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Living with Corruption (2007)

aka: Dispatches: How to Get Ahead in Africa

Subject

Development studies; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £100.00

Journalist Sorious Samara goes undercover to investigate corruption in Africa. The programme provides a sober portrait of how modern politics works in many African nations, with most of the population living...

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Tibet: The Bamboo Curtain Falls (2012)

Producer

Simon Normanton

Subject

Geography; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 50 minutes), $7.49

A 1981 episode of The World About Us that documents the history of political struggle between Tibet and China through archival film shot by western travellers in the early part of the century. Shows daily...

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Wall (2004)

Director

Simone Bitton

Subject

Politics & government; Psychology

Distribution

Hire, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), free for academic use

In WALL, documentary filmmaker Simone Bitton explores the physical and psychological dimensions of the controversial barrier built to divide Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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Many Ways to See the World (2006)

Subject

Geography; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 30 minutes), $89.00

Based on the book ‘Seeing Through Maps’, this DVD provides an exploration into the minds of twelve mapmakers and how their unique backgrounds, philosophies, values, and politics led each to select a...

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Jerusalem: The East Side Story (2008)

Director

Mohammed Alatar

Subject

Arabic studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 57 minutes), £20.00

This documentary, produced by the Palestine Agricultural Relief Committees, looks at the Israeli government’s policy regarding the city and its inhabitants and includes interviews with Palestinian and...

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Agronomist, The (2004)

Director

Jonathan Demme

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

A presentation of the story of Jean Dominique, who ran Haiti’s first independent radio station during multiple repressive regimes. A radio journalist, human rights activist and freedom fighter, he was...

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Climate Change (1999 Multimedia)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

CD-ROM

An interactive CD-ROM simulation exploring climate change, its impacts and the scientific and political approaches to dealing with it.

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South of the Border (2010)

Director

Oliver Stone

Subject

Geography; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £9.99

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is a hero in Latin America for his willingness to stand up to the United States (both the government and the private sector) and his desire to use the nation’s petroleum...

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China: Triumph and Turmoil (2012)

Subject

Economics; Geography; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

Three part documentary series in which Niall Ferguson explores China’s position as an emerging economic superpower, and its subsequent relationship with the rest of the world. He travels through China...

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Against the Sea: A Case Study in Coast Erosion (1968 Video)

Director

W John Allen; Michael J Clark

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min

Barton is a cliff-top resort in Christchurch Bay, Hampshire, England. Property and amenities are threatened by coastal retreat of up to a metre a year. The problem is caused by a combination of marine...

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