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  1. President’s Guide to Science, The (2008)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    The decisions the president of the United States makes can shape the future of humanity for decades to come - decisions often based on science and technology. Yet, it is also potentially the greatest source...

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  2. Bigot Songs: Ethnic Prejudice Recordings (2008)

    Subject
    History; Music; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 180 minutes), $9.95

    Phonograph and cylinder recordings from the early 1900s, featuring songs celebrating prejudices society is still freeing itself from. Over 180 minutes packed into 75 MP3s on 1 CD. For full title list see...

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  3. Classic Affordable and Public Information Films: 1930s-1940s (2008)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 100 minutes), £32.39

    A compilation of films about the housing industry and public housing programmes in the United States. Titles include: BETTER HOUSING (1935) on the New Deal’s National Housing Act, 4 min.; HOUSING IN CHILE:...

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  4. Berkeley in the Sixties (2007)

    Director
    Mark Kirchelle
    Subject
    Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 117 minutes), £15.99

    Tells the story of a small group of students at the University of California in Berkeley in the 1960s who challenged the establishment and changed the face of America. What started as an interest in politics...

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  5. This Film is Not Yet Rated (2007)

    Director
    Kirby Dick
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £7.00

    Kirby Dick’s star-studded investigation into the business of film censorship and the secretive work of the Motion Picture Association of America’s rating board. When the MPAA refuses to let Dick’s...

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  6. In Debt we Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts (2007)

    Director
    Daniel Schechter
    Subject
    Economics; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes)

    This hard-hitting documentary investigates why so many Americans - college and high school students in particular - are being strangled by debt. Zeroing in on how the mall has replaced the factory as...

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  7. Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (2007)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 412 minutes), £24.99

    The Vietnam War was one of the worst horrors of the second half of the 20th century and the causes behind it continue to baffle people to this day. How did it start? What were the justifications for...

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  8. Manufacturing Dissent (2007)

    Director
    Debbie Melnyk; Rick Caine
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 124 minutes), £15.99

    A documentary that seeks to separate fact, fiction and legend. Two Canadian filmmakers track Michael Moore on tour during the release of the explosive FAHRENHEIT 9/11, chronicling the politically...

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  9. War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)

    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 45 minutes), $195.00

    Norman Solomon analyses the strategies used by US administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to promote their agendas for war, from Vietnam to Iraq. By highlighting the techniques of war propaganda,...

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  10. Power of Nightmares, The (3 Parts) (2007)

    Director
    Adam Curtis
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD (3 x 60 minutes)

    Three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain, with particular reference to the American Neoconservatives and radical Islamists.

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