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Not Just a Game: Power, Politics & American Sports (2010)

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $250.00

A powerful new documentary based on the book by Dave Zirin, The People’s History of Sports, in which he argues that far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports have long been at the...

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King Lear: Patriarchy, Patrilineage, And Sexist Representations (2022 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Anyone?

Podcast created, produced and hosted by American actors Korey Leigh Smith and Elyse Sharp, two self-confessed ‘Shakespeare nerds’ who devote multiple episode to analysing the bard’s work. In this...

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Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, A (1995 Video)

Director

Martin Scorsese; Michael Henry Wilson

Producer

Florence Dauman

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

A history of the American cinema from its beginnings to the 1970s, from the point of view of director Martin Scorsese. Includes illustrative film excerpts.

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Mario Vargas Llosa with John King (1986 Video)

Subject

English language and literature; Spanish studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

John King gives a brief introduction to Mario Vargas Llosa’s life and main works. Vargas Llosa then talks about ‘The War at the End of the World’ and the historical reality which inspired him to write...

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Titus Andronicus: Femininity and Girlhood in Shakespeare’s Time (2023 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Anyone?

Podcast created, produced and hosted by American actors Korey Leigh Smith and Elyse Sharp, two self-confessed ‘Shakespeare nerds’ who devote multiple episode to analysing the Bard’s work. In this...

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American Cinema: Film Language / Writing and Thinking About Film / Classical Hollywood Style Today (1994 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 90 min.

Follow-up to the 10-part history of seven decades of American cinema.

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Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States (2013)

Director

Oliver Stone

Producer

Oliver Stone

Subject

American Studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 581 minutes), £19.50

Ten-part documentary series directed and produced by Oliver Stone and co-written by Stone and historian Peter Kuznick. The series looks back at human events that at the time went under-reported, but that...

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Race, Gender and the Politics of Containment (1997 Video)

aka: More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same, The: African American Women and the Politics of Containment

Subject

Sociology; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1998 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

In a public lecture Professor Patricia Hill Collins examines the current position of African-American women in the USA and looks at some of the strategies that have been deployed to confine their personal...

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War, The (2013)

aka: War, The: A Ken Burns Film

Director

Ken Burns

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 900 minutes), £39.99

Ken Burns’ seven part documentary series film focuses on World War II in a bottom-up fashion, viewing the conflict through the experiences of four quintessentially American towns: Luverne in Minnesota,...

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Driving While Black (2001)

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

This film is based in Cincinnati where friction between the Police Department and the African-American population has escalated into confrontation more than once in the past thirty years. The issue of...

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