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  1. Black Mother (2018)

    Director
    Kahlik Allah
    Subject
    Film studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 77 minutes), £9.99

    'An epic poem: a raw, dense, impressionistic odyssey through Jamaican identity’ (Steve Rose, The Guardian). Kahlik Allah’s second feature introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered characters who...

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  2. Deep Roots Music (2006)

    Subject
    Development studies; Music; Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 310 minutes), ££17.99

    A history of Reggae and Rasta culture in six episodes. It explores the origins of Reggae in the music and dance of early Jamaican slaves, and the isolationist Maroon culture that maintained many African...

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  3. Doctress, The: Mary Seacole of Jamaica (2004)

    Subject
    History; Medical sciences; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 45 minutes), £15.00

    A docu-drama about the Victorian Jamaican/Scottish nurse Mary Seacole who financed her own mercy mission the the Crimea after being rejected by the British Army because of her colour.

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  4. Rites of Passage: Four Stories of Survival (1995 Video)

    Director
    Diane Best
    Subject
    Development studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    The stories of four teenage girls coming of age and the personal cost of this transition. A Nicaraguan girl is addicted to glue sniffing and is slipping into a life of prostitution; an Indian girl has been...

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  5. Leaving Home (1994 Audio)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette., 1995 sale: £8.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Professor Stuart Hall reflects on his family and early life in Jamaica before he left home to study at Oxford.

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  6. Children’s News (2 Parts) (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1997 sale: £15.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Two programmes looking at how the world’s governments are responding to UNICEF’S call to ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. They chart the progress of global ratification...

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  7. 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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  8. Hurricane! (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Larry Engel; Thomas Lucas
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the attempt of an ageing propeller-driven plane to fly into the eye of the hurricane Gilbert on 6 September 1988. By accurately predicting Gilbert’s path, lives and property could be saved. This...

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  9. Caribbean Voices

    Producer
    Ray Johnson
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This documentary captures the memories of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire’s Caribbean Community, who tell they stories in their own words. Many interviews highlight the contribution they have made...

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