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  1. Free Cinema (DVD) (2006)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 314 +161 minutes), £29.99

    A compilation, on three discs, of 16 documentary films about British working-class life produced by the ‘Free Cinema’ movement. This highly influential but critically neglected movement in British...

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  2. Bridging the Gap: Shift (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 58 minutes), Free

    Six new directors and short films on the theme of "Shift" commissioned by Scottish Documentary Institute. NIGHT SHIFT: Anne Wallace once had a dream to help Glasgow’s working women. Soon after she had a...

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  3. How to Be Eccentric: The Selected Films of Richard Massingham (2015)

    Director
    Richard Massingham
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 170 minutes), £19.99

    Contents: Dr Massingham says... Tell Me If It Hurts (1934) | Coughs and Sneezes (1945) | Jet-propelled Germs (1948) | Handkerchief Drill (1949) | Another Case of Poisoning (1949) | The Cure (1950) |...

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  4. Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show, The (1980 Television)

    Producer
    John Ammonds

    Variety show. A conceit of the show was Wise’s confident presentation of amateurishly inept plays which often parodied historical television plays or films. Wise’s character would write a play, complete...

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  5. Scenes from Macbeth (1992 Film)

    Director
    Chris Philpott

    Feature film short. A parodic version of Macbeth set in the world of contemporary Toronto’s business elite. Macbeth’s rise is spurred by the prophecy of three bag ladies; his fall is planned over a power...

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  6. Carnival King of Europe Collection (2017)

    aka: Carnival, King of Europe

    Director
    Michele Trentini; Giovanni Kezich
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 562 minutes), £200.00

    Every winter ancient rituals are performed throughout Europe to secure prosperity and good harvests. These rituals are at the heart of what is known today as the Carnival celebrations. Led by anthropologist...

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  7. In the Bleak Midwinter (1995 Film, Video)

    aka: Midwinter’s Tale, A

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Producer
    David Barron

    Feature film. Behind the scenes of a Christmas production of Hamlet. The amateur British actors include a drunk, an ex-child star, and a camp pantomime dame. Kenneth Branagh wrote and directed the film but...

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  8. Premiere of ‘Scrooge’

    Date released
    3 Dec 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2165A
    NoS ID
    028604
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Premiere of ‘Scrooge’. DESCRIPTION: A Royal Premiere for the new musical film Scrooge based on Dickens’ novel - A Christmas Carol. Princess Margaret attends and meets the stars of...

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  9. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1909 Film)

    Director
    J. Stuart Blackton; Charles Kent

    Abbreviated version of the play closely following the original with the exception of a new character, Penelope. It is she who quarrels with Titania and tells Puck to bewitch Titania.

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  10. 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981 Film)

    Director
    Aparna Sen
    Producer
    Sashi Kapoor

    Hindi feature film. The story of Violet Stoneham, an ageing Anglo-Indian schoolteacher who lives in a dingy apartment in Calcutta and teaches Shakespeare. Two young lovers walk into her life one Christmas...

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