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In the Land of the Free is a documentary that examines the story of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King, three members of the Black Panther movement. They are known as the Angola 3 and have spent almost a century between them in solitary confinement in Angola, the Louisiana state penitentiary. Herman and Albert are still held in solitary confinement after thirty seven years, accused of a murder it has never been proved they committed, while Robert campaigns tirelessly for their release. In America ... today. How could this be?

• Director: Vadim Jean
• Narrated by: Samuel L. Jackson
• Running time: 84 minutes
• Subtitle options: none

Documentary following Al Gore as he attempts to make the world aware that global warming is a very real threat to mankind. An impassioned Al Gore trots the globe giving talks to anyone who'll listen on the only topic he's interested in — the environmental consequences of global warming. Footage from the hundreds of speeches Gore delivers on this matter in a year are interspersed with candid interviews with himself and many other authorities on the subject. Steering clear of judging any of the responsible powers, Gore simply puts forward reams of irrefutable facts about how we are harming the environment. This is a rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share.

• Directed by: Davis Guggenheim 
• Starring: Al Gore 
• Running Time: 93 mins
• Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Extras: Making Of, Update with Al Gore, Commentaries etc.

Oscar-winning muckraking documentary analysing the global financial crisis of 2008, which plunged America and many other First World countries into recession. Based around interviews with politicians, journalists, academics and financial insiders, the film chronicles the rise of a largely unregulated financial services industry that eventually imploded, bringing the economy to its knees. The film is narrated by actor Matt Damon and won the 2011 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

• Directed by: Charles Ferguson
• Narrator: Matt Damon
• Running time: 104 minutes
• Widescreen
• Extras: Commentary; “Making-Of”
• Subtitle options: Danish, Norwegian, English

Based on H.B.Priestley’s play:
When a young girl is murdered, a Police Inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each one of the family has a guilty secret — each one is partly responsible for her murder.

• Directed by: Guy Hamilton
• Starring: Alastair Sim
• Running time: 77 minutes
• Black & White
• Subtitle options: none

A story of power and the price that is paid for power:

Thatcher's life and political career are portrayed in flashback as she struggles with Alzheimer's and grieves for her deceased husband, Dennis. We follow her life from the family grocer's shop to her eleven-year period in office, which was marked by her strict leadership style, spending cuts, strikes, the introduction of an unpopular poll tax and the Falklands War. Later, as her leadership is called into question, previously loyal cabinet members turn against her one by one, leading to her political downfall.

• Director: Phyllida Lloyd
• Starring: Meryl Streep, Anthony Head, Jim Broadbent, Harry Lloyd, Richard E. Grant, Olivia Colman
• Running time: 104 minutes
• Extra: Various documentaries
• Subtitle option: English

A documentary examining the impact of HIV/AIDS:
HIV/AIDS first made an impact on human society in the 1980’s, causing a hysterical reaction. Since the early 1980’s knowledge has grown around the world, and charities such as Nelson Mandela’s 46664 continue to raise awareness. This film addresses the problems facing young people and takes a look at human sexuality and drug use. It follows the struggle of those infected with the disease; those who help the people most at risk; and the efforts of the people who strive to spread the word of prevention to generations and cultures across the world.

The Spike Lee film: This critically acclaimed film explores the provocative consequences of inter-racial relationships. Black architect Flipper Purify begins an affair with his working-class Italian Secretary, which causes them to be scrutinised by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbours in this moving view of inner-city life.

Three documentaries about America's foremost political family. The films are:

JFK: The Presidential Years 57 minutes
Robert F. Kennedy: Legacy 50 minutes
Edward M. Kennedy: Lion of the Senate 65 minutes

Contents: Highlights of major speeches, debates, campaign appearances.

In the same series as New Technology, which has already proved very popular.
This Australian-made DVD contains 37 short high-quality video units about a multitude of aspects of life sciences. Great for introducing new topics, starting class debates etc.
Subjects include: nutrition and food technology (replacing the fat in cold meats, experiments to lower the saturated fat content of milk, an investigation of the connection between high protein diets, weight gain and health etc.), psychology (how vitamins affect thinking, memory and mood), health (new treatments for cancer, transmitters that monitor the vital signs and movements of elderly patients etc.) and biology (many units).
A booklet is included with details of all the units.
Smart detail: The DVD also includes all the videos as QuickTime files, which can be distributed on your school's network to the individual PCs and played in any Player (Real/Windows Media/QuickTime). This means that the individual students can do written work or vocabulary work on the units in their own time.
Level: GYM esp. HTX B+ og studieområdet

Shakespeare scholars present a literary and dramatic analysis of the key elements in the dark tragedy of Macbeth:
Historical, literary and dramatic analysis of the essence of Macbeth showing how the significant parts of the drama tie together with scenes from the play. Rebecca Flynn and Gary Taylor introduce Macbeth using scenes shot in the Scottish Highlands to lift the veil covering the language, plot, themes, and geographical and historical background.  Each DVD Chapter is a short unified video clip, allowing teacher and student instant and intelligent interaction.

This is a documentary that seeks to separate fact, fiction and legend. Two Canadian filmmakers track Michael Moore during the release of Fahrenheit 9/11, chronicling his transition from filmmaker to icon of the political left. The film raises questions about Moore's research, filmmaking and presentation of the truth. Contains previously unseen material and includes a section on “TV Nation”, Moore's TV show from the 1990's.
• Directed by: Debbie Melnyk, Rick Caine
• Featuring: Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Christopher Hitchens
• Running time: 96 mins (main feature)
• Subtitle options: None
• Widescreen
• Extras: Documentary discussion

• Directed by: John Sichel
• Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett
• Running time: 128 minutes
• Subtitle options: none

Documentary about the life of Jackson. David Gest presents this intimate portrait of the entertainer, with interviews with over 50 of his closest friends and colleagues including Dionne Warwick, Smokey Robinson, and Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson. With contributions from Michael's mother Katherine, and family members Tito and Rebbie, the film traces the life of Jackson from his early success in the Jackson Five, to the criminal case which threatened to destroy his legacy.

