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  1. Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains (2019)

    Director
    David Verbeek
    Subject
    Music; Social Studies

    Short documentary. A new phenomenon has taken the internet by storm: Chinese rap. But behind its skyrocketing popularity, there is a struggle for freedom of speech. Rappers try to figure out what they can...

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  2. The Impact of Infections As we Go Through Life and Age (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    The very young and very elderly are particularly susceptible to many infections and for many infections, age will predict how likely someone is to die once infected. The immediate and long-term effects of an...

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  3. Girlhood (2014)

    aka: Band de Filles

    Director
    Celine Sciamma
    Producer
    benedicte Couvreur
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    DVD (PAL, 112 minutes), £5.99 (DVD) £8.99 (Blu-Ray)

    Tired of putting up with her abusive brother, her lack of school prospects and the "boys’ law" in the neighbourhood, 16 year-old Marieme starts a new life after joining an irresistibly energetic female...

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  4. Truth About Youth, The: TV And Young People (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies; Psychology

    Video recording of an event held by Thinkbox on 30th March 2011 which launched new research by Tuned-In examining how TV fits into young people’s tech-filled lives, their attitudes to viewing and the...

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  5. Syria: Refugee Lives (2 Parts) (2008)

    Subject
    Education; Social Studies

    Two 15-minute programmes - IRAQI TEENAGERS SPEAK and IRAQI CHILDREN SPEAK. In the first programme Iraqi teenagers, who are living in Syria as refugees, talk about their current lives and their hopes for the...

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  6. Made in China (2007)

    Director
    Yves Scagiola; Roman Weber
    Subject
    Social Studies

    MADE IN CHINA is an expedition through the urban Chinese underground and the slowly budding youth culture in Beijing and Shanghai. Ten young intellectuals in film, art, literature and music describe and...

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  7. I’m British but... (1989)

    Director
    Gurinder Chadha
    Subject
    Music; Sociology

    Using the sound beats of Bhangra music and testimonies of young people from Glasgow, Belfast, London and South Wales, Gurinda Chada’s first film offers an insight into how a new generation of British...

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  8. Animated Minds (8 Parts)

    aka: Troubled Minds

    Director
    Andy Glynne
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Mental Health and Counselling; Psychiatry; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 mins approx), £103.50

    A series of award-wining, short, animated documentaries which use real testimony from people who have experienced different forms of mental distress. The first four films, made in 2003, focus on adults’...

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  9. Virtual Revolution, The

    Subject
    Information technology; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £34.99

    A four part series presented by technology journalist Aleks Krotoski which examines the way in which the internet is transforming people’s lives. Investigating Google, Amazon, Twitter, Wikipedia and You...

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