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  1. Taking Liberties (2007)

    Director
    Chris Atkins
    Subject
    Law; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £15.99

    A shocking, polemical film that charts the destruction of basic liberties under 10 years of New Labour. Released to coincide with Tony Blair’s departure, the film and the book follow the stories of normal...

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  2. Why Democracy? (Short Films) (2007)

    Subject
    Development studies; Philosophy; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Not In Distribution

    In October 2007, ten one-hour films focusing on contemporary democracy were broadcast in the world’s largest ever factual media event. Running alongside the 10 documentaries, and integral to the outreach...

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  3. Harold Pinter: Art Truth & Politics: The Nobel Lecture 2005 (2006)

    Subject
    Drama; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 46 minutes), £14.99

    In late 2005 Harold Pinter videotaped a lecture on the occasion of the award to him of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His speech, delivered directly to camera, is a complex reflection on his own writing...

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  4. Silent Waters (2006)

    Director
    Sabiha Sumar
    Subject
    Development studies; Film Studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £19.99

    The first feature by Pakistani independent documentary filmmaker Sabiha Sumar, is an intense and rare cinematic perspective of the political evolution of Pakistan, the advent of fundamentalism and the...

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  5. Viva Zapatero! (2006)

    Director
    Sabina Guzzanti
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £9.99

    Sabina Guzzanti’s documentary deals with her own ill-fated television show, RAIot, which aired on RAI, the Italian public television service. The show featured comedy sketches in which Guzzanti, a...

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  6. Nightcleaners & ‘36 to ‘77 (2006)

    Director
    Marc Karlin; Mary Kelly; James Scott; Humphry Trevelyan
    Subject
    Film Studies; Politics & government; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £24.00

    Nightcleaners (1975) by the Berwick Street Film Collective has long been recognised as a landmark of British experimental film and political cinema. Together with its companion film ‘36 to ‘77 (1978), it...

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  7. Uncovered: The War in Iraq (2005)

    Director
    Robert Greenwald
    Subject
    Military Science; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 84 minutes), £17.99

    Explores the alleged scare-mongering tactics employed by the US government to justify their invasion of Iraq following the events of September 11, 2001. The film deconstructs the administration’s case for...

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  8. Outfoxed (2004)

    aka: Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism

    Director
    Robert Greenwald
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £12.99

    Documentary on the alleged conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "fair and balanced". Material includes clips from broadcasts, interviews with former...

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  9. Wall (2004)

    Director
    Simone Bitton
    Subject
    Politics & government; Psychology
    Distribution
    Hire, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), free for academic use

    In WALL, documentary filmmaker Simone Bitton explores the physical and psychological dimensions of the controversial barrier built to divide Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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  10. Edward Said: The Last Interview (2004)

    Director
    Michael Dibb
    Subject
    Literature; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 208 minutes), £7.00

    Edward Said was born in Jerusalem in 1935. Internationally acclaimed for his books on literature, politics, and the intersection of politics and culture, Said was the most prominent spokesman for the...

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