• Directed by: Andrew Eastel
• Widescreen
• Running time: 148 minutes (+ Extras: over 90 minutes)
• Subtitle options: English, Danish, Norwegian
• Extras: Lots of extra interviews and documentary material

Film adaption of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1996 production:

• Directed by: Adrian Noble
• Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings, Desmond Barrit
• Running time: 99 minutes
• Widescreen
• Subtitle options: none

Oscar-moninated documentary about Pentagon insider and leading Vietnam War strategist Daniel Ellsberg, who came to the conclusion in 1971 that the war was based on decades of lies by no fewer than five US presidents. Dubbed ‘the most dangerous man in America’ by Henry Kissinger, Ellsberg decided to leak some 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times — an act of conscience that led directly to Watergate, President Nixon's resignation and the end of the Vietnam War. A critical episode of the period — and one with parallels to today.

• Directed by: Judith Erlich and Rick Goldsmith
• Running time: 94 minutes (feature)
• Widescreen
• Extras: Naomi Wolf on...; Woody Harrelson discusses ...; Nixon Audio Tapes
• Subtitle options: none

Based on the novel by Jodi Picoult.

• Directed by: Nick Cassevetes
• Starring: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin
• Running time: 109 minutes
• Widescreen
• Subtitle options: Danish, Norwegian, English

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Based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel about the irresponsible use of science:

• Directed by: Mark Romanek Starring: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley
• Running time:  103 minutes
• Widescreen:
• Subtitle option: English
• Extras: The Secrets of Never Let Me Go; National Donor Programme etc.

This Australian-made DVD contains 39 short high-quality video units about a multitude of aspects of new technology. Great for introducing new topics, starting class debates etc.
Subjects include: genetic modification of food (how to produce “naturally white sugar”, food with increased nutrients), of plants (with turbocharged growth, with resistance to fungi) and of animals (mice with reduced fertility, cane toads that never become adults); video cameras that can recognise faces; a biodegradable plastic that can be made from wheat starch etc.
A booklet is included with details of all the units.
Smart detail: The DVD also includes all the videos as QuickTime files, which can be distributed on your school's network to the individual PCs and played in any Player (Real/Windows Media/QuickTime). This means that the individual students can do written work or vocabulary work on the units in their own time.
Level: GYM esp. HTX B+ og studieområdet

 Based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy (HERE):

• Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
• Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
• Running time: 122 minutes
• Widescreen
• Extras: The Making of ...; Working with the Coens; Diary of a Country Sheriff
• Subtitle options: English, Danish, Norwegian

A documentary portrait of a poor American family struggling for stability and the American Dream while haunted by traumas. A collaboration between filmmaker Michael Palmieri and photographer and family member Donal Mosher, it examines the forces that face  the American working poor and the violence that lurks beneath the surface of American life. The film gives a personal voice to issues such as economic instability, domestic abuse, war trauma, and sexual molestation. The film is a portrait of a family who are unique but also sadly representative of the struggles of America's working class.

• Directed by: Franklin Melton
• Starring: Jenny Agutter, William Marshall, Ron Moody
• Running time: 195 minutes
• Extras: Synopsis; Biography; Quotations; Geneology
• Subtitle options: none

All five episodes of the semi-dramatised documentary series looking into the history and culture of America's motorcycle gangs. Post-war America saw the rise of many biker gangs. Disgruntled vets who didn’t fit into normal society got on their bikes, forming brotherhoods of men who called themselves “1%ers” – guys who refused to fit in with 99% of the world. They go by many names – The Mongols, The Warlocks, The Outlaws, The Bandidos. Each proud to wear the three-piece patch with their gang name, symbol and territory. Each fighting for dominance in their chosen state – because there’s more at stake than just pride. Theft, drug-dealing, gun-running, racketeering, prostitution, murder. The stakes are high. Now the bikers themselves step up to reveal the inner workings of their deadly lifestyle; the undercover cops reveal the lengths they had to go to in order to break the gangs; and ex-gang members, still in fear for their lives, speak out about the life of the Outlaw Bikers.

• Starring: Ryan Boyko, Talia Russo, Rick Cordeiro, John Stark, Gary Biggar, Scott Hilton, Edward Winterhalder, Joel Lacoursiere, Craig Cyr
• Running time: 250 minutes
• Extra: Outlaw Biker Women (about the all-woman gang Leather & Lace)
• Subtitle options: none

Based on the novel by S.E.Hinton:
Francis Ford Coppola directs this tale of gang rivalries in 1960s Oklahoma. The story is based around the ongoing feud between the rich middle class 'Socs' and the working class 'Greasers'. The feud soon escalates into murder, revenge and betrayal.

• Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
• Starring: Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe
• Running time: 133 minutes
• Widescreen
• Subtitle option: English
• Extras: Documentary material, interviews, making of etc.

Interview with Paul Auster in which he discusses his work and the themes it explores. In this programme he reflects at length on his career to date and his plans for the future. He speaks of his childhood, baseball, his travels, the influence of the city on his work and the importance that walking holds for him, and he recounts the key moments in his life.  (OBS! En fransk produktion ... men med engelsk lyd!)

Running time: 149 minutes