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| |  | This documentary is about the battle for India’s Namada River. On one side, the government wants to build a hydro-electric dam. On the other, a group of women protests that it will ravage the ecosystem of the region and with it the livelihoods of thousands of people.
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| |  | Canadian four-year-old Bilaal Rajan persuaded his parents to let him sell clementines to his neighbours door-to-door to raise money for earthquake victims in Gujarat. Thrilled by his success he organised other fundraising schemes in support of AIDS orphans and the victims of hurricanes and the Asian tsunami. Now aged 13, he has raised more than $5m, met Nelson Mandela and been appointed a UNICEF ambassador. He organises the Barefoot Challenge, an annual event for children around the world and advises young people on how they can work together in their local communities to increase awareness about global issues.
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| |  | Against the apathy of social service agencies and the authorities, three brothers from India challenge convention to rescue girls from their abductors, teach prostitutes about AIDS prevention and educate villagers about con-men from the trafficking trade.
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| |  | Breakout! is a highly original documentary series from Canada that explores global issues from the perspective oftoday’s teenager.Each episode is packed with facts and storiesof young activists, making it perfect for secondary Citizenship teaching. Breakout offers inspiration on campaigning issues and for Citizenship in Context.
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| |  | This DVD profiles the work of the organisation and tells the stories of a number of their campaigns including inhuman treatment of mental health patients in Mexico, the condition of refugees in Senegal and war-time rape in Sierra Leone.
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| |  | The large motor manufacturers have made little progress in terms of fuel efficiency in the last fifty years. This documentary features the genuinely innovative players who are making real progress in areas such as electric cars, hybrid cars and cars that run on compressed air.
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| |  | This DVD tells the stories of five girls and three boys, aged 8 to 16, who live in the coastal areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Each was affected by the Asian Tsunami of December 2004, losing loved ones, their home or their belongings. Their stories of survival, courage and resilience give an insight into the long and arduous journey back to normalcy for millions of Asians affected by one of the worst natural disasters of all time. Along the way, we also probe what happened to the massive volume of donations the world pledged to help the survivors.
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| |  | This DVD examines the plight of children affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. It features their lives alongside the work of people who are trying to help them.
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| |  | Many of India’s lowest caste, the Untouchables, work as debt slaves for members of higher castes. These are people who have in the past borrowed a sum of money, for instance to pay for a wedding or a funeral, that they have no realistic hope of ever paying back - many find it impossible even to find out how much they owe. They are doomed to work unpaid for the lender in perpetuity. This film looks at the injustice of the system and the work of activists to liberate the victims from their slavery.
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| |  | This is a realistic and disturbing snapshot of the people who live or work at Delhi’s sprawling dump, from the rag-picker to the coin-diver to the industrial worker. The scale of the dump is vast and the stories of the people there are in turn touching and shocking.
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| |  | This DVD follows teams of journalists into some of the most dangerous and secretive corners of the world to show how they obtain their stories in the face of suppression, lies, imprisonment and threat of physical harm. A dynamic portrayal of independent-minded journalists that highlights the central role a free press plays in building and preserving democracy.
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| |  | This DVD examines the inner working of the United Nations – specifically the Security Council – within the context of a Danish initiative to pass a resolution intended to protect Darfur from genocide.
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| |  | This series examines three man-made disasters that have had a profound impact on either the physical or living environment of the world.
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| |  | The Cold War was about economic ideology. The 21st century will be dominated by a struggle for energy, and it’s going to get dirty. Energy War examines the geopolitical consequences of the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. In pursuit of increasingly scarce resources, countries will be forced to enter into awkward alliances. Rogue regimes must be tolerated.
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| |  | This documentary spends time with three Indonesian street children - Fitri, Robin and Nina. We experience the life they lead in an amazing story of survival and resilience as they work to support themselves and send money home to their parents.
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| | _.jpg) | Swaziland has the highest proportion of AIDS infection in the world. More than 40% of the population is HIV-positive and average life expectancy is just 32 years. SWAPOL (Swaziland Positive Living) is a women’s organisation that challenges the victimisation and discrimination of HIV-infected women in the country’s rural communities. This presents its own difficulties in an undemocratic country where the king is suspicious of any form of activism. The film follows the women who devote their lives to SWAPOL, working to help their community in its time of crisis.
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| |  | Ein el-Helweh is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. It is notorious as a violent and lawless place where there is daily conflict between Fatah and militant Islamic groups linked to Al-Qaeda. With unparalleled access, this film shows the daily life of the people who live there - their jobs, their pastimes, their children's education, the radicalisation of some of the number, the frustrations of ghetto life and their dream of one day returning to their homeland.
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| |  | The people of Rwanda have chosen to rebuild their post-genocide society through education and integration. Film is being used as a means to educate the people of Rwanda, especially the children, in an attempt to destroy the divisions that caused the violence.
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| |  | Large tranches of the Arctic ice cap are melting. For the first time it is possible to sail all the way around the islands of Svalbard – the world’s most northerly civilisation. These islands provide the best demonstration of how global warming is affecting Arctic wildlife. The film-maker’s journey around these harsh coasts brings him uncomfortably close to the polar bears that are starving as their hunting grounds melt away. We also meet walruses, polar foxes and many birds, all of which are feeling the climatic changes.
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| |  | We now know how to harness the sun’s energy. A piece of desert the size of France could fulfil the whole planet’s energy needs. This documentary examines in detail the progress that is being made towards converting our Oil Society into a Helio Society - you may be surprised by the progress that has been made already. Solar stocks are soaring, the desert is the new Promised Land and roofs are entering the energy marketplace. It is even possible to fuel your care with algae from your garden!
