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  1. Black Gold (2007)

    Director
    Nick Francis; Marc Francis
    Subject
    Development studies; Economics; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 78 minutes), £9.99

    An investigation into the global coffee trade, illustrating how poor farmers in Third World countries are being left penniless as their richer First World counterparts continue to pay them far less than they...

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  2. Power of Community, The: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

    Director
    Faith Morgan
    Subject
    Agriculture; Economics; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 53 minutes), $20.00

    When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half - and food by 80 percent - people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships...

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  3. Drowned out (2004)

    Director
    Fanny Armstrong
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes + over 240 minutes of extras), £100.00

    Shot over three years with no budget or electricity, DROWNED OUT tells the true story of one family’s inspired stand against the destruction of their land, homes and culture. The people of Jalsindhi in...

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  4. Life and Debt (2004)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £7.99

    Looks at the less savoury effects of globalisation on the island of Jamaica. With independence came the need for money for development, but the strictures from the IMF and World Bank that came with the loans...

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  5. Life on the Edge III: Nottingham Lace (2010)

    Subject
    Crafts; Geography; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £35.00

    With unemployment rising across Europe, why isn’t there more demand to learn the specialist craft skills that once brought wealth and fame to the industrial heartlands of the UK? Across the developing...

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  6. Calcutta Calling (2008)

    Director
    André Hörmann
    Subject
    Business studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 17 minutes), £15.00

    "Business Process Outsourcing" is the fastest growing industry in the world. In India, approximately 350,000 people are currently working in call centres to maintain the contact between western companies and...

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  7. Global Economics (2 Parts) (2006)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes eacy), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Part 1 explores one of the most controversial issues within international economics - financial globalisation. It looks at the pros and cons and draws on examples of how financial globalisation has spurred...

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  8. Sugar: The Rules of the Game (2004)

    Director
    Meritxell Ribas
    Subject
    Agriculture; Economics; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 33 minutes), $295.00

    This film examines the complex world of international commerce by looking at the major players in the sugar industry - European and African farmers, major sugar production companies on both continents,...

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  9. Japan and China: The Unforgotten War (2006)

    Subject
    Economics; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD

    Just a few sentences in a Japanese history textbook in 2005 sparked the biggest protests China had seen since 1989. The subject of those sentences— the Nanjing Massacre —occurred during World War II, but...

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  10. Italy (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

    Originally broadcast as 5 separate 20-minute programmes examining Italy’s new geographica trends - globalisation and ide-industrialisation and Italy’s position in the EU. The programmes span the crucial...

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