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  1. 100 Fishponds Road: Eastville Workhouse’s Paupers Remembered (2016)

    Director
    Ben Pike
    Subject
    History; Social Studies

    In 2015 the Eastville Workhouse Memorial Group in Bristol unveiled a memorial for the 4,084 paupers buried in a mass grave at Rosemary Green. In this short video, Dr Roger Ball and a group of local residents...

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  2. Who is to Blame for the Refugee Crisis? (2015)

    Director
    Abby Martin
    Producer
    Mike Prysner
    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies

    Extended news report. Today 60 million human beings are displaced from war and extreme poverty. Many European countries are responding to the crisis with racist hysteria and police state measures. Abby...

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  3. True Cost, The (2015)

    Director
    Andrew Morgan
    Producer
    Michael Ross
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 92 minutes), $12.00

    The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. This film examines the clothing and fashion industres and their impact on the world....

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  4. On the Edge (2014)

    Director
    Cathy Denford
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £20.00

    Two rough sleepers who are living ‘on the edge’ meet and start a relationship that gives them confidence to rebuild their lives and re-engage with society. This short fictional film tells a very...

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  5. Can Maths Predict a Riot? (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Social sciences

    This video came about as a result of work done by Dr Hannah Fry at University College, London, looking at the 2011 London riots from a mathematical perspective. While looking into the data behind the events,...

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  6. Solar Mamas: Why Poverty? (2013)

    Director
    Mona Eldaief; Jehane Noujam
    Subject
    Development studies; Women’s studies

    Are women better at getting out of poverty than men? This documentary, produced by the Why Poverty multimedia project, tells the story of Rafea, a middle-aged woman from a poor community, who is selected to...

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  7. Can we Have Green Equality? (2012)

    aka: Is Green Equality Possible? Reconciling Planet, People and Prosperity

    Subject
    Environmental science

    Kate Raworth, Senior Researcher at Oxfam Great Britain explores the question of what it would take to achieve global ‘green growth’ with equity.

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  8. Ghana’s Roosting Bird (2007)

    Director
    Miriam Rowe; Gemma Gander
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Economics; Geography

    A short film looking at what Ghanaian farmer’s have to battle with. Despite plentiful fields, cheap imports and a lack of support from the Ghanaian government means that farmers cannot easily supply their...

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  9. India: A Pound of Flesh - Selling Kidneys to Survive (2006)

    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    DVD

    Samantha Grant heads to Chennai in southern India to explore the illicit kidney trade. Travelling between India’s high-tech center of Bangalore and the slums to the south, Grant spoke to government...

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  10. African Schools (2005)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £17.00

    The complete series of 8 programmes about life in a primary and secondary school in Uganda. AFRICAN SCHOOL captures the daily lives, concerns and personalities of young Africans and their teachers in the...

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