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  1. Carlinhos Brown, Bahia Beat (2003)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 minutes), £18.99

    Carlinhos Brown is a successful musician but still lives in Candeal, Brazil where he remains deeply rooted in the street culture which has been the inspiration for his Afro-Brazilian music. He has set up and...

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  2. Cesaria Evora, Morna Blues (2003)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £19.99

    A portrait of Cesaria Evora from Mindelo, Cape Verde, who specialises in melodies of the ‘Morna’', a form of Cape Verdien blues. Her music tells what she believes is the tragic destiny of her country....

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  3. Lascaux: The Prehistory of Art (2002)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 min), £19.99

    Two films on the prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux - THE PREHISTORY OF ART (60 minutes) by Alain Jaubert and DAYS LONG GONE (12 minutes) by Roger Verdier.

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  4. Birth of Impressionism, The (2002)

    Director
    Alain Jaubert
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 min), £19.99

    Three films from the Palettes series devoted to great works in painting history. Thanks to recent developments in video animation technique, secrets of these images are revealed like thrilling adventures of...

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  5. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Last Prophet (2002)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 122 min), £17.99

    A portrait of Nusrat who produced a contemporary interpretation of the qawwali, the Moslem chanting song emanating from the belief of the Sufis. It comes from Pakistan and combines traditional Persian poetic...

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  6. Intezaar (1995 Video)

    Director
    Rashid Masharawi
    Producer
    Parminder Vir
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1996 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the United Nations from the point of view a recipient of its aid. The film’s maker was brought up in the UN Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza and returns to look at daily life in the camp. He argues...

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  7. Colour of the Moment, The (1989 Video)

    Director
    Alain Jaubert
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

    Discusses Claude Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’ in terms of the painting itself, the painter, and a palette of colour: pigment, composition and light effects. In his garden at Giverny, Monet created a gigantic...

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  8. Enigmatic Smile and the Holy Kinship, The (1989)

    aka: Palettes: The Virgin, St Anne and the Infant Jesus, C.1500-15: Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

    Director
    Alain Jaubert
    Producer
    Marie de Mercey
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

    Discusses Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne’ (c1510), in terms of the painting itself, the painter, and a palette of colour: pigment, composition and light effects. The figures...

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  9. Vermeer: The Astronomer (1989 Video)

    aka: Palettes: The Texture of Light

    Director
    Alain Jaubert
    Producer
    Marie Givry
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 27 minutes), £19.99

    Discusses Jan Vermeer’s painting ‘The Astronomer’ (1668) in terms of the painting itself, the painter, and a palette of colour: pigment, composition and light effects. Vermeer worked in private houses...

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  10. Theatres of the Sun, The (1989 Video)

    aka: Palettes: ‘The Port’, 1639: Claude GellÉe, Known As le Lorrain

    Director
    Alain Jaubert
    Producer
    Marie de Mercey
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), £19.99

    Discusses Claude Gellée’s (Le Lorrain) painting ‘Seaport at Sunset’ in terms of the painting itself, the painter, and a palette of colour: pigment, composition and light effects. Claude’s paintings...

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