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  No Far Shore   Open University
  

  Poet and writer Anne Marie Fyffe revisits the Antrim coast where she grew up, examining 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   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   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   Open University
  

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

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  The Lyrical Ballads   Open University
  

  Two films retracing the steps of poets Coleridge and Wordsworth through the Quantock Hills in Somerset, delving into the landscape that inspired them to write The Lyrical Ballads (1798), one of the most influential sets of poems in the history of the English language. Contemporary poet Polly Atkin and literary experts Fiona Stafford and Jonathan Bate reflect on the lasting legacy of the poems and their relevance to the 21st century.

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  Learning and Teaching in Primary Years   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 examine 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
  

  A film examining colonial legacies in art through the perspective of contemporary artist Kimathi Donkor and 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 discusses 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 designed to encourage students to investigate unconscious bias and the way we present and understand evidence.

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  Little Sparta   Open University
  

  A documentary examining 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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  A Day in the Life: PCSO   Open University
  

  Short documentary following the working day of two Police Community Support Officers in Lancashire. The film looks at the vital work PCSOs do with their local communities, from local schools to women’s refuges and asylum centres and celebrates diversity and difference within the police.

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  Māori Wellbeing   Open University
  

  A documentary focusing on the history and practice of Kaupapa Māori Psychology, examining how Māori beliefs inform psychological practice within the community. This approach is rooted in the individual’s place within an interconnected universe and a conscious relationship with plants, fish, animals, the earth, and with each other as human beings.

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  Coping with Climate Emergency   Open University
  

  Social Scientist Ruby Grantham and Social and Environmental Psychologist Stacey Heath look into the impact of climate breakdown on individuals and on community mental health. They explore coping strategies for the future, including green social prescribing and the importance of connecting people with nature for health and wellbeing.

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  Starship Robots   Open University
  

  A documentary short on a new trend arriving in the UK: groceries delivered by little robots that negotiate roads, wait for people to help them across junctions and politely dodge pedestrians. Will they catch on and are they really helping to cut down on car use or just an excuse to not walk to the shops?

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  Baby Labs: discovering the worlds of babies   Open University
  

  Two short documentary films about the remarkable work of Baby Labs, in Sussex and Indiana. Professor Linda B Smith put tiny head cameras on babies to watch the world from their eye view, discovering that they control objects to help them learn the names of them; and that most babies, whether in Indiana or India, learn to read faces from seeing their loved ones up close.
  In Sussex meanwhile, Professor Anna Franklin and her researchers are investigating babies’ visual preferences trying to determine how much of adult aesthetics can be traced back to early life.

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