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  1. Amadis Project, The (2006)

    Director
    Anne Gallagher
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £30.00

    There is an international conservation effort to preserve coral reefs, to prevent threats to environmental resources and to ensure food supplies are secure. Initiatives are needed from local communities,...

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  2. Impact of Tourism 1, The: Antigua (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Business studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1999 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines how tourism is affecting the people, culture, economy and natural environment of the island of Antigua. The benefits are relatively small, but development threatens the environment. The new Asian...

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  3. Wide Sargasso Sea: Real and Imaginary Islands (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Amanda Willett
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the life and work of Jean Rhys, born and brought up on the Caribbean island of Dominica, and her most well-known novel, ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’.

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  4. Memories in Mind (1992 Video)

    Director
    Shirley Thompson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS) (Arts Council)

    Four women from the Caribbean - a cricketer’s wife, a pianist and two young brides - recall their migration to Britain in the 1950s, an event that changed their lives irrevocably.

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  5. Redemption Song (7 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Jenny Barraclough; George Carey
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £280.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants. 1: The diary of slaver Thomas Thistlewood provides a view of the British in the Caribbean...

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  6. Caribbean Poetry: The Literary and Oral Traditions (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Amanda Willett
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Poets James Berry, David Dabydeen and Jackie Kay discuss the varied traditions of poetry in the Caribbean. The programme looks at two distinct strands of poetry - the oral and the literary - and discusses...

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  7. Texturing the Word (1989 Video)

    Director
    Amon Saba Saakana
    Subject
    English language and literature; Literature; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min., 2004 hire: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A survey of Caribbean literature in Britain from the late 1940s to the present day, responding to the issues of colonialism, immigration, morality and language.

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  8. Ballet Black (1986 Video)

    Director
    Stephen Dwoskin
    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (83 minutes), £50

    Ballet Negres was Europe’s first all black dance company, founded in London by Berto Pasuka in 1946. The fusion of Afro-Caribbean dance, classical ballet and mime was unique at the time and the Company...

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  9. Riots and Rumours of Riots (1981 Video)

    Director
    Imruh Caesar
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min.

    A history of immigration from the Caribbean from the time of World War 2 upt o the 1958 Notting Hill riots, viewed from the perspective of today (1980). Using archive material - photographs, posters,...

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  10. Black Orpheus (1959)

    aka: Orfeu Negro

    Director
    Marcel Camus
    Subject
    Classical studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £19.99

    Marcel Camus’ multi award winning film Black Orpheus made a huge impact on its original release, garnering top accolades, an Oscar, Golden Globe and Palme D’Or and putting bossa nova on the map.This...

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