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New Town Utopia (2018)

Director

Christopher Ian Smith

Subject

Architecture; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £14.99

After WW2, new towns were designed as social utopias to create (in the words of the post-war government) "a new type of citizen, a healthy, self-respecting, dignified person with a sense of beauty, culture...

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Letters from Baghdad (2017)

Director

Zeva Oelbaum; Sabine Krayenbuhl

Subject

Archaeology; History; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £7.00

Biographical documentary about the explorer, cartographer, photographer, archaeologist and ethnographer Gertrude Bell, who travelled widely in Arabia before being recruited by British military intelligence...

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Shed Your Tears and Walk Away (2011)

Director

Jez Lewis

Producer

Nicholas Broomfield

Subject

Social Studies; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £9.00

Filmmaker Jez Lewis grew up in the small town of Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire. Hebden Bridge has a reputation as a home to artists and is a popular destination for tourists with a bohemian outlook, but Lewis...

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British Guide to Showing off (2011)

Director

Jes Benstock

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £8.00

A look at The Alternative Miss World Show, the exotic subculture event and spectacular costume pageant created and hosted by Andrew Logan. THE BRITISH GUIDE TO SHOWING OFF was filmed over five years,...

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Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2011)

Director

Craig Teper

Subject

Business studies; Design; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £8.00

The rags to riches story of Vidal Sassoon who, through tireless hard work and commitment, managed to modernise the old-fashioned world of hair. With modern architecture as his inspiration, he ushered in the...

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Arbor, The (2011)

Director

Cleo Barnard

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £15.99

Blending the borders of narrative and documentary filmmaking, artist-cum-director Clio Barnard reconstructs the story of troubled British playwright Andrea Dunbar and her tumultuous relationship with her...

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Erasing David (2010)

Director

David Bond

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 80 minutes), £9.00

Filmmaker David Bond decides to find out how much of our personal information is floating around, by disappearing for a month and setting two of the world’s top private investigators the task of tracking...

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This Film is Not Yet Rated (2007)

Director

Kirby Dick

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £7.00

Kirby Dick’s star-studded investigation into the business of film censorship and the secretive work of the Motion Picture Association of America’s rating board. When the MPAA refuses to let Dick’s...

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Sisters-In-Law (2006)

aka: Sisters in Law

Director

Kim Longinotto; Florence Ayisi

Subject

Anthropology; Law

Distribution

Hire Sale, DVD (106 minutes), £6.00 (V)

Six year old Manka has run away from home, fleeing her abusive aunt. Sonita has daringly accused her neighbour of rape. Amina has decided to end her brutal marriage by taking her husband to court. Set in...

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Edward Said: The Last Interview (2004)

Director

Michael Dibb

Subject

Literature; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 208 minutes), £7.00

Edward Said was born in Jerusalem in 1935. Internationally acclaimed for his books on literature, politics, and the intersection of politics and culture, Said was the most prominent spokesman for the...

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