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Africana Video Collection Contents: Africana Documentaries………………page 1 Africana Feature Films.……………page 155 Africana Television …………..…….page 216 Marjorie Iglow Mitchell Multimedia Center—Africana Video Collection AFRICANA DOCUMENTARIES A L’ÉCOLE NOMADE CALL NUMBER: 371.829 A111 vhs SUMMARY A documentary of efforts to scholarize nomadic Tuareg children in Niger. A.B.C. AFRICA CALL NUMBER: 362.73096 A111 vhs 84 minutes, c2001, director, Abbas Kiarostami ; producers, Marin Karmitz, Abbas Kiarostami. SUMMARY: In Kampala, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and crew document the lives of Ugandan orphans to show the devastating effect of years of civil war and the AIDS epidemic, as well as the work of Ugandans who are trying to improve their conditions. ABEILLES FORESTEIRES AFRICAINES CALL NUMBER: 595.799 A138 vhs 27 minutes, 1981; director, Alain R. Devez SUMMARY: Ecological study of the meliponidae that, supposedly, went from Amazonia to Africa via North America and Asia. In Africa, these stingless bees cohabit with the Apis mellifica adansonii. ABOLICAO CALL NUMBER: 981.00496 A154 vhs 150 minutes, 1998, produced by Jeronimo Cesar de Freitas; directed by Zozimo Bulbul. SUMMARY: Abolicão is a startling look at the racial situation of Black Brazilians in contemporary Brazil. The director asks the following question to Black Brazilians from diverse walks of life - musicians, politicians, activists, people in government -- "We are celebrating 100 years since the abolition of slavery in Brazil, what does the abolition of slavery mean to you?" THE ACADEMY, WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA CALL NUMBER: 378.6881 A168a vhs 53 minutes SUMMARY Promotional film for the Academy and its three educational components: the College of Out-of-School Training, the Technikon Namibia, and the University of Namibia. AFARADA = ENDURANCE CALL NUMBER: 701.4372 A2586 vhs 114 minutes; c1993; director, Niyi Atolagbe; producer, Adesina Soetan 1 Marjorie Iglow Mitchell Multimedia Center—Africana Video Collection SUMMARY: Nigerian drama. Dialogue in Yoruba. Starring Banjo, Iya Ibeji, Sokoti and others. AFRICA CALL NUMBER: 916.0433 A258 dvd v. 1-4 540 minutes; c2001; directors, Graham Booth, Harvey Lilley and Matthew Thompson; series producer for National Geographic Television, Andrew Jackson SUMMARY Documentary series in 8 episodes which looks at the continent of Africa as seen through the eyes of the African people, conveying the diversity and beauty of the land and the compelling personal stories of the people who shape its future. Bonus program (“The Making of ‘Africa’ ”) follows the project's director, producers, cameramen and researchers as they travel to 16 countries to document the relationship between extraordinary people, wildlife and landscape. CONTENTS 4 videodiscs (originally broadcast as 8 segments of the PBS program “Nature”): volume 1:Savanna homecoming; Desert odyssey -- volume 2: Voices of the forest; Mountains of faith -- volume 3: Love in the Sahel; Restless waters -- volume 4: Leopards of Zanzibar; Southern treasures; also includes one-hour bonus program "The making of Africa". AFRICA CALL NUMBER: 960 A25894 vhs 1997 v. 1-4 456 minutes; c1984; director, Christopher Ralling. SUMMARY Basil Davidson examines the art, history, politics, technology and cultures of various nations on the African continent. CONTENTS Volume 1. program 1. Different but equal ; program 2. Mastering a continent -- volume 2. program 3. Caravans of gold ; program 4. Kings and cities -- volume 3. program 5. The Bible and the gun ; program 6. This magnificient African cake -- volume 4. program 7. The rise of nationalism ; program 8. The legacy. AFRICA, A VIEW FROM THE FIELD CALL NUMBER: 960.329 A2585 vhs 52 minutes; c1993; producer/director, Shelly Spencer SUMMARY Documentary about the evolution of the Chicago Field Museum's Africa exhibit following its step-by-step development from 1988 to 1993. From behind-the- scenes the viewer follows the project's progress, detailing the complicated procedures involved in putting together an exhibit of such magnitude and scope. The exhibit officially opened to the public on 11/13/93. AFRICA: A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CALL NUMBER: 960 A25894 vhs reels 1-4 228 minutes total, 4 videocassettes of 57 minutes each; c1984; director, Christopher Ralling; producer, Mick Cskay SUMMARY Examines life in Africa today and how the continent and its people were shaped by its history. CONTENTS DIFFERENT BUT EQUAL (Reel 1 pt. 1) For centuries Africa was ravished by the slave trade, which has distorted our view of its people. Davidson shows that Africa gave rise to some of the world's greatest civilizations. 