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  1. Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror

    Director
    John Pilger; Steve Connelly
    Producer
    Christopher Martin; Richard Clemmow
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), $295.00 [Institutional licence]

    Award-winning journalist John Pilger investigates the discrepancies between American and British claims for the ‘war on terror’ and the facts on the ground as he finds them in Afghanistan and Washington,...

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  2. Restrepo (2010)

    Director
    Sebastian Junger; Tim Hetherington
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £6.99

    Restrepo focuses on the deployment of a US platoon in Afghanistan’s hostile Korengal Valley . Over the course of 15 months, the two filmmakers Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger (author of ‘The...

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  3. Beyond the Frame: Alternative Perspectives on the War on Terrorism (2003)

    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 120 minutes), $95.00

    Since the 11 September attacks, and throughout the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the mainstream media in the US have presented a restricted range of views, largely confined to the opinions of political elites...

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  4. Afghan Star (2010)

    Subject
    Media studies; Music; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £6.99

    When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1996, among their many edicts was banning popular music, considering it a corrupting and sacrilegious influence. Though Taliban was swept from power in 2001,...

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  5. Hell and Back Again (2012)

    Director
    Danfung Dennis
    Subject
    Military Science; Psychiatry; Psychology; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £15.99

    A soldier dealing with the painful consequences of war finds coming home isn’t much of a consolation in this documentary. Filmmaker Danfung Dennis was embedded with a US Marine platoon fighting in...

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  6. Afghan Women (1974 Film)

    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the role of women in an Afghan rural community. Note: Printed materials intended to complement the observational approach used in the filming of this series are in preparation.

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  7. Armadillo (2011)

    Director
    Janus Metz
    Subject
    Military Science; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £12.99

    Over the course of the soldiers’ six-month tour of duty, Metz reveals how the personalities of the young soldiers are transformed by the experience of fighting in a war, and how the adrenaline rush that...

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  8. Afghan Nomads: The Maldar (1975 Film)

    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    At dawn the caravan descends on Aq Kupruk from the foothills of the Hindu Kush. In their camp and in commerce with the townspeople, the Maldar reveal the mixture of faith and distrust that has kept nomads...

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  9. Power of Nightmares, The (3 Parts) (2007)

    Director
    Adam Curtis
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD (3 x 60 minutes)

    Three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain, with particular reference to the American Neoconservatives and radical Islamists.

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  10. Search for the Afghan Girl, The (2003)

    Subject
    Anthropology; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £7.99

    In 1985, the haunting picture of an enigmatic Afghan refugee girl with startling sea-green eyes graced the cover of National Geographic magazine and captivated the world. Now years later, the search is on to...

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