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  1. Bananas!* (2010)

    Director
    Fredrik Gertten
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science; Law
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £14.99

    On his biggest case ever, Juan "Accidentes" Dominguez is tackling Dole Food on behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers in a ground-breaking legal battle for its use of a banned pesticide that was known...

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  2. Macho (2000 Video)

    Director
    Lucinda Broadbent
    Producer
    Lucinda Broadbent
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £?

    Against a background of domestic violence and sexual abuse in Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan group Men Against Violence are inventing new ways to confront machismo and male violence. Their success is such that...

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  3. Silent Children, New Language (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Judith Bunting
    Subject
    Linguistics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Report on a sign language invented by children in Nicaragua who were unable to hear, talk or lip-read. American linguist Judy Kegl finds proof that the rules for language are built into our brains.

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  4. Nicaragua: Too Many Questions (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min., 1999 sale: £6.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Examines the social and economic situation in post-Sandinista Nicaragua. Looks at developing issues within Nicaragua as the country faces growing unemployment, poverty, illiteracy and national division.

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  5. Rites of Passage: Four Stories of Survival (1995 Video)

    Director
    Diane Best
    Subject
    Development studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    The stories of four teenage girls coming of age and the personal cost of this transition. A Nicaraguan girl is addicted to glue sniffing and is slipping into a life of prostitution; an Indian girl has been...

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  6. Son Nica (1986 Video)

    aka: Nicaragua: My Country

    Director
    Walter Marin; Jackie Reiter; Wolf Tirado
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 34 min.

    Nicaragua’s first free elections were held in 1984 with seven political parties participating. Looks at the new democratic processes by focusing on two women members of the new National Assembly, one an...

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  7. Nicaragua: Development Under Fire (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    The Sandinista government of Nicaragua has made remarkable progress since the 1979 Revolution with its campaigns on literacy, health, child care and land reform. A United States backed opposition, the...

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  8. Nicaragua: No Pasaran (1984 Video)

    aka: Nicaragua: They Will Not Enter

    Producer
    David Bradbury
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 74 min.

    A personal account of Nicaragua under the Samoza dictatorship and the events leading to the formation and coming to power of the revolutionary Sandinista movement. The focus is on Tomas Borge, the Interior...

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  9. Nicaragua: Report from the Front (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 32 min.

    American journalists look at United States foreign policy toward Nicaragua particularly along the border between Nicaragua and Honduras. They were able to film the first footage of the secret...

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  10. Nicaragua: The Other Invasion (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min.

    Achievements in the area of health reflect the aims and priorities of the Nicaraguan revolution. Polio has been eradicated, infant mortality dramatically reduced and Nicaragua has been selected as one of the...

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