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Bollywood and Beyond (2002)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £34.99

A video-based training pack offering an introduction to Indian cinema. It is the largest cinema in the world, but only in recent years has it started to gain recognition in the West. The video contains a...

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Cloud-Capped Star, The (2002)

aka: Meghe Dhaka Tara

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132), £19.99

A dark melodrama set in late fifties Calcutta ;about a refugee family and the struggle of Nita, the oldest daughter, to keep the afloat and together. It is a bitter critique of the family as an institution...

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Celluloid Man (2012)

Director

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 164 minutes), £12.99

CELLULOID MAN is a tribute to film archivist and obsessive cinephile P.K. Nair, a man whose childhood fascination with cinema finally led to the creation of the National Film Archive of India. In a country...

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River Called Titas, A (2002)

aka: Titas Ekti Nadir Naam

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 161 minutes), £19.99

Based on a Bengali novel by Advaita Malla Barman, A RIVER CALLED TITAS was filmed in Ghatak’s home of East Bengal after the independence of Bangladesh. Overwhelmed by the changes in his native land, Ghatak...

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Leaving Bakul Bagan (1993 Video)

Director

Sandeep Bhusan Ray

Subject

Anthropology; Sociology

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 44 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shot over a period of four months in 1992 in the cinema-verité style, the film examines the experiences of Bakul Bagan Saborna, a 21-year-old Bengali girl and cousin of the film-maker, leaving her large,...

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Suits and Savages: Why the World Bank Won’t Save the World (2000 Video)

Director

Dylan Howitt; Zoe Young

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 38 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) institutions

Examines issues surrounding indigenous land rights and the displacement of people and wildlife in the name of development. Focuses on a conservation project in the Nagarhole National Park in southern India,...

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River, The (2006)

Director

Jean Renoir

Subject

Film Studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 99 minutes), £19.99

Jean Renoir’s first colour feature - shot entirely on location in India - is an adaptation of Rumer Godden’s autobiographical coming-of-age tale of an adolescent girl living with her English family on...

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Brian Cox’s Jute Journey (2011)

Director

Brian Ross; Donald Alexander

Producer

John Archer

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 92 minutes), £16.33

Hollywood actor Brian Cox is a son of Dundee and grew up amid the clatter of the Jute mills, where both his parents began their working lives. The Jute trade, making hessian from India’s ‘golden’...

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City of Joy (1991 Video)

aka: Phantom of Joy

Director

Dilip Varma

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Film & television production

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Concerns the controversy surrounding the Roland Joffe film ‘City of Joy’ which has been beset with charges of racism and media exploitation of poverty. Includes interviews with Joffe and actor Patrick...

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Cinema 16 DVD (2003)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

A DVD consisting of a compilation of some of the best short films past and present from British filmmakers, both established and emerging. In addition to the 16 films themselves the DVD includes commentaries...

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