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| |  | This is an in-depth, fly-on-the-wall documentary about the laws, traditions and the philosophy of Judaism. We follow a community of rabbis, their wives and families in order to appreciate the dedication, hard-work and responsibility required by a follower of the Jewish faith in today’s Britain.
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| |  | This is Lin Sutherland’s journey to look for the planet’s tallest trees on the island of Tasmania. Unfortunately she is not alone in this search - it’s a race against the massive and relentless wood chipping industry. Can Lin locate these ‘living legends’ before the woodcutters bring them down? Our forests depend on the cycle of growth, decay and renewal for survival but this is now threatened by logging, mining and cattle grazing.
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| |  | This DVD features in-depth conversations with six likeable young children who have lived their entire lives with HIV or AIDS.
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| |  | Oceans are becoming the world’s rubbish dumps. It is estimated that every kilometre of ocean contains 74,000 pieces of plastic, forming a plastic soup of waste that kills hundreds of thousands of animals every year and leaches chemicals up the food chain.
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| |  | This film highlights environmental neglect through the stories of children from the regions in question. The children speak candidly about the painful solutions that are necessary. They are the people who will be most affected.
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| |  | This documentary tells the story of a determined Indian man who created his own “on-line Ambulance Service” to help accident victims in a country where healthcare services are stretched beyond the limit. His next project was to house the homeless and build shelters for people with mental health problems who had been abandoned by their families.
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| |  | The Arctic sea ice is melting. The global climate is growing steadily warmer and in the Arctic this process is proceeding twice as fast as in the rest of the world. At the current rate climatologists expect the Arctic to be completely ice-free as early as 2050. This DVD shows the importance of the ice to the animals who live there especially the seal, which relies on it to give birth and to rest, and the polar bear which roams the ice searching for seals.
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| |  | This film documents the daily lives of series of traditional Romany families who travel in Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece. It includes a history of the Romany people, going back to their origins in India, their exit through Mesopotamia and Anatolia and their settlement in every corner of Europe
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| |  | Can the presence of news cameras in war zones such as Palestine actually cause an increase in the violence? This two DVD set tells the story of the freelance TV cameramen whose footage we see on our nightly news.
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| |  | This short film explains clearly and visually why recycling is important and what materials can be recycled. Having seen the problems that waste causes at a landfill site, the film follows recyclable waste on its journey and shows close-up the processes involved in the recycling of glass, paper, metal, clothing, plastic and organic matter.
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| |  | On the outskirts of Mumbai, Dharavi is Asia’s biggest slum. Its 530 acres are home to a million people. Its pottery units alone have an annual turnover of around $4 million. Entrepreneurship sprouts in tiny sheds. This is a fascinating insight into a challenging human environment where people feel anything but sorry for themselves.
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| |  | This documentary takes a global perspective on the issue of slums. We visit locations in Africa, Asia and Latin America to hear first-hand the stories of inhabitants and experience their living conditions.
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| |  | Sunday at 5 tells the story of Northern Ireland’s troubles through the memories of two ex-prisoners - former Loyalist Billy McQuiston and former Republican Seanna Walsh.
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| |  | This is the dramatic story of the West India Regiment, a regiment of slaves created to defend the interests of the British Empire at the end of the 18th century. In return for their fierce loyalty, soldiers were rewarded with the status of being the first black Britons. This film tells their story from establishment to dissolution, bringing the slave trade to life in this anniversary year.
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| |  | Europe is home to five million illegal immigrants. 500,000 more arrive each year. This programme looks at the living conditions of these men, women and children who live without papers, insurance and other things that we take for granted. Difficult questions are raised because Europe’s agriculture, catering and health service sectors would simply not be able to function without them. The film includes footage from the UK, Germany, Spain and China plus a well-made reconstruction of the Morecambe Bay cockle-picking tragedy.
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| |  | This is a fast-paced and light-hearted analysis of the digital world in which we now live – the transformation age. Extraordinary transformations are taking place in our lives due in large part to the impact of information technology. Businesses are transitioning from the physical to the virtual, often with unexpected results. Meet those who are striving to remain competitive and survive in this new age of discovery and constant change. What is the next big thing?
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| |  | This documentary follows one Dalit woman's crusade against the atrocities suffered by her people – the untouchables. She is Ruth Manorama, winner of the Right to Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternate Nobel Peace Prize). Watch her story from inside the ghettoes of the untouchables.
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| |  | This programme tells how a village in Indonesia took action to both heal its environment and liberate its people from years of poverty. How could they use their farming skills to turn their village into a self-sustaining business?
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| |  | This is My World is a series of ten 12-minute shorts featuring children aged five to twelve talking about how and where they live.
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| |  | As we come to the end of the Oil Age, there is a general acceptance that the next era of human existence will have to be powered by renewable energy sources. This level-headed, non-cranky analysis examines how the three key alternative energy sources - solar, wind and biomass - are being developed for everyday applications and how they point the way towards genuine energy sustainability for future generations.
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| |  | With the industrialisation of countries such China and India, the amount of waste we produce is spiralling out of control. But hope exists. German chemist Michael Braungart and American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build. If our waste can become food for the biosphere or the technosphere, then production and consumption could actually become beneficial for the planet. Their Cradle to Cradle concept proposes that every product be designed in such a way that at the end of its lifecycle its component materials become new resources.
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| |  | Of the billion people who do not have access to clean drinking water, 80% live in sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia. 4,500 children die every day as a result. This three-part programme reports on the gravity of the situation in India, Indonesia and The Philippines.
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| |  | This three-DVD series travels to the wettest and driest places on the planet to examine the challenges facing mankind in managing its water resources. Host Marq de Villiers, a world authority on the subject, undertakes a mammoth quest in an effort to understand the looming world water crisis.
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