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Frontiers, Gold and the Gun
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produced by Jenny Barraclough, in Frontiers (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990, originally published 1990), 50 mins
Distinguished presenters visit some famous dividing lines between nations. Sometimes against a backdrop of breathtaking beauty, sometimes of bleak barbed wire, each film shows what a frontier does to the people who live in its shadow. Among those explored are former East/West Germany, South Africa/Mozambique, and...
produced by Jenny Barraclough, in Frontiers (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990, originally published 1990), 50 mins
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Life Under Siege
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directed by Liliana Grzybowska, fl. 2022; produced by Liliana Grzybowska, fl. 2022, Ruth Pereira, fl. 2022, Oleksander Udalyi, fl. 2022 and Vladyslav Pavlenko, fl. 2022 (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2022), 47 mins
As the war in Ukraine upends lives, thousands have stepped into critical roles. A CEO takes on the dangerous mission of driving aid into a city that’s bombed every day. A Kyiv resident figures out how to keep frontline defenders fed in wartime conditions. A Polish architect crosses into the war zone to rescue st...
directed by Liliana Grzybowska, fl. 2022; produced by Liliana Grzybowska, fl. 2022, Ruth Pereira, fl. 2022, Oleksander Udalyi, fl. 2022 and Vladyslav Pavlenko, fl. 2022 (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2022), 47 mins
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Public Enemy Number One
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directed by Stewart Young, fl. 1963 and David Bradbury, 1951-; produced by David Bradbury, 1951-, Australian Film Commission (New South Wales: Frontline Films, 1981), 1 hour 1 mins

For most of his working life, controversial Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett chose to report from the “other side”. His unorthodox views and activities caused him to be labelled a traitor by many. Burchett was the first Western journalist to report on the devastating after effects of the atomic bomb drop...

directed by Stewart Young, fl. 1963 and David Bradbury, 1951-; produced by David Bradbury, 1951-, Australian Film Commission (New South Wales: Frontline Films, 1981), 1 hour 1 mins
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Timewatch, Palestine: The First Intifada
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produced by Antonia Benedek, fl. 1976-1989, in Timewatch (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 2 hours 1 mins
The Intifada, as the Palestinians call their uprising against the Israeli military occupation of their land, has been characterised by acts of violence from both sides. However, 50 years ago it was the British who were the focus of a rebellion by Palestinian Arabs. Timewatch investigates that uprising, talking to...
produced by Antonia Benedek, fl. 1976-1989, in Timewatch (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 2 hours 1 mins
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