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Palms (2007)

aka: Ladoni

Director

Artur Aristakisyan

Subject

Film studies; Russian studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 140 minutes), £12.00

PALMS is Aristakisyan’s astonishing portrait of people who live outside ‘society’ and exist on the margins of life, filmed on the streets of his hometown in Moldova. Narrated by the director,...

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Who Killed Mark Faulkner? (2000)

Director

Bob Boyton

Subject

Social Studies; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (120 minutes), £25.00

Three-part documentary looking at the life and death of epileptic Mark Faulkner, found dead on the pedestrian underpass at London’s Charing Cross Station in Jan 2000.

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Fearful Silence, A (1986 Video)

Director

Faris Kermani

Producer

H O Nazareth

Subject

Social welfare; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

Documentary about domestic violence against women in Britain’s Asian communities and about women who are campaigning against it.

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Journeys (1990 Video)

Director

Anne-Marie Sweeney

Producer

Anne-Marie Sweeney

Subject

Education; Social welfare

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 40 min.

Concerns people with learning difficulties and severe disabilities leaving institutions and their struggle to overcome the barriers which society presents in the way of their independence. Provides an...

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Pursuit of Pleasure, The (1976 Video)

Director

Michael Steele

Producer

Sarah Spilsbury

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formsts. col. 21 min.

An introduction, using contemporary illustrations, to the social pastimes of the nobility in 14th-century France.

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Social Impact of Rapid Industrialisation, The (1987 Video)

Producer

Hugh Phillips

Subject

Development studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo to find out how rapid industrialisation has affected Brazilian society. Discusses the social and spatial impact of industrialisation, the role of women in the economy,...

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Vito (2011)

Director

Geoffrey Schwarz

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £15.99

A profile of Vito Russo (1946-90), a pioneer in the gay-rights movement of the early 1970s who was also known as the author of The Celluloid Closet, a 1981 book that examined LGBT characters in film.

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Whicker’s World Volume 1

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 275 minutes), £6.27

A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker’s quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled...

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Blacks Britannica (1978 Video)

Director

David Koff

Producer

David Koff; Musindo Mwinyipembe

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 57 min.

Analyses from a black perspective systematic racism in all segments and social institutions in British society. Reflects the growing militancy of black communities in Britain and the establishment response.

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Older Women’s Lives and Voices

Subject

Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 26 minutes), £25.00

A video produced by the Economic and Social Research Council’s Growing Older Programme, which provides an insight into the experiences of women from different ethnic groups as they grow older. It...

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