2 Marjorie Iglow Mitchell Multimedia Center—Africana Video Collection MASTERING A CONTINENT (Reel 1 pt.2) Looking closely at three diferent communities, Davidson examines the way African peoples carve out an existence in an often hostile environment. CARAVANS OF GOLD (Reel 2 pt.1) Davidson traces the roots of the medieval gold trade, which reached from Africa to India, China, and Italy, and examines its influence on the African continent. KINGS AND CITIES (Reel 2 pt.2) Kano, Nigeria is an example of an African kingdom. There, a king still holds court in his 15th century palace and ancient rituals continue to command the respect of the people. THE BIBLE AND THE GUN (Reel 3 pt.1) The slave trade decimated the African population and tore the fabric of society. Then new kinds of interlopers came: explorers, missionaries, and Cecil Rhodes. THE MAGNIFICENT AFRICAN CAKE (Reel 3 pt. 2) A 30-year "scramble for Africa" begun in the 1880's dramatically changed the continent. Nearly all of Africa became subject to colonial rule until World War Two. THE RISE OF NATIONALISM (Reel 4 pt. 1) Davidson charts Africa's struggle for independence, focusing on the final collapse of the White minority in Zimbabwe and on apartheid in South Africa. THE LEGACY (Reel 4 pt. 2) Interviews with political leaders illuminate the problems and successes of Africa today, as Davidson looks at Africa in the aftermath of colonial rule. AFRICA, AFRICAS CALL NUMBER: 305.42096 A2578 vhs 61 minutes; 2001; produced by Annamaria Gallone SUMMARY Fantacocà: presents the cultural phenomenon of skin bleaching in Cameroon and the challenge it is now posing on notions of black pride and identity. From the other side of the river: documents the effects of war on a community of Ethiopian women and children who were forcibly relocated into refugee camps. Laafi bala: demonstrates the causes of wide-spread unemployment and poverty in Burkina Faso, where few institutional resources and government support available, and the debilitating effects this is having on women and youth. AFRICA, BETWEEN MYTH AND REALITY: THE PAINTINGS AND ETCHINGS OF BETTY LADUKE CALL NUMBER: 305.42 L157Za vhs 30 minutes; c1997; director, Brian Varaday; producer, Joe Brett SUMMARY Documents the art of Betty LaDuke, which is influenced by her ten years of travel in Africa. Her experiences with village life, artist cooperatives and artists have inspired her images, a composite of myth, magic and reality. AFRICA, CONTINENT THAT OVERSLEPT CALL NUMBER: 330.96032 A2577 vhs 58 minutes; c1994-1997; producers, Poul Erik Heilbuth and Hans Bulow SUMMARY Young educated African businessmen and intellectuals address Africa's lack of progress despite its wealth of natural resources and conclude that Africans 3 Marjorie Iglow Mitchell Multimedia Center—Africana Video Collection must cease to blame their ills on the past and must themselves develop the new politics and economies they need. AFRICA I REMEMBER: A MUSICAL SYNTHESIS OF TWO CULTURES CALL NUMBER: 780.96 J47Za vhs 30 minutes; c1995; producer/director, Paul Balmer SUMMARY Tunde Jegede, musician and composer, travels to the Gambia to immerse himself in the the oral traditions of the kora, an African harp lute. He is filmed learning and performing with elderly artists in West Africa and performing his composition "The Cycle of Reckoning" with the London Sinfonietta. AFRICA, I'M GOING TO FLEECE YOU: UN FILM see AFRIQUE, JE TE PLUMERAI AFRICA 1989 CALL NUMBER: 362.70963 A258 vhs 8 minutes; 1989 SUMMARY Presents a two-part look at Save the Children's work in Africa. The first segment is an ABC News story from Dec. 1, 1988, on the food problems in Shewa Province in Ethiopia. The second segment documents the physical and psychological harm that has been inflicted on children during the Mozambican civil war. AFRICA MEETS AFRICA: THE POWER TO SPEAK CALL NUMBER: 967 A2579 vhs 82 minutes; c1999; director, Dick Voorendyk; producer, Helen Smuts SUMMARY A film about the use ancient art and current cultural artifacts to teach Sub-Saharan African civilation to the young. AFRICA, SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND CALL NUMBER: 347.6709 A258 vhs 338 minutes total, on 13 videocassettes of 26 minutes each; c1997; producers, Jonathan S. Deull, Mark J. Kaplan SUMMARY Filmed in various countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, this series profiles a wide variety of formal efforts to resolve contemporary conflicts without resorting to violence PARTIAL CONTENTS: program 1. Thokoza, a video dialogue for peace -- program 2. Kinshasa, when everything falls apart/Breaking the cycle -- program 3. Rwanda : the war cri mes tribunal ; Burundi : reconciliation radio -- program 4. Mozambique/Angola --program 5. Uganda and Liberia -- program 6. Witches tale -- program 7. Western Sahara/Mozambique -- program 8. Mali/Lesotho -- program 9. S.A. Between confession and prosecution -- program 10. South Africa: "Under the Baobab"; Angola: "Making the Peace Song -- program 11. Algeria: "The Struggle for Free Press and a Democratic Society in Algeria" -- program 12. Eritrea/Kenya -- program 13. South Africa, San soldier story. AFRICA UNBOTTLED CALL NUMBER: 333.95416 A258 vhs PAL 54 minutes, c2000, directed/produced by Craig Foster and Bowen Boshier. AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGIONS 4 Marjorie Iglow Mitchell Multimedia Center—Africana Video Collection CALL NUMBER: 299.6 A2579 vhs 50 minutes; c1998; producer/director, Coley Coleman. SUMMARY Discusses the cultural diversity of Africa through its many religions. Shows how shared elements of various customs serve as unifying threads across tribes, centuries, and continents.
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