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Drowned out (2004)

Director

Fanny Armstrong

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes + over 240 minutes of extras), £100.00

Shot over three years with no budget or electricity, DROWNED OUT tells the true story of one family’s inspired stand against the destruction of their land, homes and culture. The people of Jalsindhi in...

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Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields (2011)

Subject

Geography; History; Politics & government

Jon Snow presents a forensic investigation into the final weeks of the quarter-century-long civil war between the government of Sri Lanka and the secessionist rebels, the Tamil Tigers. With disturbing and...

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Historical Overview of the Treaties 1957 - 2005 (2 Parts) (2007)

Subject

Economics; Politics & government

The European Union is based on the rule of law. This means that everything that it does is derived from treaties, which are agreed on voluntarily and democratically by all Member States. Previously signed...

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Village Under the Forest, The (2013)

Director

Mark J Kaplan

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £39.50

Unfolding as a personal meditation from the Jewish Diaspora, this programme explores the hidden remains of the destroyed Palestinian village of Lubya, which lies under a purposely cultivated forest...

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African Election, An (2010)

Director

Jarreth Merz

Subject

Development studies; Geography; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £9.99

For three months documentary filmmakers Jarreth Merz and Kevin Merz followed Nana Akufo-Addo of the right-leaning NNP party and Atta Mills of the left wing NDC party as they went round Ghana, making speeches...

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How to Study Cultures (4 Parts) (1997 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18, 24, 20, 22 min., 2001 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series attempting to define and explain culture by looking at its elements, using examples from around the world. 1: How culture develops as a result of the geographical elements of topography, climate and...

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5 Broken Cameras (2012)

Director

Emad Burnat; Guy Davidi

Subject

Arabic studies; Film studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £15.99

This film tells the story of Emad Burnat, who was celebrating the birth of his fourth Gibreel when Israeli settlers began building a huge separation barrier in his village. Over the course of the next two...

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Last of the Caravans (2008)

Director

Michael Steineck

Subject

Anthropology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £17.99

1.5 million TUAREGS are scattered across the Sahara desert in North Africa, one of the earth’s most hostile environments to mankind. Over thousands of years the resilient Tuaregs have adapted well to the...

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Tibet (1976 Film)

Director

Felix Greene

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes the social changes that have taken place since 1950 when the Chinese Communist army entered Tibet to re-establish what the Chinese considered their rightful territory. Interviews with a range of...

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Cuba, An African Odyssey (2008)

aka: Cuba, Une Odyssee Africaine

Director

Jihan El-Tahri

Subject

Development studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 190 minutes), £24.99

Using archive footage and personal accounts, this film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known theatre: Africa. From 1961 to 1991, this continent was the battleground for a war...

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