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Multimedia 1900: Experience and Entertainment in Everyday Life (2017)

Subject

Film studies; History

We know a great deal about media gadgetry in retrospect, but much less about how it was perceived and experienced by early users. Historians at the end of the 19th century have traditionally paid little...

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Issues of Race and Culture in Counselling Settings (1990 Video)

Producer

Colin Lago; Joyce Thompson

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Hire or sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1993 hire: £19.97 1993 sale: £70.50

Made for use in training where the complex implications of race and culture are being considered within the counselling interview. Trainers may select appropriate and specific scenes relevant to the needs...

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19th Century Craze for Steresoscopic Photograhy, The (2018)

Subject

Film studies; History

Stereoscopic photography rapidly became a worldwide craze after the Great Exhibition of 1851. Cheap viewers and mass-produced stereographs brought startlingly vivid images within reach of a mass audience,...

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Esquisses Hexagonales (1993 Video)

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 60 min., £43.50 (inclusive)

Independent but complementary video-based packs for teaching French language and culture, filmed on location in France and Belgium.

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Pioneers in Art and Science: Metzger (2004)

aka: Metzger

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 139 minutes), £14.99

A documentary on the life and work of Gustav Metzger, founder of Auto Destructive Art. This film looks at the Scale of Metzger’s achievements and his contribution to contemporary culture. From Freud to...

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Sound in Context (2010)

Director

Jonathan Web; Ashley Wong

Subject

Art; Music

A short documentary exploring the unique practice of sound within the visual arts world. Through conversations with a number of key art institutions/galleries, artists and curators working with sound in the...

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New Ways (1978 Film)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes how an immigrant family has made the transition from their previous lifestyle to that of their adopted country without losing their own culture. Shows ways of adapting the cheaper English foods to...

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Examined Life (2010)

Director

Astra Taylor

Subject

Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.99

EXAMINED LIFE takes philosophy out of the darkened corners of academia and into the hustle and bustle of the everyday, a visual reminder that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the world...

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Dark Side of Chocolate, The (2011)

Director

Miki Mistrati; Roberto Romano

Producer

Helle Faber

Subject

Agriculture; Business studies; Economics

Children eat chocolate every day of the year. They enjoy the delicious taste of cocoa, which originated in Africa. But behind the production of their delicious treats, there is another taste altogether: the...

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Visions of Warhol (2008)

Director

Jonas Mekas; Maas Willard; Marie Menkin

Subject

Art; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), Lux: £23 (individual), £60 (institutional)

Scenes from the life of Andy Warhol, as seen by three pioneer avant-garde filmmakers and close friends. The DVD features four films. 'Award Presentation to Andy Warhol’ (Jonas Mekas), documents Mekas...

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