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Afrique, Je te Plumerai  = Africa, I'm Going to Fleece You.  San Francisco,
CA : California Newsreel, [1992]
 DT572 .A35 1992  A compelling and sardonic essay on the history of colonialism in Cameroon, and by extension, on the African continent. Focuses on historical as well as contemporary European cultural domination, particularly in the publishing and media industry.
Allah Tantou, a la grace de Dieu = Allah Tantou, God's will be done / Archibald Films.   DT543.822.A28 A55 1991  Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of the filmmaker's father, a diplomat under the Sekou Toure regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. Film reevaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent.
Biko: Breaking the Silence / Edwina Spicer, director; producers, Mark Caplan, Richard Wicksteed.   DT1949.B55 B54 1987   Presents the story of Stephen Biko, using interviews with other South African anti-apartheid activists. Parts of the motion picture "Cry Freedom" directed by Richard Attenborough, based on the novel "Biko" by Donald Woods, are shown along with interviews of Attenborough and Woods.
Frantz Fanon  : black skin, white mask / a Normal Films production for BBC and the Arts Council of England in association with Illuminations ; producer, Mark Nash ; director, Isaac Julien ; written by Isaac Julien & Mark Nash.  CT2628.F35 F726 1995  A film biography of Frantz Fanon, theorist of the anti-colonial movements.
Cleansing the past ; Rivers of fear, bridges of trust / A production of Common Ground Productions, The Media Peace Centre, Ubuntu Film and Television.  DT3337 .C58 1997  Examines the results of civil war and the efforts made toward national reconciliation in Mozambique (Cleansing the past) and Angola (Rivers of fear).
Communication and democracy : Chicago style on investigative journalism.  PN4735 .C64 1993   1. The "Chicago style" of investigative journalism (15 min.) -- 2. Ethics in investigative journalism (20 min.) -- 3. Media wars : marketing the news (18 min.) -- 4. The Nigerian perspective (17 min.)
Ken Saro-Wiwa  : an African martyr / produced by Nathan Sheppard ; a Millennium Movies Production.  PR9387.9.S27 Z6 1996  "Ken Saro-Wiwa, the celebrated Ogoni writer and political activist, was hanged in November 1995 by the Nigerian military dictatorship. Saro-Wiwa had been campaigning for the rights of Nigeria's Ogoni people, who have suffered from decades of resource exploitation by foreign oil companies and oppression by the Nigerian military government. This program tells Saro-Wiwa's story through his own words and those of his wife and features the only in-depth interview he gave before his death."--Container.
Lumumba, la mort du prophète = Lumumba, the death of the prophet / une production Velvet Film GmbH, Berlin, Cinémamma GmbH, Zurich en association avec La SEPT ... [et al.] ; un film de Raoul Peck ; produit par Raoul Peck, Andreas Honegger, Frank Hoffer.  DT658.2.L85 L85 1992  Reexamines the independence struggle in the Belgian Congo and its leader, Patrice Lumumba. This multi-award-winning film recounts Lumumba's tragic 200 day rule culminating with his assassination. Combines archival documentary footage of Lumumba with the memories of journalists who reported from the Congo.
Rwanda, a quest for justice ; Burundi, reconciliation radio / a production of Common Ground Productions, The Media Peace Centre, Ubuntu Film and Television.   DT353 .R88 1997  Part of a series profiling formal efforts by various Sub-Saharan African countries to peacefully resolve contemporary conflicts. The first film follows the efforts of the International Tribunal for Rwanda to bring the perpetrators of the genocide to justice, an arduous, complicated process which has not gone smoothly. The second film examines Rwanda and Burundi where hate radio has been used to incite ethnic violence. But now in Burundi, radio is also being utilized as a means of building understanding and promoting reconciliation.
Sankara / director, Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda ; South Productions for Channel Four in association with RTVE (Spain) and SBS (Australia)  DT555.83.S26 S35 1991  "An imaginative profile of the former President of Burkina Faso. Sankara emerged as an idealist in a generation of young people concerned with material wealth. Ideals intact, he took power in a military coup, and died in another engineered by fellow officers" -- distributor's catalog.
The survival age  / produced by Mark Newman & Robyn Hofmeyer for Phakathi Films & SABC.  DT14 .L58 1995 v. 2  Tanzania is facing serious environmental and social problems that have been brought about by careless development. The economists featured are critical of Western ideas about progress. The film reflects on the failure of both socialism and capitalism in this country and explains the need to overcome the legacy of colonialism.
Winning ways  : how southern Africa averted famine 1992 / UNICEF production ; written, produced and directed by Gareth Jones.  HV625.A36 W56 1993  "Twenty-million people inhabit southern Africa. They survived when long-term drought conditions persisted in the 1990s. How did the people and governments of this area prevent tragedy?"--Container.

 

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