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  1. Kanyini (2007)

    Director
    Melanie Hogan
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Geography; Social Studies

    Based on Bob Randall’s biography ‘Songman: Story of an Aboriginal Elder’. Bob is an indigenous man who lives beside Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) in central Australia. Based on his own personal...

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  2. Women’s Kingdom, The (2006)

    Director
    Xiaoli Zhou
    Subject
    Geography; Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    DVD

    A report from "The Women’s Kingdom" in southwest China, not far from the Tibetan Buddhist city the Chinese have renamed Shangri-La. Here the Mosuo women enjoy a degree of freedom unimagineable elsewhere...

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  3. Between Two Villages (2006)

    aka: Entre Deux Villages Entre Duas Terras

    Director
    Muriel Jaquerod; Eduardo Saraiva Pereira
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £50.00

    The film tells the story of the village of Aldeia da Luz, population 330, which is due to disappear with the construction of the Alqueva dam in the south of Portugal. A new village is being built a few...

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  4. Many Ways to See the World (2006)

    Subject
    Geography; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 30 minutes), $89.00

    Based on the book ‘Seeing Through Maps’, this DVD provides an exploration into the minds of twelve mapmakers and how their unique backgrounds, philosophies, values, and politics led each to select a...

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  5. Divided Manchester (2006)

    Subject
    Geography; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-ROM, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    This film is a journey through one of Britain’s most challenging cities: Manchester. Two sociologists Linda Janes and Gerry Mooney use the new Metrolink Tram to take them around the city, meeting people as...

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  6. Coast Series 1 (13 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 686 minutes), £39.99

    Geographer Nicholas Crane presents a 13-part journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today. He is joined by a historian, an...

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  7. Impact of Tourism 6, The: Thailand (2004)

    Subject
    Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £120.00

    The Thai tourist authority is pushing ‘ecotourism’ which, in theory, doesn’t damage the environment. Ecotourists take rafts down river, ride elephants in lush green spaces, visit Buddhist temples and...

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  8. Drowned out (2004)

    Director
    Fanny Armstrong
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes + over 240 minutes of extras), £100.00

    Shot over three years with no budget or electricity, DROWNED OUT tells the true story of one family’s inspired stand against the destruction of their land, homes and culture. The people of Jalsindhi in...

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  9. Italy (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

    Originally broadcast as 5 separate 20-minute programmes examining Italy’s new geographica trends - globalisation and ide-industrialisation and Italy’s position in the EU. The programmes span the crucial...

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  10. Surviving Cities/City Futures (1999)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    With half the world’s population now living in cities, uses evidence drawn from examinations of New York, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Mexico City, Moscow, Sydney and Manchester to ask crucial questions about...

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