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Killings of Tony Blair, The (2016)

Director

Sanne van den Bergh; Greg Ward

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £15.99

Politician George Galloway presents this documentary about the legacy of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The film examines what Galloway refers to as the death of the old Labour Party and its...

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Pericle Dishakespeare Sulla Strada (2016 Film)

aka: Pericles by Shakespeare on the Road

Director

Roberto Quagliano

Subject

Drama; Shakespeare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 103 minutes)

A postmodern take on the Shakespeare play as dreamed by Marina, the young daughter of the protagonist. They and other immigrants live in the interstices of a complex ring of roads, leading to an apocalyptic...

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Arts in Exile (2015)

aka: Kunst im Exil

Director

Giovanni Angella

Subject

Arts and Humanities; History

Distribution

DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 204 minutes), $129.95

Nine short films about artists impacted by the Nazis. ARNOLD ZWEIG (Joop Huisken, 1962); Erich Fried: The Whole World Should Endure (Roland Steiner, 1988); Even Today He’d Speak His Mind (Volker Koepp,...

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Congorilla (2015)

Producer

Martin E. Johnson; Osa Johnson

Subject

Natural history; Travel & tourism

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 67 mins.), $24.95

Documentary. The first sound movie made entirely in Africa, CONGORILLA chronicles Martin and Osa Johnson’s 3rd trip between 1930 and 1931. They visit familiar territory in Kenya and Tanzania before moving...

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Hamlet (2015 Film)

Director

Margaret Williams; Sarah Frankcom

Producer

Anne Beresford; Debbie Gray

Subject

Drama

A film version of Maxine Peake as Hamlet in the 2014 staging at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Sarah Frankcom directs for stage, Margaret Williams for screen.

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Willshake (2015 Film)

Director

Joe Talbot

Producer

Emily Blacksell

Subject

Drama

Short film, live action and animation, acted by children. WillShake is a boy with a trunk of theatrical tricks who likes to tell stories. He embarks on his first journey to share the story of Henry V....

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Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi (2014)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science; Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 179 minutes), £29.99 (inclusive)

Two of the three films from the Qatsi trilogy. They are cinematic essays on the impact of technological progress on the earth and its peoples, set to scores by Philip Glass. The photographic effects,...

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Future Shock! The Story of 2000ad (2014)

Director

Paul Goodwin

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £12.00

First published in 1977 at the height of the punk era, UK Sci-Fi comic 2000AD was violent, anti-authoritarian, darkly funny and distinctly British. With such iconic characters as Strontium Dog, Nemesis and...

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Future on Rail, A (2014)

Producer

Edgar Anstey

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 747 minutes), £29.99

Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1 May 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding...

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First World War, The: Life on the Home Front in North West England (2014)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 65 minutes), £12.00

Footage from the North West Film Archive showing life on the home front in North West England during World War I. Clips include the the Accrington Pals, the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Cheshire Regiment...

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