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Welcome to the Spiv Economy (1986)

Subject

Economics; Film studies; Media studies

Made during the industrial decline and rising unemployment of the 1980s, this documentary is a study of the burgeoning numbers of people in casual and temporary jobs, which indicates that the ‘gig’ or...

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Black Orpheus (1959)

aka: Orfeu Negro

Director

Marcel Camus

Subject

Classical studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £19.99

Marcel Camus’ multi award winning film Black Orpheus made a huge impact on its original release, garnering top accolades, an Oscar, Golden Globe and Palme D’Or and putting bossa nova on the map.This...

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Parched Land, The (1978 Film)

Director

Kieron Moore

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Over 26 million people who live in the Sahel region of Africa are continually threatened by drought. Looks at how the shortage of water affected Gad Amar Fal, a small village in North Senegal. Examines...

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Lady Macbeth (2017 Film)

Director

William Oldroyd

Producer

Fodhia Cronin O’Reilly

Feature film. An adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. A 19th century young bride is sold into marriage to a middle-aged man.

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Paris Nous Appartient (1960 Film)

aka: Paris Belongs to Us

Director

Jacques Rivette

Producer

Roland Nonin

Feature film. Anne Goupil is a student in Paris. She is disturbed when a girl in the next room talks of the mysterious death of a friend, Juan, saying that ‘they’ have killed him and implicating Anne’s...

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Divide et Impera (Divide and Rule) (2015)

Director

Scott Noble

Subject

History; Politics & government; Social Studies

The series examines early American history through an examination of class. Part 1 DIVIDE ET IMPERA includes sections on Mother Jones, the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction;...

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Colours of Infinity, The (1994 Video)

aka: Arthur C Clarke’s Colours of Infinity - Exploring the Fractal Univese

Director

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS col. 53 min., 1998 sale: £12.50 (+VAT +p&p)

A film about fractal geometry, retracing the steps that led to the discovery of the Mandelbrot set, with the aim of illustrating the implications and applications of the Mandelbrot set and fractal geometry...

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Future Shock! The Story of 2000ad (2014)

Director

Paul Goodwin

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £12.00

First published in 1977 at the height of the punk era, UK Sci-Fi comic 2000AD was violent, anti-authoritarian, darkly funny and distinctly British. With such iconic characters as Strontium Dog, Nemesis and...

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My Pal Puck (1996 Television)

aka: Mike & Angelo

Series

Mike and Angelo

Director

Neville Green

Producer

Alan Horrox

Children’s comedy sci-fi drama. In this episode Angelo turns to Shakespeare to help him write a sitcom. [No further details known 11/2011].

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Cathedrals: Wakefield, Wells and Southwark (2013)

Director

Richard Alwyn

Producer

Richard Alwyn

Subject

Architecture; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3 x 60 minutes), £40.00

Documentary series. In this series of three films, documentary film maker, Richard Alwyn, goes behind the scenes in three of England’s Church of England Cathedrals - Wakefield, Wells and Southwark. Each...

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