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  1. Gomorrah (2009)

    Director
    Matteo Garrone
    Subject
    Italian studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 137 minutes), £14.99

    Based on the best selling book by Roberto Saviano Gomorrah is a story of power, money and blood. These are the "values" that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day; they have...

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  2. Babies (2009)

    Director
    Thomas Balmes
    Subject
    Anthropology; Psychology
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 76 minutes), £15.99

    Filmmaker Thomas Balmes offers a glimpse of the first phase of life in this film following four newborn babies through the course of their first year. Ponijao, Bayar, Mari, and Hattie were born in Namibia,...

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  3. First Emperor, The: The Man Who Made China (2007)

    Director
    Nic Young
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £17.99

    Combining re-enactments, expert commentary, and impressive graphic re-creations, Discovery Channel’s THE FIRST EMPEROR: THE MAN WHO MADE CHINA traces the ingenious and brutal rise of Qin Shi Huang, the...

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  4. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

    Director
    Michael Moore
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £19.99

    Michael Moore’s critique of how the Bush government used the events of September 11, 2001 to forward its own agenda. One of the most controversial documentaries of all time. DVD extras: a montage of...

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  5. Agronomist, The (2004)

    Director
    Jonathan Demme
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

    A presentation of the story of Jean Dominique, who ran Haiti’s first independent radio station during multiple repressive regimes. A radio journalist, human rights activist and freedom fighter, he was...

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  6. Dark Days (2002)

    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £19.99

    A documentary about a long-established and thriving community of homeless people living beneath a Manhattan train tunnel. The young director moved in with his subjects, used them as crew and sold his...

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  7. Thin Blue Line, The (1988)

    Director
    Errol Morris
    Producer
    Mark Lipson
    Subject
    Film studies; Law
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £15.99

    While researching another project, filmmaker Errol Morris became fascinated by the case of Randall Dale Adams, a man on death row for the murder of a policeman in 1976. Convinced of his innocence, Morris...

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  8. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)

    Director
    John Schlesinger
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (105 minutes), £15.99

    Alex (Jackson) and Daniel (Peter Finch), both embark on an affair with Bob Elkin (Murray Head), a young artist. Bob plays fair, dividing his time between his two lovers, each of whom are aware of the...

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  9. Honey Pot, The (1967)

    Director
    Joseph L Mankiewicz
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £19.99

    The Honey Pot is based on ‘Volpone’, the play by Ben Jonson. Rex Harrison stars as international playboy Cecil Fox, who decides to pretend he’s dying in order to find out what his three old flames will...

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  10. Servant, The (1963)

    Director
    Joseph Losey
    Producer
    Joseph Losey; Norman Priggen
    Subject
    Drama; Film studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes), £15.99

    Based on a novel by Robin Maugham, the drama is the story of a sinister manservant who insinuates himself into the life of his master and gradually reverses their respective roles. It captures the unease...

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