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  1. Darwin’s Nightmare (2010)

    Director
    Hubert Sauper
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes)

    The African nation of Tanzania has a booming business selling fish to Europe, but its citizens live in a state of horrific poverty and degradation. Filmmaker Hubert Sauper uses his documentary DARWIN’S...

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  2. Je ne Suis Pas Moi-MÊme (2009)

    Director
    Alba Mora; Anna Sanmarti
    Subject
    Anthropology; Art; Business studies; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £50.00

    Shot in Cameroon and Brussels, the film examines the complex network surrounding the international market of African antiquities, and the contradictions in a European art market hungry for new tribal...

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  3. Energy Security: India’s Sustainable Solutions (2009)

    Subject
    Development studies; Energy; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £49.00

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  4. Cuba, An African Odyssey (2008)

    aka: Cuba, Une Odyssee Africaine

    Director
    Jihan El-Tahri
    Subject
    Development studies; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 190 minutes), £24.99

    Using archive footage and personal accounts, this film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known theatre: Africa. From 1961 to 1991, this continent was the battleground for a war...

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  5. Amazon (2008)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

    In this series, anthropologist and adventurer Bruce Parry journeys the length and breadth of the largest river in the world - the Amazon. Tracing the giant river from its origins high in the Andes to its...

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  6. Indian Miracle, The (2008)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics; Geography; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 49 minutes), $295.00

    The new India has a high-tech, highly-skilled economy growing at an incredible nine per cent a year. Its universities are churning out thousands of highly qualified science and computer graduates working in...

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  7. General Idi Amin Dada (Autoportrait) (2007)

    Director
    Barbet Schroeder
    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £15.99

    A rare chance to see the real Idi Amin in this extraordinary documentary made with the full support and participation of the dictator himself. Through his anti-Semitic rages, fetish for military power, and...

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  8. Why Democracy? (Short Films) (2007)

    Subject
    Development studies; Philosophy; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Not In Distribution

    In October 2007, ten one-hour films focusing on contemporary democracy were broadcast in the world’s largest ever factual media event. Running alongside the 10 documentaries, and integral to the outreach...

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  9. Black Gold (2007)

    Director
    Nick Francis; Marc Francis
    Subject
    Development studies; Economics; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 78 minutes), £9.99

    An investigation into the global coffee trade, illustrating how poor farmers in Third World countries are being left penniless as their richer First World counterparts continue to pay them far less than they...

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  10. Living with Corruption (2007)

    aka: Dispatches: How to Get Ahead in Africa

    Subject
    Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £100.00

    Journalist Sorious Samara goes undercover to investigate corruption in Africa. The programme provides a sober portrait of how modern politics works in many African nations, with most of the population living...

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