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  1. Of Fathers and Sons (2018)

    Director
    Talal Derki
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 102 minutes), $22.46

    Director Talal Derki returns to his Syrian homeland and gains the trust of a radical Islamist family. His camera focuses primarily on the children, providing a rare insight into what it means to grow up with...

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  2. King Lear (2017 Audio)

    Director
    Barnaby Edwards
    Producer
    David Richardson
    Subject
    Drama; Politics & government; Psychology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Audio (CD Download, 180), £16.99 (CD), £14.99 (Download).

    In ancient Britain, the elderly King Lear plans for the future of his estate by putting his three daughters to the test. By indulging his vanity, the King delivers a terrible injustice that wrecks havoc on...

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  3. Quest (2017)

    Director
    Jonathan Olshefski
    Subject
    American Studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 105 minutes), $295.00

    Filmed with vérité intimacy over the course of nearly a decade, Quest is the portrait of the Rainey family living in North Philadelphia. Beginning at the dawn of the Obama presidency, Quest Rainey and his...

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  4. Living with Boko Haram (2016)

    Director
    Trond Waage; Mouzamou Ahamadou
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    DVD (37 minutes), £50.00

    Militant Islamic group Boko Haram’s violent insurgency is approaching Mogde, on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, where Antoniette lives. In Kolbotn, near Oslo (Norway), lives her eldest son Vakote,...

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  5. TV Family: Behind the Scenes of the First Reality Television Program (2015)

    Director
    Ethan Thompson
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 56 minutes), $275

    In 1960, NBC transmitted what is widely considered to be the first "reality television" show in American broadcast history. Hosted by Jane Wyatt, and billing itself as a "new kind of visual reporting," it...

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  6. Everybody in Our Family (2012)

    Director
    Radu Jude
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region free, 107 minutes), £19.99

    Recently divorced Marius plans to take his young daughter away on a weekend holiday. When things do not go as planned, he strikes out at those around him, and what began as comic drama soon turns bitter as...

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  7. 5 Broken Cameras (2011)

    Director
    Emad Burnat; Guy Davidi
    Subject
    Film studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £5.99

    Filmed from the perspective of Emad, a Palestinian farm labourer, this documentary was shot using six different video cameras, five of which were destroyed in the process of documenting Emad’s family’s...

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