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  1. Bear 71, An Interactive Documentary (2012)

    Director
    Jeremy Mendes; Leanne Allison
    Subject
    Biology; Information technology

    A multi-user, interactive documentary that observes and records the intersection of humans and nature, questioning our view of the world through the lens of digital technology. BEAR 71 follows the life of a...

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  2. Chocolate Farmer, The (2012)

    Director
    Rohan Fernando
    Subject
    Agriculture; Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography

    An unspoiled corner of southern Belize, where cocoa farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land. The film captures a year in...

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  3. Vinland Mystery (2011)

    Director
    William Pettigrew
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    DVD (29 minutes)

    This short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America - Vinland the Good. Mentioned in Icelandic manuscripts and speculated about for...

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  4. Nollywood Babylon (2010)

    Director
    Ben Addelman; Samir Mallal
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 74 minutes), $ Canadian 59.95

    Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, is the third largest in the world—an unstoppable economic and cultural force that has taken the continent by storm and is now bursting beyond the borders of Africa....

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  5. Time There was, A: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony (2009)

    Director
    Donald McWilliams
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 87 minutes), $59.95

    Under British rule, white settlers in Kenya claimed the land of hills and valleys, and all its gifts, but by the 1950s they could no longer stem the tide of long-simmering resentment by the colonised Kikuyu...

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  6. Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary - Special Edition (2009)

    Director
    Pepita Ferrari
    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (97 minutes), $22.46

    From cinema-vérité pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick moviemakers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world’s best documentarians reflect upon the unique power...

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  7. 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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  8. Aftermath: The Legacy of Suicide (2001)

    Director
    Lisa Fitzgibbons
    Subject
    Mental Health and Counselling; Psychology; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 50 minutes), on application

    This documentary looks at how children deal with a parent committing suicide. Meet 3 people who lost their fathers to suicide at an early age but learned the truth much later, after years of confusion, grief...

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  9. Black Sugar (1988)

    Director
    Michel Régnier
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 59 minutes), on application

    A shocking look at the living and working conditions of Haitian agricultural labourers in the Dominican Republic. Each year, some 20 000 workers cross the border to cut sugar cane, lured by promises of good...

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  10. From Ashes to Forest (1984)

    Director
    Tony Lanzelo
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 52 minutes), on application

    For centuries the idea of the forest fire as a destructive force has been perpetuated and, where possible, fires have been suppressed in order to protect the environment, the populace and the economy. Filmed...

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