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  1. Salesman (2007)

    Director
    Albert Maysles; David Maysles
    Subject
    Business studies; Psychology; Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

    Honoured by the Library of Congress as one of the 25 best American films ever made, SALESMAN is a fascinating, non-narrated account of four Boston bible sellers, selling lavish bibles to low income families....

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  2. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2007)

    Director
    Spike Lee
    Subject
    Geography; Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 248 minutes), £25.99

    When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, director Spike Lee, like many who watched the unfolding drama on television news, was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and...

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  3. Wild Style (2007)

    Director
    Charlie Ahearn
    Subject
    Music; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £17.99

    A movie whose influence cannot be under-estimated and hailed as the most inspirational hip-hop of movie of all time, It captures the birth of an underground hip-hop scene about to explode around the world...

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  4. Racism: A History (2007)

    aka: Race Through Time

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3 x 50 minutes), £585(series) £195 (each part)

    A 3-part documentary series chronicling the shifts in the idea of ‘race’ and the history of racism in Europe, The Americas, Australasia and Asia. The films show how ideas of racial difference have...

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  5. Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2006)

    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 62 minutes), $250.00

    Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, CLASS DISMISSED navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television’s beginnings to today’s sitcoms, reality...

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  6. Research Methods and Statistics (2006)

    Subject
    Psychology; Social sciences; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23, 33, 33, 40 minutes), £30.00 each

    A series of four programmes for social science students on research methods and statistics.

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  7. Look at Life: Swinging London (2006)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132 minutes), £14.99

    Sixteen films from the colourful LOOK AT LIFE series, produced by the Rank Organisation every week for screening in Odeon cinemas between 1960 and 1969. Stories covered include the boutiques of Carnaby...

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  8. Counter Culture Volume II (2006)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 102 minutes), $9.99

    Two more films on the 1960’s youth movemement in the USA.

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  9. Deep Roots Music (2006)

    Subject
    Development studies; Music; Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 310 minutes), ££17.99

    A history of Reggae and Rasta culture in six episodes. It explores the origins of Reggae in the music and dance of early Jamaican slaves, and the isolationist Maroon culture that maintained many African...

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  10. Art of Travel, The (2006)

    Director
    Thomas Whelan; Brian LaBelle
    Subject
    Sociology; Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £19.99

    Based on the book of the same name, Alain de Botton investigates why people go on holiday as he considers the philosophical issues surrounding our experiences of travel and vacations. Taking four separate...

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