Post

13th RAI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM 2013 13-16 June to Sunday 16th June 2013 at Edinburgh University www.raifilmfest.org.uk The festival is jointly hosted by the National Museums of...

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Why we Boycott (1974 Film)

Director

Glen Pearcy

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Chronicles the struggle by migrant workers on grape farms in southern California for better pay and conditions. In particular, shows how the United Farm Workers Union, aided by white liberals and church...

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Sun, Cities and Smog (1981 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

New York, Athens and Los Angeles all suffer from photochemical smog. The combination of bright sunlight and car exhaust fumes starts a complex chain reaction involving the production of nitrogen dioxide and...

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Aplysia and Its Giant Nerve Cells (1978 Video)

Producer

J E Gilpin-Brown

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Begins with a brief description of Aplysia’s general features, and its behaviour patterns. In the laboratory, giant nerve cells are found in its nervous system. Experiments show that different neurons show...

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Five Films About Christo and Jeanne Claude (2005)

aka: 5 Films About Christo and Jeanne Claude

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 201 minutes), £35.00

A three-DVD set of five digitally remastered films, chronicling a 30-year collaboration between documentary filmmakers Albert Maysles and his late brother David and the renowned environmental artists Christo...

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Timothy Asch (1932–1994)

Date

12 Sep 2014, 10:17

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Visual Anthropology at the University of Southern California, Timothy Asch made several groundbreaking documentaries and was a champion for the use of...

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Synergise! Lectures Series (2011)

Subject

Languages

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 360 minutes), £202.00

This series of 4 DVDs comprises 12 lectures presented in November 2010 at the Synergise! Conference organised and hosted by AUSIT, the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. The presentations...

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Earth Story (8 Parts) (2006)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 400 minutes), £19.99

Aubrey Manning presents a series on geological history, unfolding the recent story of how scientists have come to understand the mechanics of our dynamic planet. The 8 programmes took 3 years to make, cost...

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Wizards

Date

19 Jan 2017, 12:31

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Wizards GB. DVD. Fabulous Films. 81 mins. £5.99. About the reviewer: Dr Birgitta Hosea is Head of Animation at the Royal College of Art in London. Prior to joining the RCA in 2015, Birgitta Hosea was...

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