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  1. Safe and Secure Water for Uganda (2016)

    aka: Secure Safe Water in Uganda’s Chanching Climate

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Film

    This short film looks at the impact of climate change on water and health by following the introduction of a payment-by-results pilot system in rural Uganda, whereby local private sector professionals earn...

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  2. Remapping Uganda’s Future (2015)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Film

    Uganda is already experiencing the impacts of climate variability and associated economic losses and these impacts are expected to increase over the next 50 years. This short film examines the economic...

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  3. Living on the Go (2014)

    Director
    Arjun Pandey
    Producer
    Nick Rance; Ambica Kapoor
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Film

    A team of researchers from the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and the University of Sussex, have joined together to look at the impact of climate change on migration. This short film, based on their...

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  4. Five Steps to Tyranny (2011)

    Director
    Elizabeth McIntyre
    Subject
    Psychology; Social Studies

    This film analyses the movement of a society from freedom to tyranny in five steps. It shows how those in positions of power may cultivate the conditions of tyranny in any population by demonstrating how...

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  5. Secret Life of Chaos, The (2011)

    Director
    Nic Stacey
    Subject
    Physics

    Documentary in which Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how chaos theory can answer a question that mankind has asked for millennia - how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life?...

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  6. Sound Waves (2008)

    Director
    Sasha Andrews; Jeanne Guiraud
    Subject
    Social welfare

    A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device which can make it possible for the profoundly deaf to hear sound. Although it sounds like a miracle cure, the use of cochlear implants is...

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  7. Dangerous Knowledge (2008)

    Director
    David Malone
    Subject
    Mathematics; Physics; Psychiatry; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 89 minutes), £15.99

    A sympathetic portrayal of the genius of four brilliant mathematicians and their attempts to unravel the mysteries of the universe with tragic repercussions for their sanity. This programme addresses some of...

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  8. Ghana’s Roosting Bird (2007)

    Director
    Miriam Rowe; Gemma Gander
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Economics; Geography

    A short film looking at what Ghanaian farmer’s have to battle with. Despite plentiful fields, cheap imports and a lack of support from the Ghanaian government means that farmers cannot easily supply their...

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  9. What We’Ve Found out About Stem Cells (2007)

    Director
    Richard Fenwick
    Subject
    Biology

    An attempt to demystify the complicated world of stem cells through a series of simple and colourful animations based around illustrations created by graphic designers. (13 minutes)

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  10. Chandra: 3c438 Animations (2007)

    Subject
    Astronomy

    Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has been NASA’s flagship mission for X-ray astronomy. These three short animations show the 3C438 galaxy.

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