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  1. Brazil: An Inconvenient History (2008)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £9.99

    Behind the glitter and gloss of modern Brazil lies a history many would rather forget. For many Brazil possesses a truly energetic and alluring way of life, synonymous with heady carnivals, samba, football...

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  2. Escape from Luanda (2008)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Education; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 72 minutes), £9.99

    Film about a year in the life of Angola’s only music school, situated in Luanda, the capital of Angola, and one of the world’s poorest and most dangerous places.

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  3. Lost Temple of Java, The (2008)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 mins), £9.99

    Borobudur in Central Java is unique. In the shape of a pyramid, with four square terraces leading to three circular ones, the extraordinary building is covered with three miles of stone carvings....

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  4. Tim Marlow with Gilbert & George (2007)

    Director
    Ben Harding; Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 80 minutes), £20.00

    Self-proclaimed living sculptures Gilbert & George join Tim Marlow in a walk around their "Major Exhibition" at Tate Modern, where they discuss humanity, sex, death, race and religion; their love of the city...

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  5. Great Artists with Tim Marlow: Vol. 1 (2007)

    Director
    Ali Ray; Mehreen Saigol
    Producer
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 322 minutes), £40.00

    What was it like to be an artist in centuries past? What makes a painting or an artist ‘great’? Tim Marlow presents an introduction to the works of the Old Masters as displayed in over fifty museums,...

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  6. Great Artists with Tim Marlow: Vol. 2 (2007)

    Director
    Ali Ray; Mehreen Saigol
    Producer
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 276 minutes), £40.00

    What was it like to be an artist in centuries past? What makes a painting or an artist ‘great’? Tim Marlow presents this fascinating introduction to the works of the Old Masters as displayed in over...

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  7. In Search of Mozart (2006)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £40.00

    Feature-length documentary of Mozart and his music dispelling popular myths and revealing a character very different from that portrayed in Forman’s ‘Amadeus’. Over 80 of the composer’s works are...

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  8. Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, The (2006)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 120 minutes), £19.99

    A portrait of everyday life in post-invasion Afghanistan, centered around an eight-year-old boy and his family who live in extreme poverty in caves among the ruins of the ‘Buddhas of Bamiyan’, one of the...

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  9. Carsten Höller at the Tate Modern (2006)

    aka: Tim Marlow on .... Carsten Holler at the Tate Modern

    Director
    Phil Grabsky; Ben Harding
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 39 minutes), £20.00

    Art connoisseur Tim Marlow takes a behind-the-scenes look at Carsten Höller’s ‘Test Site’ installation at the Tate Modern. Described as an ‘oversized, rather menacing playground’ comprising five...

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  10. Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2006)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky; David Bickerstaff
    Subject
    Environmental science; Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes), £20.00

    Based on Mario Petrucci’s award-winning book-length poem, the film tells the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, the soldiers, the ‘liquidators’, and...

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