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  No Far Shore   Open University
  

  Poet and writer Anne Marie Fyffe revisits the Antrim coast where she grew up, exploring how the landscape has shaped her life and writing. In conversation with Fiona Doloughan, she reveals the history of her hometown, and the mesmerising pull of the sea and horizons beyond.
  "We carry the rooms of home inside us, wherever we go, and I think the earliest rooms and the earliest home is the one that’s most resonant for us".

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  Gravel Heart   The Open University
  

  An interview with Nobel prize winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah about his novel Gravel Heart which tells the story of a young man living with the turbulent impacts of the Zanzibar Revolution and its legacy. The author explores how themes of exile, migration, power and control have impacted his own life and his work.

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  Climate Activism   The Open University
  

  How do we live with the knowledge of impending climate breakdown? And can activism help us to deal with the deep anxieties this knowledge provokes? Different activists talk about what they do and what drives them, examining the effects of climate anxiety and grief and how to transform these feelings into momentum for change.

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  Oxyrhynchus Collection   The Open University
  

  Unique access and exploration of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Collection, one of the largest collections of preserved ancient papyri in the world. The unique nature of the collection, including poetry and literature, private diaries and letters, and public documents, gives a groundbreaking insight into how people lived, loved and worked in ancient times.

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  The Lyrical Ballads   The Open University
  

  Two films retracing the steps of poets Coleridge and Wordsworth through the Quantock Hills in Somerset, exploring the landscape that moved them to write The Lyrical Ballads (1798), one of the most influential set of poems in the English history of language. Contemporary poet Polly Atkin and literary experts Fiona Stafford and Jonathan Bate consider the lasting legacy of the poems and their significance for the 21st century.

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  Learning and Teaching in Primary Years   The Open University
  

  A series of films about different aspects of education in primary schools across the United Kingdom. Hearing from class teachers, head teachers, pupils, teaching assistants and parents, these films explore a wide range of topics including creativity, environment, SEN, pupil voice and health/well-being.

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  Colour Coded   Wellcome Trust
  

  A Wellcome Trust funded project, centred around a group of young people in Handsworth, using music and film to explore the science of skin colour.

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  South African Psychologies   Open University
  

  Film exploring psychological approaches to working with communities in South Africa, reframing Western-centric ideas about psychology to put South African communities and professionals centre stage.

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  Economists Talking   Open University
  

  Interviews with leading economists of our times, including Yanis Varoufakis, Andy Haldane, Ndongo Sylla and Mike Walker. The economists discuss carbon taxes, modern monetary theory, competition policy, inflation, crisis, and many other subject's that are impacting the world's difficult economy today.

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  Kimathi Donker - The Rescue of Andromeda   Open University
  

  Short film made with contemporary artist Kimathi Donkor exploring colonial legacies in art through his painting ‘The Rescue of Andromeda’.

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  The Power of Political Narratives   Open University , Public Psychology Collabatory
  

  Film about the legacy of the centre for narrative research and the multiple ways narratives shape our understanding of the world around us, political events, and history.

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  Medea on Pottery   Open University
  

  Filmed at the British museum, academic Jessica Hughes explores the historical and cultural importance of the myth of Medea through contemporary representations in ancient Greece and Italy.

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  You, the Jury   Open University
  

  Dramatised excerpts from a court case which encourage students to explore unconscious bias and the way we present and understand evidence.

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  Little Sparta   Open University
  

  Documentary exploring Ovidian themes in the work of poet and artist Iain Hamilton Finlay, filmed on location at Little Sparta.

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  Introducing Economics   Open University
  

  Five short films using news archive and animation to bring contemporary issues in economics to life in a compelling and accessible way.

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