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Caribbean Roots: Poets Read Their Own Work (2011)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Audio (CD, 140 minutes), £16.00

This 2-CD collection brings together 58 recordings of ten Black British and Caribbean poets. The selections illustrate a range of experiences, emotions, styles and influences, reflecting both the culture of...

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Five nights of bleeding (1981)

Genre

Music

Five Nights of Bleeding, a musical response to the Brixton, London riots by Linton Kwesi Johnson.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

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Andrew Ormsby

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Reflections on the New World Order (1992 Video)

Director

Anjana Patel

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Cabaret reflecting recently past events including the breakup of the Soviet Union and the end of the Reagan and Thatcher years. Performers include Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jean Binta Breeze, Jeremy Hardy,...

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Dread, Beat an’ Blood (1980)

aka: Dread, Beat and Blood

Director

Franco Rosso

Producer

Franco Rosso

Subject

Literature; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (45 minutes), £50.00

Profile of Linton Kwesi Johnson whose poetry is rooted very strongly in feelings of marginalisation and alienation found within urban black populations in the UK. Johnson, born in Jamaica in 1952, has...

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Caribbean Poetry: The Literary and Oral Traditions (1991 Video)

Producer

Amanda Willett

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Poets James Berry, David Dabydeen and Jackie Kay discuss the varied traditions of poetry in the Caribbean. The programme looks at two distinct strands of poetry - the oral and the literary - and discusses...

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Ten Years in an Open-Necked Shirt: John Cooper-Clarke (1982 Film, Video)

Director

Nick May

Producer

Peter Berry; Elizabeth Taylor Mead

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (52 minutes), £50.00

About the poet John Cooper-Clarke, who first attracted attention during the punk movement. Shows him reciting his poems to audiences, talking about his career, discussing the work of ealier poets he admires...

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Word of Mouth (1998)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Hire, VHS (PAL, 10 x 25 minutes), £15.00 each

A 10-part poetry night club series hosted by John Hegley with contributions from some of the greatest poets from around the world. Shown on Border Television in 1990.

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Miners’ Campaign Tapes, The (2009)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.74

These six short films, released for the first time, are a crucial document of a cataclysmic episode of British history 25 years ago. A testament to solidarity and activism, the Miners’ Campaign Tapes...

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