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Bbfc: Behind the Scenes (2008)

aka: Behind the Scenes at the Bbfc

Subject

Film studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £49.99

An educational resource pack consisting of a DVD and an interactive DVD-ROM that helps students of Film and Media understand the processes of film classification. By exploring issues that affect...

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Faust (2011)

Director

Alexander Sokurov

Producer

Andrei Sigle

Subject

Film studies; German studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (139 minutes), £15.99

German-language film version of the Faust legend, loosely adapted from Goethe’s play by Russian film director Alexander Sokurov. As with Sokurov’s previous works, FAUST is a visually inventive film whose...

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977 (1995 Film)

Director

Florian Hopf; Maximiliane Mainka

Subject

German studies; Media studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Interviews with Fassbinder, conducted mainly by the film critic Florian Hopf in 1977. The close relationship which Hopf and Fassbinder had built up over many years is evident in the uncommon frankness of the...

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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)

Director

Louise Osmond

Subject

Film studies; Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £9.99

Portrait of film director Ken Loach, looking back on his career, as he prepares to release his latest film ‘I, Daniel Blake’. Features interviews with Loach’s friends and collaborators including...

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Rain (1929 Film)

aka: Regen

Director

M K A Franken; Joris Ivens

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Explores the moods and visual patterns evoked by a dounpour of rain in the city of Amsterday. Made by two members of a Dutch film appreciation group, filmed entirely with a hand-held camera.

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Give Us a Smile (1983)

Subject

Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 13 minutes), £25.00

Animated film about the harassment of women by men, ranging from abuse suffered by women in everyday situations, stereotyped media images and advertising, to actual physical violence. The film records the...

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Who Will Cast the First Stone? (1988 Video)

Director

Ahmed A Jamal; Sabiha Sumar

Producer

Ahmed A Jamal; Sabiha Sumar

Subject

Politics & government; Women’s studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Discusses the impact of Islamisation on women in Pakistan, particularly laws relating to extra-marital sex which is now a crime against the state, punishable by stoning to death. Women in prison, or out on...

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Kentu (1975 Film)

Director

Herbert Risz

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Emanicipation of women in sub-Saharan Africa is rather different from in the West. This film studies five women and their families in the Congo who have rejected the idea of love and the couple as the basis...

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Nicaraguan Journey (1984 Film, Video)

Director

Holly Aylett; Jack Reiter; Wolf Triado

Subject

Development studies; Politics & government; Women’s studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Record of a 10-day tour of Nicaragua in May 1984 by a delegation of 12 women from Britain and America; the women came from trade union movements, from black women’s organisations and from the peace...

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From Eastenders to Hollywood: Antonia Bird (2016)

Subject

Drama; Film studies; Television studies

Documentary about director and producer Antonia Bird whose career spanned theatre, television and film, taking her from the Royal Court Theatre to the BBC and eventually a career in Hollywood. [90 minutes]

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