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  1. Drug Trials: The Dark Side (2007)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Behind every breakthrough drug is a multi-billion dollar research programme. We see the benefits in safe, effective and affordable medicine. But somewhere in the world, a group of patients have had to test...

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  2. Agronomist, The (2004)

    Director
    Jonathan Demme
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

    A presentation of the story of Jean Dominique, who ran Haiti’s first independent radio station during multiple repressive regimes. A radio journalist, human rights activist and freedom fighter, he was...

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  3. America in the Fifties: The Beat (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the beginnings of pop music and pop culture, strongly influenced by Elvis Presley and Beat poet Jack Kerouac. However, the country’s underlying racist disregard for civil rights comes to...

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  4. Freedom of Speech (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., See: BEYOND RED

    Three 8-minute films: 1) A CENSOR’S LIFE: In Azerbaijan, where censorship has officially been stopped, journalists still struggle to print the truth. This story follows the daily life of a censor in the...

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  5. Human Rights (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min., See: BEYOND RED

    Three 8-minute films: 1) THE VISITOR: A couple have come from Siberia to visit friends in Moscow and are stopped by police demanding a tax towards the city’s upkeep - in reality, a new measure to curtail...

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  6. Discipline with Dignity (1998 Video)

    Director
    Mohan Bista; Mohan Mainali
    Producer
    Mohan Bista; Mohan Mainali
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale - see TRIUMPH OVER TERROR, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., See: TRIUMPH OVER TERROR

    After former teacher Devendra Ale began to work with CVICT, an organisation helping to rehabilite victims of torture from Burma and Nepal, he began to campaign against the use of corporal punishment in...

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  7. Lifelines 1 (1998 Video)

    Director
    Charlotte Metcalf
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 x 1 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Twelve dramatic ‘spots’ illustrating what the denial of reproductive rights means in reality for people around the world.

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  8. Safe Custody (1998 Video)

    Director
    Catherine Masud
    Producer
    Catherine Masud; Tareque Masud
    Subject
    Development studies; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale - see TRIUMPH OVER TERROR, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., See: TRIUMPH OVER TERROR

    A study of ‘safe custody’ detention in prisons in Bangladesh. Thousands of people are held, it is claimed, for their own protection, but they often held there for years before their cases are heard....

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  9. Siphiwo Mtimkulu: The Final Chapter (1998 Video)

    Director
    Mark J Kaplan
    Producer
    Mark J Kaplan
    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale - see TRIUMPH OVER TERROR, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., See: TRIUMPH OVER TERROR

    Follows the struggle to bring before South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission the case of Siphiwo Mtimkulu, a student leader shot and burned in 1982 by the Security Police.

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  10. Smiles: The Hypocrisy of Thai Politics (1998 Video)

    Director
    Kamron Kunatilaka
    Producer
    Lyndal Barry; Sam Kalayanee
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale - see TRIUMPH OVER TERROR, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., See: TRIUMPH OVER TERROR

    Uses vox pops and satire to explore the many contrasts in Thailand between human dignity and its many abuses. A new constitution was meant to elimate political corruption, but Thailand remains a country...

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