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  1. Congorilla (2015)

    Producer
    Martin E. Johnson; Osa Johnson
    Subject
    Natural history; Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 67 mins.), $24.95

    Documentary. The first sound movie made entirely in Africa, CONGORILLA chronicles Martin and Osa Johnson’s 3rd trip between 1930 and 1931. They visit familiar territory in Kenya and Tanzania before moving...

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  2. Dreaming the Quiet Man

    Director
    Se Merry Doyle
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (92 minutes), £14.99

    A documentary exploring the legacy of John Ford’s film The QUIET MAN. An array of Hollywood names, including directors Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich, along with Gabriel Byrne and Maureen O’Hara,...

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  3. Martin Creed (2002)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £13.99

    theEYE is a series of interview-based profiles of contemporary visual artists in Britain. Each film provides a survey of an artist’s work and ideas, featuring the artist in discussion and illustrated by...

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  4. Substance, The: Albert Hoffmann’s Lsd

    Director
    Martin Witz
    Subject
    Chemistry; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £17.99

    Martin Witz’s documentary tells the story of the drug which Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesized in a laboratory in 1943. The film follows Hofmann’s experiments with the drug on himself, the research...

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  5. Russia 1917: Countdown to the Revolution (2017)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    BBC documentary looking at how Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin took control of Russia in just a few months in 1917. Dramatic re-enactments bring to life clashes, seminal speeches and the storming of the Winter...

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  6. Seduced and Abandoned (2014)

    Director
    James Toback
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes)

    SEDUCED AND ABANDONED is a documentary that follows actor Alec Baldwin and director James Toback, as they journey from director to financier in the hope of raising enough money to fund their next feature...

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  7. Crossroads: Enter Mickey Doyle (1986 Video)

    Director
    Gina Newson
    Producer
    Michael Jackson
    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 38 min.

    Looks at CROSSROADS to show the introduction of a new character, Mickey Doyle, played by Martin Smith. From first script meeting to auditions, rehearsals and shooting, shows how the character develops and...

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  8. Love in the Post: From Plato to Derrida (2015)

    Director
    Joanna Callaghan
    Subject
    Literature; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £60.00 (DVD PAL & Blu-ray)

    A drama-documentary inspired by The Post Card by Jacques Derrida. Theo Marks works in a university department that is soon to be closed. His wife Sophie, enigmatic and distant is in analysis. Filmmaker...

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  9. Side by Side

    Director
    Chris Kenneally
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 99 minutes), £15.99

    Documentary looking at the current state of the film industry, as it finds itself in a transition period between traditional celluloid and the possibilities offered by new digital technology. The film...

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  10. Freedom (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Sasha Stewart
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    Uses newsreel footage from British Pathé to illustrate the struggles for freedom world-wide in the 20th century. Looks at apartheid in South Africa and the triumph of Nelson Mandela, East Germany and the...

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