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Three Faces of Cuba (1966 Film)

Director

Robert Cohen

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Examines the impact of the Castro revolution on the people of Cuba from three different viewpoints: that of an exiled university professor whose family is still in Havana, a factory personnel manager who was...

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Square, The (2014)

aka: Midan, Al

Director

Jehane Noujaim

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 minutes), £17.99

In 2011 filmmaker Jehane Noujaim was a regular visitor to the demonstrations in Tahriri Square in Cairo, and his documentary AL MIDAN (THE SQUARE) captures Egypt’s political upheaval as it happens, with...

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Egypt: Children of the Revolution

Director

May Abdalla

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, £195.00), £195.00

International investigative documentary series. In February 2011, millions of Egyptians came together to bring down President Hosni Mubarak in what became the defining moment of the Arab Spring. This...

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'70: Remembering a Revolution (2011)

Director

Alex De Verteuil

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 47 minutes), $225.00

This film tells the story of the Black Power revolution in Trinidad and Tobago. Between February and April 1970, the streets of Port of Spain were filled with young Black men and women chanting ‘Power to...

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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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Tvtv: Video Revolutionaries (2018)

Director

Paul Goldsmith

Subject

American Studies; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 82 minutes), $295.00

Documentary about Top Value Television (TVTV), a collective of video makers who, from 1972 to 1977, took the then brand-new portable video camera and went out to document the world. In those days, there were...

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Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 1-3

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1595 minutes), £45.50

In this 11-disc set, Conservative politician Michael Portillo swaps his treasured copy of Bradshaw’s Handbook for its stateside counterpart - an 1879 edition of Appleton’s General Guide to the United...

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China: A Century of Revolution (3 Parts) (1989)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 3 x 120 minutes), $199.00 (all 3 partw)

Ten years in the making, this six-hour, three-part documentary series on the history of 20th century China uses archive footage and first-hand interviews to document the epic struggle of the Chinese people...

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