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Integration of Immigrants - A Challenge for Europe (2007)

Subject

Social Studies

Five films exploring the challenges and benefits of our modern, multi racial society: begin with an interview with Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the EC. 1) "Year of Education for Immigrants": As a...

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Ken Loach Collection Vol 1 (2007)

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 768 minutes), £59.99

This collection brings together many of Ken Loach’s most celebrated films, along with some that are ripe for rediscovery. Featured titles are Poor Cow (1967), Kes (1969), The Gamekeeper (1980), Riff Raff...

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Peter McDougall Collection, The (2007)

Director

Peter Mc Dougall

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 342 minutes), 69.99

Peter McDougall has played a huge role in Scotland’s television history. His controversial and gritty dramas, written for the BBC, spawned a whole new era in regional programming and have been a profound...

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Becoming 13 (2006)

Director

Victoria King

Subject

Psychology; Social Studies

Canadian documentary following three 12-year-old girls over a year as they approach adolescence. The film shows the importance of peer pressure, but also the influence of family. The filmmaker is discreet...

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Out at Work (2006)

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 15 minutes), £33.00

An animated programme by Leeds Animation Workshop illustrating the equality rights legislation as it affects lesbians, gay men and bisexual people at work. It tells six stories set in different workplaces,...

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World in Action: Volume 1 (2005)

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £7.20

Released to mark ITV’s 50th anniversary, this DVD contains twelve editions of WORLD IN ACTION, ITV’s flaghship current affairs programme. Lasting four decades (from the 60s to the 90s) this...

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Carrying the Elephant/This is Not My Nose (2005)

Subject

English language and literature; Psychology; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD), £12.99

A double-CD collection of prose-poems written and read by Michael Rosen.'Carrying the Elephant’ and ‘This is Not my Nose’ are both autobiographical in nature. The first of these extended sequences of...

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Stem Cells: The Promise (2005)

aka: Curing the Incurable/ How to Live Forever

Director

David Malone

Producer

David Paterson

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 100 minutes), £15.99

STEM CELLS: THE PROMISE consists of two documentaries made for Channel 4’s "Equinox" series. The first part, BEGINNINGS, (originally broadcast in 1999 under the the title CURING THE INCURABLE) is an...

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Cannabis: What Teenagers Need to Know (2005)

Subject

Medical sciences; Social sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £195.00

This programme explores the latest scientific research on the effects of cannabis on the human mind. In particular, the documentary considers evidence of links between cannabis and psychotic illness in young...

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Equality and Difference (2004)

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

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

The course looks at the world of politics. It sheds light on the inner workings of power, decision-making and protest, covering politics from parliament to the street, and the politics of ideas as well as...

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