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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. Olancho (2017)

    Director
    Chris Valdes; Ted Griswold
    Subject
    Social sciences; Spanish studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 70 minutes), $195.00

    Documentary about the most lawless province in Honduras, which is one the most dangerous and poorest countries in the world. The film follows a group of musicians who perform for the powerful drug cartels...

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  3. Don’t Panic: How to End Poverty in 15 Years (2015)

    Subject
    Development studies; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £20

    Television documentary. In the week the United Nations presented its new goals for global development, the programme looks at the number one goal for the world: eradicating extreme poverty - the condition...

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  4. Divide, The (2015)

    Director
    Katherine Round
    Subject
    Economics; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 74 minutes), £8.99

    The Divide tells the story of 7 individuals striving for a better life in the modern day US and UK, where the top 0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%. By plotting these tales together, the film...

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  5. Don’t Panic: The Truth About Population (2014)

    Producer
    Dan Hillman
    Subject
    Geography; Social sciences
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 mins), £20

    Documentary. Using state-of-the-art 3D graphics and the timing of a stand-up comedian, statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a portrait of our rapidly changing world. With seven billion people already...

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  6. Growing Up Poor: The Series (2013)

    Director
    Tim Lawton; Dave Foulkes
    Subject
    Social Studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 57 minutes), £75.00

    Filmed over the summer of 2012, GROWING UP POOR follows six teenagers as they struggle to make ends meet living on less then £10.00 a day. Speaking with quick wit and brutal honesty, each of the film’s...

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  7. Vortex - Life in One of the Poorest Village in Hungary (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 76 minutes), £41.99

    Filmed over six months, in Hungarian with English subtitles, this documentary follows three families in the village of Told, one of the poorest villages in Hungary. Isolation, poverty and discrimination...

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  8. Four Horsemen (2012)

    Subject
    Economics; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 97 minutes), £14.99

    A film which takes a look at the world economy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, with contributions from philosopher, linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky, heterodox economist Ha-Joon...

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  9. Golden Oldies (2012)

    Director
    Nick Poyntz
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 59 minutes), £75.00

    This documentary looks at the lives of three elderly people: Doris, Kitty and Frank, all of whom are struggling to cope with poverty but attempting to face the future with stoicism and a sense of humour....

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  10. Poverty and the Media (2012)

    Director
    Mark Saunders
    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 74 minutes), £75.00 (Institutional rate)

    POVERTY AND THE MEDIA is a participatory project examining how the media treats poverty and those affected: Looking at representation, stigmatisation and stereotyping, it asks wheter the media bridges or...

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