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  1. Make More Noise: Suffragettes in Silent Film (2015)

    Subject
    Film studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 71 minutes), £19.99

    This compilation combines documentary footage of the suffragettes’ public activities with comedy films of the period. These gloriously anarchic pre-war comedies are full of bright sparks like the Tilly...

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  2. Utopia (2013)

    Director
    John Pilger
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 110 minutes), £10.30

    John Pilger’s film breaks what amounts to a national silence about the indigenous first people of Australia: the oldest, most enduring human presence on Earth. UTOPIA reveals that apartheid is deep within...

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  3. Four Horsemen (2012)

    Subject
    Economics; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 97 minutes), £14.99

    A film which takes a look at the world economy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, with contributions from philosopher, linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky, heterodox economist Ha-Joon...

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  4. Crude (2010)

    Director
    Joe Berlinger
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £14.99

    Joe Berlinger’s cinéma-vérité feature tells the epic story of one of the world’s largest and most controversial legal cases. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, CRUDE...

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  5. Age of Stupid, The (2009)

    Director
    Franny Armstrong
    Subject
    Energy; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 92 minutes), £19.99 (retail) £14.00 Spanner direct

    Pete Postlewaite stars in this cautionary look at our changing climate, and what could become of our world should we continue to ignore the warning signs and not stop global warming while we still have the...

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  6. Miners’ Campaign Tapes, The (2009)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.74

    These six short films, released for the first time, are a crucial document of a cataclysmic episode of British history 25 years ago. A testament to solidarity and activism, the Miners’ Campaign Tapes...

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  7. Nightcleaners & ‘36 to ‘77 (2006)

    Director
    Marc Karlin; Mary Kelly; James Scott; Humphry Trevelyan
    Subject
    Film Studies; Politics & government; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £24.00

    Nightcleaners (1975) by the Berwick Street Film Collective has long been recognised as a landmark of British experimental film and political cinema. Together with its companion film ‘36 to ‘77 (1978), it...

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  8. Committing Poetry in Time of War (2006)

    Director
    Eric Sorotkin
    Subject
    Literature; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes), £15.99

    This documentary tells the story of teacher Bill Nevins who was fired from his job as a high school teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when he encouraged his students to write poetry protesting against the...

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  9. So That You Can Live (1981)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 85 minutes), £8.00

    Cinema Action documentary filmed over five years showing the impact on one family living in a South Wales valley community of developments in the national and global political economy which result in local...

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  10. Quayside (1980)

    Subject
    Architecture; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £10.00 (+p&p)

    Quayside was the old commercial centre of Newcastle with an image to match its importance. Its solid Victorian architecture, designed and built with wealth and skill, emanates permanence and faith in the...

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