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Inconvenient Sequel, An (2017)

aka: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Director

Bonni Cohen; Jon Shenk

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £6.99

Eleven years after the release of An Inconvenient Truth, the US Vice President Al Gore is continuing his fight against climate change. The threat has intensified, and President Trump’s views- as voiced in...

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King Lear (2017)

Director

Alexander Barnett

A low budget feature-film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy starring Alexander Barnett, who also directed and edited the film. Also available in a version edited into 15 episodes.

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Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production (2017)

Director

Briar Levit

Subject

Design; Information technology; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 85 minutes), $350

Up until just over 30 years ago, when the desktop computer arrived on the scene, the whole design production process would have been done primarily by hand, and with the aid of analogue machines. The design...

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Talk: Race in America, The (2017)

aka: The Talk: Race in America

Director

Sam Pollard

Subject

American Studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £16.99

A conversation between parents of colour and their children about how to behave if they are ever stopped by the police is becoming increasingly common in homes and communities across the USA. In many...

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Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, The (2017)

Director

Ken Burns; Lynn Novick

Subject

American Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1080 minutes), £69.95

This 18-hour documentary offers an in-depth analysis of one of the most divisive and controversial events in American history: the Vietnam War. Episodes include: 1-Déjà vu (1858-1961): After a century of...

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Origami Revolution, The (2017)

Director

Sarah Holt

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $25.00

Can the mathematics of origami be boiled down to one elegant algorithm? Origami, the centuries-old tradition of folding two-dimensional paper into three-dimensional shapes, is inspiring a scientific...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2017 Film)

Director

Richard Griffin

Producer

Ted Marr

Subject

Drama; Shakespeare

This adaptation by Richard Griffin of Shakespeare’s play is set in 1754 in the fictional town of Athens, Massachusetts.

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American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs (2017)

Director

Yale Strom

Subject

American Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 97 minutes), $295.00

Bernie Sanders has inspired a generation - but who inspired him? Most people in America do not know that the contemporary political movement to address income inequality began over 100 years ago with Eugene...

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Quest (2017)

Director

Jonathan Olshefski

Subject

American Studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 105 minutes), $295.00

Filmed with vérité intimacy over the course of nearly a decade, Quest is the portrait of the Rainey family living in North Philadelphia. Beginning at the dawn of the Obama presidency, Quest Rainey and his...

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Olancho (2017)

Director

Chris Valdes; Ted Griswold

Subject

Social sciences; Spanish studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 70 minutes), $195.00

Documentary about the most lawless province in Honduras, which is one the most dangerous and poorest countries in the world. The film follows a group of musicians who perform for the powerful drug cartels...

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