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  1. Palms (2007)

    aka: Ladoni

    Director
    Artur Aristakisyan
    Subject
    Film studies; Russian studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 140 minutes), £12.00

    PALMS is Aristakisyan’s astonishing portrait of people who live outside ‘society’ and exist on the margins of life, filmed on the streets of his hometown in Moldova. Narrated by the director,...

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  2. Black Sun (2007)

    Director
    Gary Tarn
    Producer
    Alfonso Cuarón; John Battsek
    Subject
    Philosophy; Psychology; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £12.99

    Painter Hugues de Montalembert was blinded in an attack in New York City in 1978. Without a shred of self-pity, he relates his extraordinary story of how he adapted his approach to the world after blindness,...

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  3. Exodus (2007)

    Director
    Penny Woodcock
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes), £19.99

    Penny Woolcock’s new film is a stunning vision of a future Britain re-imagining the Bible book of Exodus in Margate, and exploring themes of identity, migration, terrorism and the search for a promised...

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  4. Every Little Thing (2006)

    aka: Moindre des Choses, La

    Subject
    Drama; French studies; Mental Health and Counselling
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £12.99

    The protagonists in this film are the patients and staff at the La Borde psychiatric institute in France. Each summer they perform a play on a stage set in the grounds of the chateau. The film charts the...

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  5. Avenge but One of My Eyes (2006)

    aka: Nekam Achat Mishtey Eynay

    Director
    Avi Mograbi
    Subject
    Film Studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £15.99

    A powerful documentary examining the mental and physical borderlines found in Israeli society. Shot in the Occupied Territories by Israeli director Avi Mograbi, the film draws parallels between the Israeli -...

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  6. Nighthawks (2005)

    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 109 minutes), £12.99

    A homosexual geography teacher is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night. Hugely controversial on its initial release, Nighthawks was one of the first British movies to...

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  7. Runaway (2002)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £12.99

    This film is set in a refuge for girls in Tehran and follows the stories of five girls who come here. These girls, in leaving a situation that has become intolerable, show incredible courage and...

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  8. Divorce Iranian Style (1999)

    Director
    Kim Longinotto
    Subject
    Anthropology; Law; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £12.99 (retail, Secondrun)

    Observes some of the cases brought before the Family Law Courts in Tehran. The three main characters are Jamileh, who punishes her husband for beating her; Ziba, a 16-year-old girl who is trying to get a...

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  9. Divorce Iranian Style / Runaway (1997)

    Director
    Kim Longinotto; Ziba Mir-Hosseini
    Subject
    Anthropology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 167 minutes), £12.99

    This DVD features two films by Kim Longinotto, whose work is characterised by a sensitive and compassionate approach to her subject matter, which often concerns women on the fringes of society. DIVORCE...

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  10. In the Land of the Deaf (1992)

    aka: Pays des Sourds, Le

    Director
    Nicolas Philibert
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 99 minutes), £12.99

    A quietly observational documentary about a deaf community and the experience of deafness, as told by the deaf. The condition is presented as a positive experience and the film is full of stories. DVD extras...

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