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  1. Social Dynamics / Do Ant Colonies Live on the Edge of Chaos? (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Biology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL, SECAM, NTSC) col. 90 min., 1996 sale: 40 Ecu (inclusive)

    1 (30 min): Professor Bernardo Huberman, Palo Alto Research Laboratory, discusses the breakdown and formation of authoritarian regimes and the evolution from cooperative to non-cooperative behaviour. 2 (60...

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  2. Moving Images - The Film-Makers’ Cooperative Relocates (2002)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Film (16mm, 14 min)

    Jonas Mekas, one of the founders of the Film-Makers’ Cooperative in the USA, and MM Serra, the current executive director, describe the Coop’s beginnings, the organisation’s recent struggles, and the...

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  3. Weconomics (2016)

    Director
    Mark Dworkin; Melissa Young
    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 19 minutes), $195.00

    The Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy has one of the highest concentrations of cooperative businesses in the developed world. The capital, Bologna is an industrial powerhouse, where prosperity is...

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  4. Making of Mankind, The (7 Parts) (1981 Video)

    Producer
    Graham Massey; Peter Spry-Leverton
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1999 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Richard Leakey traces the origins on man and asks why and how man became the most successful, powerful and dangerous animal on earth. Filmed world-wide, the programmes reflect Leakey’s own views of the...

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  5. Beau Serge, Le (1958 Video)

    Director
    Claude Chabrol
    Subject
    French studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 95 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    French feature film. A student returns to his home town and tries to redeem his old friend who has become a drunkard. Credited with being the spearhead of the ‘new wave’.

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  6. Slaves of the River (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 hire: £6.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows the lives of landless Bangladeshis over the course of the annual monsoon, as they eke out a living on a tiny island situatied in the world’s largest river delta. They speak for themselves with...

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  7. Singing Pictures: Women Painters of Naya (2006)

    Director
    Lina Fruzzetti; Akos Östör
    Subject
    Anthropology; Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £50.00

    For generations the Patua (Chitrakara) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The film follows the daily lives of Muslim Patua women from Naya villages near...

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  8. Mondragon Experiment, The (1980 Video)

    Producer
    Dominic Flessati
    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the succesful 25-year-old economic experiment in Mondragon, in the Basque region of Spain, where factories, research laboratories and banks are owned and run as a workers’ cooperative. Asks...

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  9. Nice Guys Finish First (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Jeremy Taylor
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Richard Dawkins explains how natural selection can favour co-operation in nature, so long as it is of benefit to the selfish gene. His search for stable cooperative strategies that are unaffected by cheating...

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