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  1. Birdwatchers (2010)

    aka: (Terra Degli Uomini Rossi, La

    Director
    Marco Bechis
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 108 minutes), £15.99

    A drama in which a group of indigenous people face off against the modern day owners of their ancestral homeland.In Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the farming classes lead a wealthy and leisurely existence....

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  2. South of the Border (2010)

    Director
    Oliver Stone
    Subject
    Geography; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £9.99

    Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is a hero in Latin America for his willingness to stand up to the United States (both the government and the private sector) and his desire to use the nation’s petroleum...

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  3. African Journey with David Dimbleby (2010)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 60 minutes), £195.00 each part or £438.75 the set

    Africa is the most culturally and ethnically diverse continent on the planet. But the peoples of Africa are widely regarded as victims of hunger, disease, poverty and conflict and the vast continent in which...

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  4. Whicker’s World Volume 2 (2009)

    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 400 minutes), £19.56

    A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker’s quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled...

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  5. Milking the Rhino (2009)

    Director
    David E Simpson
    Subject
    Anthropology; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 83 minutes), $29.95

    MILKING THE RHINO examines the deepening conflict between humans and animals in an ever-shrinking world. It is the first major documentary to explore wildlife conservation from the perspective of people who...

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  6. Of Time and the City (2009)

    Director
    Terence Davies
    Subject
    Film studies; Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £19.99

    Acclaimed British filmmaker Terence Davies revisits the city of his youth in the elegiac documentary OF TIME AND THE CITY. Connecting a deeply personal biographical lens to the universal notion of time,...

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  7. Sleep Furiously (2009)

    Director
    Gideon Koppel
    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £6.00

    A documentary set in Trefeurig, a hill-farming community in mid Wales. It is a landscape that is changing rapidly as small-scale agriculture, which characterised the area, is disappearing and the last...

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  8. London Perambulator, The (2009)

    Director
    John Rogers (4)
    Subject
    Geography; Social Studies

    John Rogers’ film looks at the city we deny and the future city that awaits us. Leading London writers and cultural commentators Will Self, Iain Sinclair and Russell Brand explore the importance of the...

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  9. Garbage Dreams (2009)

    Director
    Mai Iskander
    Subject
    Anthropology; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 83 minutes), £12.00

    An award-winning documentary that brings to life the humanity and dignity of Cairo’s garbage collector class (Al Zabaleen), highlighting the foresight and value in their work, and their incredible...

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  10. Up the Yangtze (2008)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 93 minutes), £14.99

    The Three Gorges Dam, the largest engineering project since the Great Wall and hotly contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle, provides the epic and unsettling backdrop for UP THE YANGTZE, a dramatic...

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