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Remarkable Miss North, The (2016)

aka: Kew’s Forgotten Queen

Director

Irene Antoniades

Subject

Arts and Humanities

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £13.95

A BBC4 documentary about the unknown story of Marianne North, one of the most prolific botanical artists of the Victorian age. North embarked on a project that changed the face of botanical research. The...

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Working Illegally (2015)

Subject

Politics & government; Social sciences

Last year the UK Home Office detained approximately 30,000 people across a network of 13 detention centres. People are often incarcerated in these centres for immigration reasons without trial or charge....

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Who is to Blame for the Refugee Crisis? (2015)

Director

Abby Martin

Producer

Mike Prysner

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Extended news report. Today 60 million human beings are displaced from war and extreme poverty. Many European countries are responding to the crisis with racist hysteria and police state measures. Abby...

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Divide et Impera (Divide and Rule) (2015)

Director

Scott Noble

Subject

History; Politics & government; Social Studies

The series examines early American history through an examination of class. Part 1 DIVIDE ET IMPERA includes sections on Mother Jones, the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction;...

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Climate Change (2014)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 37 mins), $169.95

A resource to encourage students to judge whether or not climate change will impact people differently around the world. The impacts of climate change can be hard to see, but footage from the Arctic,...

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Speaking with Light: Tackling Pollution with Bioluminescent Indicators (2014)

Director

Alex Gibney

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Many marine organisms have evolved to exhibit bioluminescence putting on incredible deep sea displays of flashing lights, sparkling blooms and smoke-like clouds of shimmering blue. Inspired by this, marine...

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Edith Wharton: The Sense of Harmony (2014)

Director

Elizabeth Lennard

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 57 mins), $14.95

Documentary. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Yale and to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Best known for novels such as The Age of Innocence, The House of...

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Rebel Architecture (2014)

Subject

Architecture; Environmental science

A six-part documentary series from Al Jazeera profiling architects who are using design as a form of activism and resistance to tackle the world’s urban, environmental and social crises. The series follows...

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Girlhood (2014)

aka: Band de Filles

Director

Celine Sciamma

Producer

benedicte Couvreur

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

DVD (PAL, 112 minutes), £5.99 (DVD) £8.99 (Blu-Ray)

Tired of putting up with her abusive brother, her lack of school prospects and the "boys’ law" in the neighbourhood, 16 year-old Marieme starts a new life after joining an irresistibly energetic female...

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Alpha 2: The Next Big Anti-Matter Machine (2012)

Director

Liz Mermin

Producer

Roger Graef

Subject

Physics

One in a series of sixteen vignettes showing daily life inside the CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. The films depict everyday life inside the laboratory, featuring interviews with...

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