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  1. Identity (2013)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 55 minutes), £17.99

    Identity examines the works and artistic of artist Bruce Nauman, Kerry James Marshall, Maya Lin and Louise Bourgeois as an exploration of identity, stereotyping, self-awareness, and the familliar versus the...

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  2. Chocolate Farmer, The (2012)

    Director
    Rohan Fernando
    Subject
    Agriculture; Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography

    An unspoiled corner of southern Belize, where cocoa farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land. The film captures a year in...

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  3. Face to Face: Maya Angelou (2011)

    Subject
    Literature

    In this programme first broadcast in 1994, Jeremy Isaacs asks the black American writer Maya Angelou about her life, her writing and her hopes for the future. What unfolds is a frank and sometimes shocking...

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  4. Body of Work (2011)

    Director
    Jo Ann Kaplan
    Producer
    Fiz Oliver
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 119 minutes), £21.00

    This collection of films by Jo Ann Kaplan comprises a selection of her most personal work, as well as her biographical film about Maya Deren. MAYA DEREN: INVOCATION is narrated by Helen Mirren, with original...

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  5. Chronicle Collection - Archaeology on Television (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology

    From 1966 to 1990, the BBC’s landmark archaeology series Chronicle took viewers around the world to explore historical excavations and discover long-gone cultures and civilisations. With a mix of live...

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  6. Cracking the Maya Code (2008)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.95

    This is a look back at how a handful of pioneers deciphered the intricate system of hieroglyphs developed by the Maya. This one-hour program is divided into five chapters for online viewing: The Forgotten...

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  7. Lost Civilizations (10 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £29.99

    Filmed over a 3 year period in 26 countries, this 10 volume set depicts the events, legends, ceremonies and customs of the lost ancient civilizations of Egypt, the Mayas, Mesopotamia, the Aegean, Greece,...

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  8. Katia et Volodia and Maia. (Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev and Maya Plisetskaya (2005)

    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0), £17.99

    Two French documentaries by Dominique Delouche, with English sub-titles, on the careers of great dancers. The first is on the great Russian dancers Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev, the second on the...

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  9. Maya Angelou - BBC Radio Interviews (2003)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/

    Extracts from a BBC radio interview with Maya Angelou, originally broadcast on Radio 3’s Viewing the Century on 22/11/1998. Maya Angelou’s prose depicts her personal history, her pride as a black woman...

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  10. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (2001)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 96 minutes), $9.94

    An American television adaptation of the book by poet Maya Angelou of her memories of the hardships, private joys and public pleasures of growing up in the Depression-era South. Ostracized by the social and...

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