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Reagan Presidency, The (2013)

Director

Chip Duncan

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 180 minutes), $19.99

This three-hour programme offers an in-depth chronicle of Ronald Reagan’s years in the Oval Office, featuring interviews with Sandra Day O’Connor, Condoleezza Rice, George Shultz, Robert Reich, Bill...

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Philip Roth: Unmasked (2013)

Director

William Karel; Livia Manera

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), $24.99

Film about the American novelist Philip Roth, which explores his career, from Goodbye, Columbus, through the scandalous success of Portnoy’s Complaint, and the later novels suych as Sabbath’s Theatre,...

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Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)

Director

Thomas P. O’Connor

Producer

Thomas P. O’Connor

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 66 minutes), $24.99

The documentary uses Graham Greene’s own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and film clips, to reveal the fascinating life of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. The...

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March, The (2013)

Director

John Akomfrah

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

John Akomfrah’s film tells the story of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a watershed moment for the American civil rights movement which brought together a coalition of civil...

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African Americans, The: Many Rivers to Cross (2013)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 360 minutes), $29.99

This film, presented by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and...

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Twelfth Night (2013 Video)

Director

Tim Carroll; Ian Russell

Producer

James Whitbourn

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

Video recording of the 2012 production of the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s Twelfth Night with Mark Rylance reprising his role of Olivia and Stephen Fry as Malvolio. Tim Carroll directs for stage and Ian...

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Henry V (2013 Video)

aka: Henry V from Shakespeare’s Globe

Director

Dominic Dromgoole

Subject

Drama; Shakespeare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 164 minutes), £19.99

Video recording of Henry V staged as part of the Globe to Globe season with Jamie Parker in the title role. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole,

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Exploration of Vocal Lineage (2013)

Producer

Janis Kelly; Norman Meyn

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 mins.), £20

A film by Janis Kelly and Norbert Meyn, discussing fundamental principles of singing passed down through the generations since the Italian masters. The film gives an account of the teaching of Franziska...

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Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings (2012)

Subject

English language and literature; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 177 minutes), £15.00

A three-part television series in which art historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as revealed through illuminated manuscripts from the British Library’s Royal Manuscripts...

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William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin: The Spoken Word (2012)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Audio (CD, 66 minutes), £10.00

This collection of recordings features the American writer William S Burroughs and the British-born artist Brion Gysin: the man Burroughs credited with the invention of the ‘cut-up’ literary technique....

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