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  1. Newcomers, The (1963)

    Director
    George C Stoney
    Subject
    Anthropology; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), $165.00

    The NEWCOMERS is a film about economically threatened Appalachian people in transition. Made in 1963, the documentary deals with issues of immigration and migration and the importance of learning how to live...

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  2. Migrant Sound: Identity (2018)

    aka: Identity

    Subject
    Music; Social Studies

    In this short documentary four children of the Windrush generation discover the impact that both Caribbean and UK music had upon their identities. IDENTITY aims to shine a light on the struggle to establish...

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  3. Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)

    Genre
    Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Parliamentary debate between Home Secretary Willie (William) Whitelaw and David Ennals, Labour home affairs spokesman about the international refugee crisis regarding the Vietnamese boat people .

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  4. Refugee Council on asylum bill (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Refugee Council director of communications Sue Kershaw, about proposed changes to UK law introduced by Home Secretary Michael Howard, regarding the status of asylum seekers, and would-be...

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  5. Adrift - People of a Lesser God (2015)

    Director
    Dominique Mollard
    Subject
    Social sciences
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary. 2015 saw unprecedented numbers of African migrants making desperate voyages across the sea to seek refuge and a better life in Europe. Their plights, and the tragedies that so often accompanied...

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  6. When I Sit Down to Write: Two Films by Samuel Stevens (2010)

    Director
    Samuel Stevens
    Subject
    Film studies; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £25.60

    The DVD includes SIN PAPELES (2005) and ATLANTROPA (2009) two works that explore issues of migration as they manifest in contemporary Spain. SIN PAPELES (11 minutes) relates the encounter of the artist with...

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  7. First Eden, The (2007)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Biology; Environmental science; Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 220 minutes), £19.99

    David Attenborough’s acclaimed four-part series, made in 1987, looks at the history and natural history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands that surround it. The programmes examine man’s attitude...

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  8. Real Eve, The (2004)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £19.99

    Documentary examining the theory that everyone in the world is related to one woman who lived in east Africa 140,000 years ago. It also reconsiders the migration of humans from Africa to the rest of the...

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  9. Population Pressure: Mexico City - A Case Study in Urbanisation and Development (4 Parts) (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at issues of population growth, migration and urbanisation, using Mexico as a case study. 1: Population change is produced by the difference between birth rate and death rate, and also by migration....

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  10. Grass (1925 Film, Video)

    aka: Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life

    Director
    Merian C Cooper; Ernest B Schoedsack
    Producer
    Jesse L Lasky; Adolph Zukor
    Subject
    Anthropology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In 1924 filmmakers Cooper and Schoedsack joined forces with journalist and sometime spy Harrison to film the Follows the annual migration of the nomadic Bakhtiari tribe of east Persia in search of grass for...

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