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  1. Doctress, The: Mary Seacole of Jamaica (2004)

    Subject
    History; Medical sciences; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 45 minutes), £15.00

    A docu-drama about the Victorian Jamaican/Scottish nurse Mary Seacole who financed her own mercy mission the the Crimea after being rejected by the British Army because of her colour.

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  2. Price of Memory, The (2014)

    Director
    Karen Marks Mafundikwa
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 83 minutes), £50.00

    In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II visited Jamaica for her Golden Jubilee Celebrations. While there she was petitioned by a group of Rastafarians for slavery reparations. For Rastafarians, reparations are linked to...

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  3. Life and Debt (2004)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £7.99

    Looks at the less savoury effects of globalisation on the island of Jamaica. With independence came the need for money for development, but the strictures from the IMF and World Bank that came with the loans...

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  4. Leaving Home (1994 Audio)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette., 1995 sale: £8.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Professor Stuart Hall reflects on his family and early life in Jamaica before he left home to study at Oxford.

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  5. Rastaman (1977 Film)

    Producer
    Vanya Kewlay
    Subject
    Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Rastafarians of Jamaica live in slums and regard Ethiopia as their promised land. There are now 7000 of them, but this film concentrates on one family, who live in a cardboard shack in Kingston’s...

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  6. Jamaica and the Sea (1989)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Filmed in Jamaica just after Hurricane Gilbert, shows the work of marine scientists studying the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes and human pollution (Kingston Harbour) on various ecosystems....

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  7. Wellcome Trust in Jamaica the: Infant Malnutrition (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 min.

    The Wellcome Trust supports the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit in the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, for the study of nutritional deficiencies in children. Deficient diets, aggravated by...

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  8. Black Mother (2018)

    Director
    Kahlik Allah
    Subject
    Film studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 77 minutes), £9.99

    'An epic poem: a raw, dense, impressionistic odyssey through Jamaican identity’ (Steve Rose, The Guardian). Kahlik Allah’s second feature introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered characters who...

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  9. Hurricane! (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Larry Engel; Thomas Lucas
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the attempt of an ageing propeller-driven plane to fly into the eye of the hurricane Gilbert on 6 September 1988. By accurately predicting Gilbert’s path, lives and property could be saved. This...

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  10. Caribbean Voices

    Producer
    Ray Johnson
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This documentary captures the memories of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire’s Caribbean Community, who tell they stories in their own words. Many interviews highlight the contribution they have made...

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