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Forgotten Men of the Valley of the Kings, The (2008)

aka: Les Hommes Oubliés de la Vallée des Rois

Director

Jérôme Prieur

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £19.99

In modern Deir el-Madinah, located near Luxor in Upper Egypt, extremely rare vestiges of an Egyptian city from the time of the Pharaohs have been found. Kha, Sennedjem, Pached, Nakhtaman and Inerkhaou lived...

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Pyramids of Waste: The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)

Director

Cosima Dannoritzer

Subject

Business studies; Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £39.50

Planned obsolescence is the deliberate shortening of product life spans to guarantee consumer demand. PYRAMIDS OF WASTE (aka THE LIGHT BULB CONSPIRACY) combines investigative research and archive footage to...

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Pakistan Zindabad: Long Live Pakistan (2008)

aka: Pakistan Zindabad: Longue Vie Au Pakistan

Director

Pascale Lamche

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 153 minutes), £24.99

Celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of Pakistan, this video identifies the keys to understanding the country’s present through its political history. Ever since its creation in 1947,...

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Appointment with Lacan, An (2012)

aka: Rendez-Vous Chez Lacan

Subject

Media studies; Psychiatry; Social sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 51 minutes), 25 euros

This film about the psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Lacan takes a look at his day-to-day life, through accounts from his patients, pupils, and close friends and family. Born at the turn of the 20th century...

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Hamlet (2004 Video)

Director

Toni Bargallo

A video recording of Ambroise Thomas’ five-act opera directed for stage by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser, and for video by Toni Bargallo. The Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu...

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Around 1800 (2004)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

A compilation of three 30-minute videos from the Palettes series devoted to great works of painting history. The secrets of the images are revealed using video animation techniques. The three paintings on...

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Architectures 11 (2017)

aka: Paris, The Invention of the Modern City; Paris Ring

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 108 minutes), £14.99

The 11th volume in a series which looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. This volume features two films: Paris, The Invention of the...

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Cuba, An African Odyssey (2008)

aka: Cuba, Une Odyssee Africaine

Director

Jihan El-Tahri

Subject

Development studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 190 minutes), £24.99

Using archive footage and personal accounts, this film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known theatre: Africa. From 1961 to 1991, this continent was the battleground for a war...

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Great French Century, The (2004)

Subject

Art

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

A compilation of three 30-minute videos from the Palettes series devoted to great works of painting history. The secrets of the images are revealed using video animation techniques. The films each give an...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2005 Video)

Director

Francois Roussillon

Benjamin Britten’s three-act opera recorded live at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona. A re-working of Robert Carsen’s 1995 production at the Aix-en-Provence Festival with cinematic touches added by...

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