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  1. K is for Karl: Machine (2018)

    aka: Machine (Episode 5)

    Director
    Theopi Skarlatos
    Subject
    Philosophy

    A series of five short films on the ideas of Karl Marx to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. In the fifth and final episode, journalist Paul Mason Mason explains the importance of the machine...

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  2. Risk (2017)

    Director
    Laura Poitras
    Producer
    Sam Esmail
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary. Filmmaker Laura Poitras filmed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his team over a period of six years. This film is the result.

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  3. Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future (2016)

    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    Film

    The great economists of the 19th century- Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx and David Ricardo - were preoccupied with the idea that capitalism could one day collapse. In this talk, author and economics...

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  4. Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front (2016)

    Subject
    Film studies; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 151 minutes), £19.99

    A selection of public information films, propaganda shorts and adverts from the BFI National Archive. Originally shown in cinemas to British audiences during the Second World War, these films served to boost...

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  5. Halas & Batchelor Short Film Collection, The (2016)

    Director
    John Halas; Joy Batchelor
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 139 minutes), £9.18

    Animation. This collection of eighteen short films presents a necessarily selective view of the output of the British animation company, from 1948 - 1981. A useful range of extras includes ‘An Animated...

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  6. Did the Romans Get It Right? (2015)

    Subject
    Information technology; Law

    Video webcast by Dr Peggy Valcke giving a legal analysis of what Google, eBay, UPC TeleKabel Wien and Delfi have in common. In contemporary information societies Online Service Providers (such as AOL, Apple,...

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  7. Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

    Director
    Brian Knappenberger
    Producer
    Brian Knappenberger
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 105 minutes), $17.89

    Biographical documentary film depicting the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organiser and Internet activist Aaron Swartz who helped develop the internet protocol RSS and was a...

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  8. Synthetic Biology in Europe (2014)

    Subject
    Biology; Technology

    Synthetic biology is an emerging field in at the intersection of biotechnology, information technology and biochemistry with the aim to make biology easier to engineer. But what exactly are synthetic...

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  9. Gardener, Dentist and the Long-Jumper: Ethics in the Age of Information, The (2014)

    Subject
    Information technology

    Video podcast from the Oxford Internet Institute. Luciano Floridi discusses his new book, ‘The Ethics of Information’. With the help of three metaphors, Professor Floridi outlines the nature and scope of...

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  10. Inside the Virtual Anthill: Open Source Means Business (2013)

    Producer
    Mike Hally
    Subject
    Business studies; Information technology

    Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate ‘open source’ computer software. Much has been said about the likes of free web browser Firefox and the operating system Linux, but little about how...

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