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Poverty Complex, The (1992 Video)

Producer

Patti Langton

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Many countries are still prey to famine and poverty in the 1990s. The causes of famine are varied and controversial - disease, over-population, natural disasters and war are all seen as contributors. It is...

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Date

18 May 2017, 09:48

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Exodus: Our Journey to Europe The Open University Synopsis: In 2015, cameras were given to some of the one million people who were trying to enter Europe in the hope of fleeing conflict, unrest...

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Solar Mamas: Why Poverty? (2013)

Director

Mona Eldaief; Jehane Noujam

Subject

Development studies; Women’s studies

Are women better at getting out of poverty than men? This documentary, produced by the Why Poverty multimedia project, tells the story of Rafea, a middle-aged woman from a poor community, who is selected to...

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When Ireland Starved: An Gorta Mór, The Great Famine (1992)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 98 minutes), 14.99 Euros

This four part series examines the causes and effects of poverty in Ireland, which led to the Great Famine of the 1840s, during which around a million people died. The episodes are as follows: 1. Causes of...

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Challenges of Urbanisation (2009)

aka: Challenges in Urbanisation: Inequality in Bangalore

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 40 minutes), £45.00

An up-to-date, adaptable and engaging resource for the learning and teaching of development, poverty and inequalities. It takes Bangalore as a case study and looks at the causes and impacts of urban poverty,...

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Poverty and the Media (2012)

Director

Mark Saunders

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 74 minutes), £75.00 (Institutional rate)

POVERTY AND THE MEDIA is a participatory project examining how the media treats poverty and those affected: Looking at representation, stigmatisation and stereotyping, it asks wheter the media bridges or...

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Don’t Panic: How to End Poverty in 15 Years (2015)

Subject

Development studies; Social sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £20

Television documentary. In the week the United Nations presented its new goals for global development, the programme looks at the number one goal for the world: eradicating extreme poverty - the condition...

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Hard Times (1970 Film)

Director

Richard Broad

Producer

Ian Martin

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses poverty in Britain in the 1970s. Old age pensioners, unsupported mothers and disabled people describe their difficulties.

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Poverty Answering Back (1997 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Social welfare

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min., 1999 sale: £16.00 (inclusive)

A compilation of eight short films made for Channel Four in which poor people speak for themselves. Participants come from Eritrea, Bangladesh, the UK, Canada, th USA, Lebanon, Nicaragua, and Hong Kong.

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Changing Face of Poverty, The (1988 Video)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Examines the recommendations of the Beveridge Report of 1942 on which was based the consensus on the Welfare State in Britain, which lasted into the 1970s.

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