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Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (2007)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 412 minutes), £24.99

The Vietnam War was one of the worst horrors of the second half of the 20th century and the causes behind it continue to baffle people to this day. How did it start? What were the justifications for...

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Romanticism and Revolution (1770 - 1870)

Subject

History; Literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 23 minutes), £39.00

Investigates the Enlightenment roots of the American Revolution and examines its influence on the French Revolution. Illustrates how revolt became a romantic idea during the period-a passionate outburst by...

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Basques of Santazi, The (1987 Video)

Director

Leslie Woodhead

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale (RAI), Video cassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the lives over one year, shot during three intervals, of two Basque shepherding families who live in Santazi, a village in the foothills of the French Pyrenees. It focuses on continuity and change in...

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Unforbidden City, The: Urban Renewal in Modern China (2008)

Director

Floris-Jan van Luyn

Subject

Geography

Distribution

DVD

This documentary follows three inhabitants of Source Street, a fourteenth century alley in Beijing, as they wait for the imminent destruction of their homes. Plans for a new park to surround French architect...

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People Vs. Paul Crump, The (1962)

aka: People Versus Paul Crump, The

Director

William Friedkin

Producer

Sterling Quinlan

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $29.95

Before directing THE FRENCH CONNECTION and THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin made this documentary. On March 20, 1953, five black men robbed a meatpacking plant in Chicago’s Union Stock Yards. Their getaway...

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Raoul Dufy: Painter and Decorator (1987)

Director

Andrew Snell

Producer

Elizabeth Queenan

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 53 minutes), £14.95

Profiles French painter, designer and ceramicist Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) and examines the variety and inventiveness of his work. Pierre Courthion, his biographer, offers insights into the artist’s...

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Girlhood (2014)

aka: Band de Filles

Director

Celine Sciamma

Producer

benedicte Couvreur

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

DVD (PAL, 112 minutes), £5.99 (DVD) £8.99 (Blu-Ray)

Tired of putting up with her abusive brother, her lack of school prospects and the "boys’ law" in the neighbourhood, 16 year-old Marieme starts a new life after joining an irresistibly energetic female...

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Her Name is Sabine (2008)

Director

Sandrine Bonnaire

Subject

Mental Health and Counselling; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £15.99

A sensitive and very personal portrait by actress Sandrine Bonnaire of her younger sister Sabine who spent five years in a mental hospital and has only recently been diagnosed as being autistic. The film...

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Passage (2009)

Director

John Walker

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 113 minutes), $99.00

The news shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew perished in the Arctic during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they...

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Itn Roving Report: Railways of the World (1958)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 91 minutes), £11.99

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, ITN filmed a series of news items abroad called ‘Roving Report’; most remain unseen since their initial broadcast. This collection brings together a number of reports...

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