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  1. Wired for Books: Toni Morrison (1987)

    Subject
    Literature

    Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of Beloved, The Bluest Eye, The Song of Solomon, Jazz, and Paradise, Toni Morrison talks about her early career, why every writer needs an editor, why she...

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  2. Mondrian: Mr Boogie-Woogie Man (1995 Video)

    Director
    Janice Sutherland
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 51 minutes), £14.95

    Traces Mondrian’s artistic development from his austere Calvinist upbringing to his first encouter with cubism. Examines key paintings in detail and explores his theories. Discusses his move to New York in...

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  3. Michael’s Theme (2014)

    Director
    Katryn Elkin
    Subject
    Television studies

    Using previously unbroadcast fragments from the opening and closing of several episodes in the first two series of Parkinson from the 1970s, this experimental work explores the talk-show convention of...

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  4. Charles Mingus - The Triumph of the Underdog (1997 Video)

    Director
    Don McGlynn
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 78 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

    Made over a period of nine years, this film is a tribute to Charles Mingus. Includes a large variety of film and television clips of Mingus in performance, and combines these with contributions from his...

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  5. From Juggling to Jazz (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £10.00

    DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of patterns and combinations, aimed at GCSE pupils, aged 13 - 17. In PATTERNS AND PREDICTIONS Colin Wright shows how spotting patterns can help in surprising...

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  6. Duke Ellington Masters 1967, The: (2 Parts) (2001 Video)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 25, 33 min., 2000 sale: £11.99 (inclusive) each

    Second set play list: ‘Le Sucrier Velours’, ‘Lotus Blossoms’, ‘The Second Portrait of the Lion’, ‘Meditation’, ‘On the Fringe of the Jungle’, ‘Mood Indigo’, ‘Take the A Train’.

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  7. Made in China (2007)

    Director
    Yves Scagiola; Roman Weber
    Subject
    Social Studies

    MADE IN CHINA is an expedition through the urban Chinese underground and the slowly budding youth culture in Beijing and Shanghai. Ten young intellectuals in film, art, literature and music describe and...

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  8. Finding Fela (2014)

    Director
    Alex Gibney
    Subject
    Music; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 mins.), £9.99

    The story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s life, music, and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobeat, using that forum to express his revolutionary political opinions against the...

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  9. Rainbow Dance (1936 Video)

    Director
    Len Lye
    Producer
    Basil Wright
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. Gasparcolour. 4 min.

    A mixture of live action an animation in which the actions of a live dancer combine with shimmering colour fantasies to illustrate the advantages of saving. The message is: ‘The Post Office Savings Bank...

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  10. Jazz Age, The (1955 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Depicts with archive footage the social life and customs in America during the 1920s, and traces important historical events of the period. Part 1 includes the Harding political campaign and scandal, rise of...

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