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

    Subject
    Development studies; Philosophy; Politics & government
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    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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  2. 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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  3. Reach for the Sky (2006)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 40 minutes), £14.00

    A documentary exploring the growing activism against the governmen’s plans to expand nearly all British airports despite the growing threat of climate change. Includes images of activists blocking a runway...

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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. Anti-Global Warming Advertisements (2006)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Media studies; Politics & government

    Two thirty-second television advertisments produced by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in the USA which speak out against calls by environmental groups and some policicians for reduced energy use to...

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  7. 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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  8. Life After Oil (2006)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.00

    Recordings of three talks given as part of a course at Schumacher College on the future of energy. David Fleming spoke about re-localisation and the end of oil; Michael Meacher discussed political issues...

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  9. Flowers Don’t Grow Here (2006)

    Director
    Shira Pinson
    Subject
    Politics & government; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £15.00

    Much of Eastern Europe has been devastated by the rapid transition from communism to capitalism. Fifteen years since independence from the former USSR, the Ukraine ­ Europe’s second largest country ­ is...

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  10. Climate Wars (2005)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Politics & government

    Gerry Northam delves into the politics that often underlie the science of climate change. In the UK, the government’s chief science adviser has called global warming a greater threat than international...

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