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  1. Lasting Marks (2019)

    Director
    Charlie Lyne
    Producer
    Laura Poitras
    Subject
    Social Studies

    Short documentary about the story of 16 men put on trial for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher’s Britain which was told by the police, the prosecution and the tabloid press, but not by those in...

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  2. Mass Trespass (2018)

    aka: Trespass of Kinder Scout

    Director
    Jordan Carroll
    Subject
    History; Law; Social Studies

    Why were six men sent to prison 1932 for simply walking in the moors of the Peak District? This short documentary tells their fascinating story and also gives details regarding the National Parks and Access...

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  3. Queerama: A Century of Gay Rights and Desires on Film (2018)

    Director
    Daisy Asquith
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes plus extras), £12.99

    QUEERAMA takes the viewer through a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and pride....

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  4. 50 Years Legal (2018)

    Director
    Simon Napier-Bell
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 77 minutes), £8.78

    A documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the partial discriminalisation of homosexuality. Using historical and personal accounts by leading activists and cultural commentators including, Sir Ian...

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  5. I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

    Director
    Raoul Peck
    Subject
    American Studies; History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £6.99

    Documentary based on James Baldwin’s unfinished novel, ‘Remember this House’. The film’s release, which coincided with the unfolding of the Black Lives Matter protests across the USA, explores the...

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  6. Detroit (2017)

    Director
    Kathryn Bigelow
    Subject
    American Studies; Film studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 143 minutes), £4.99

    A report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police to search the Algiers Motel. A group of young people staying there are forcefully and viciously interrogated by the riot task force. By the end of the night,...

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  7. Our Mockingbird (2016)

    Director
    Sandy Jaffe
    Subject
    Literature; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 65 minutes), $295.00

    OUR MOCKINGBIRD is a documentary that uses Harper Lee’s 1960 novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ as a lens to view race, class, gender and justice, then and now. Woven through the film is the story of two...

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  8. How Gay is Pakistan? (2016)

    Director
    Masood Khan
    Producer
    Masood Khan
    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195

    Being gay is illegal in Pakistan. But, despite this, the country has a growing gay scene. So why are gay rights not being addressed? This is a complicated place, where homosocial behaviour, like men holding...

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  9. Citizenfour (2015)

    Director
    Laura Poitras
    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 mins.), £15.99

    In January 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras was several years into the making of a film about abuses of national security in post-9/11 America when she started receiving encrypted emails from someone...

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  10. Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2015)

    Director
    Pratibha Parmar
    Subject
    History; Literature; Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 84 minutes), $395

    Feature film documentary. Alice Walker made history as the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her groundbreaking novel, The Color Purple. Her early life unfolded in the midst of...

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