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  1. Multimedia 1900: Experience and Entertainment in Everyday Life (2017)

    Subject
    Film studies; History

    We know a great deal about media gadgetry in retrospect, but much less about how it was perceived and experienced by early users. Historians at the end of the 19th century have traditionally paid little...

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Denial (2017)

    Director
    Mick Jackson
    Subject
    History; Law
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £5.25

    Based on the book ‘Denial: Holocaust History on Trial’ by Professor Deborah Lipstadt, this feature film recounts Lipstadt’s legal battle for historical truth against British scholar David Irving, who...

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  6. Plantagenets, The (2017)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (180 minutes), £11.99

    Professor Robert Bartlett tells the story of England’s most dysfunctional, yet longest-ruling, royal dynasty. Henry II forges a mighty empire encompassing England and much of France. His sons, Richard the...

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  7. Hamlet Podcast, The (2017 Audio)

    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare

    A weekly podcast by theatre director Conor Hanratty devoted entirely to a close textual analysis of Shakespeare’s tragedy. The website also includes additional material in the form of textual notes as...

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  8. 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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  9. Volcanos: From Fuming Vents to Extinction Events (2017)

    Subject
    Geology

    Volcanologist Professor Tamsin Mather, winner of the 2017 Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture, explores some of the different types of volcanic activity that we see on Earth today and have seen over our...

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  10. Why Do Some People Become Psychopaths? (2017)

    Subject
    Psychiatry; Psychology

    Professor Essi Viding, winner of the 2017 Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture, explains why some people develop psychopathy and whether it can it be prevented. Psychopathy has long captured the public...

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