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  1. Cesaria Evora, Morna Blues (2003)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £19.99

    A portrait of Cesaria Evora from Mindelo, Cape Verde, who specialises in melodies of the ‘Morna’', a form of Cape Verdien blues. Her music tells what she believes is the tragic destiny of her country....

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  2. Sibelius (2007)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £14.74

    Jan Sibelius was born into a middle class family in a small country town in Finland. He was encouraged in developing his musical talent but he was fifteen before it began to really interest him. At first he...

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  3. Bajourou: Music of Mali (1995 Video)

    Director
    Jeremy Marre
    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Geography; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ‘bajourou’, a musical style unique to Mali, which has the richest and most sophisticated musical heritage in all Africa. It developed out of the musical traditions of the Jalis, the hereditary...

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  4. All You Need is Love: The Story of Popular Music (Complete) (2009)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 885 minutes), £6.99 (per volume) £50.99 (set)

    All 17 episodes of Tony Palmer’s series, which looked in detail at popular music throughout the 20th century up until the mid 1970s. The series encompasses ragtime, blues, jazz, vaudeville, musicals, folk,...

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  5. Our Country and the Dim Little Island (2005)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 55 mintues), £18.99

    Two films reflecting life in Britain in the 1940s.

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  6. Festivals: Sindanomoy: Where the Sun is Born (1985 Video)

    Director
    Sylvia Moore
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £20.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Shows four annual festivals of peasants in southern Colombia, and relates the music of the festivals to the religious and social aspects of country life.

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  7. Woodstock (1969 Video)

    Director
    Michael Wadleigh
    Producer
    Bob Maurice
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 177 min.

    Film based on the popular music festival held in Bethel New York, in August 1969, attented by half a million hippies.

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  8. Day the Country Died - A History of Anarcho-Punk (2006)

    Subject
    Music; Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.99

    With the birth of punk rock came a popular interest in anarchism. While the early punk scene used anarchist imagery for its shock value, the band Crass went on to lead the Anarcho-Punk movement - taking the...

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  9. English Parish Church Through the Ages, The (2010)

    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-ROM), £17.50

    This interactive DVD-ROM from the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture at York University, traces the development of the country’s most iconic ecclesiastical buildings across the centuries. The...

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  10. America in the Fifties: The Beat (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the beginnings of pop music and pop culture, strongly influenced by Elvis Presley and Beat poet Jack Kerouac. However, the country’s underlying racist disregard for civil rights comes to...

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