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Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story (2018)

Director

Iciar Bollain

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes)

Yuli is based on Acosta’s autobiography ‘No Way Home, A Cuban Dancer’s Story’. It is his own story about growing up in Cuba, becoming a dancer, moving to London and his relationship with his father,...

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Pyramids of Waste: The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)

Director

Cosima Dannoritzer

Subject

Business studies; Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £39.50

Planned obsolescence is the deliberate shortening of product life spans to guarantee consumer demand. PYRAMIDS OF WASTE (aka THE LIGHT BULB CONSPIRACY) combines investigative research and archive footage to...

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Miguel and William (2007 Film)

aka: Miguel y William

Director

Ines Paris

Producer

Antonio Saura; Alicia Telleria

Subject

Drama

Feature film. A romantic period comedy which asks what would have happened had William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes loved the same woman. Leonor de Vibero (Anaya), an aspiring actress, heads for Spain...

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Fermat’s Room (2007)

Director

Luis Piedrahita; Rodrigo Sopena

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £7.95

Summoned to a remote warehouse by the enigmatic Fermat, four mathematicians are tasked with solving highly complex numerical riddles. Correct solutions will slow down the process by which the walls, operated...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2005 Video)

Director

Francois Roussillon

Subject

Drama; Music

Benjamin Britten’s three-act opera recorded live at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona. A re-working of Robert Carsen’s 1995 production at the Aix-en-Provence Festival with cinematic touches added by...

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Macbeth (2005 Video)

Director

Phyllida Lloyd; Toni Bargallo

Subject

Drama

Verdi’s opera with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. from the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The production is directed for stage by Phyllida Lloyd and for television by Toni Bargalio. The Symphony Orchestra and...

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Miserables, Les (2000) (2004)

Subject

French studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 172 minutes), £19.99

A television adaptation of the story by Victor Hugo, set in France in 1796.

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Basque Ball (2004)

aka: Pelota Vasca: La Piel Contra la Piedra

Subject

Politics & government; Spanish studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £19.99

A portrait and exploration of the language and traditions of the Basques and a look at the political nature of the region. Featuring archive footage and interviews with poets, musicians, terrorists and the...

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Hamlet (2004 Video)

Director

Toni Bargallo

Subject

Drama; Music

A video recording of Ambroise Thomas’ five-act opera directed for stage by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser, and for video by Toni Bargallo. The Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu...

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Sugar: The Rules of the Game (2004)

Director

Meritxell Ribas

Subject

Agriculture; Economics; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 33 minutes), $295.00

This film examines the complex world of international commerce by looking at the major players in the sugar industry - European and African farmers, major sugar production companies on both continents,...

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