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African Studies

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A Caterpillar Moon

In the rainforest of Central Africa live the Aka pygmies, a tribe of traditional hunter-gatherers virtually untouched by the modern world. As A Caterpillar Moon shows, they are an engaging tribe where there are no rules, everyone is equal and everything is shared - including their meagre feast of caterpillars…

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A Common Purpose

Twenty-five people are convicted of the murder on one man, fourteen are sentenced to hang, one lawyer is assassinated and the other goes into exile. $350.00ex GST

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A Day in the Life

Nyrisabimana, 18 years old, orphaned by AIDS, has been taking care of her five siblings since she was 12 years old.

 

She’s never known a childhood.

 

This documentary follows a day in her life. 

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A Garden Of Eden In Decay (The Africans Series)

GARDEN OF EDEN IN DECAY - More than 70 million Africans suffer from malnutrition while their countries export food to Europe. Economic and agricultural failures and successes are examined in Algeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. (Visual Education Centre, Canada)

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A Mysterious Death

Kotey, an army electrician, is dead. Poisoned, or so his family in Southern Ghana believes. The doctor rejects the poisoning theory, but believes it could be the work of evil forces. Traditionally, a lavish funeral is essential, and most important is the design of the ornate coffin. Kotey is finally…

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A Raisin in the Sun: Character Studies Conversations

Hosted by Eli Wallach, this program dissects Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun through the sharp insights of Joe Morton (Walter Lee Younger); Kim Yancey (Beneatha Younger); Phylicia Rashad (Lena Younger); Ruby Dee, Audra McDonald, Starletta DuPois, and Ernestine Jackson (Ruth Younger); Ralph Carter (Travis Younger); John Fiedler (Carl…

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A Sizwe Bansi Workshop

In New York in 1986, Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona discuss a coming production of the play 'Sizwe Bansi is Dead'.

 

Dircetor: Peter Davis

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A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony

It’s early afternoon, May 1, 1955 — and Donald McWilliams finds himself with other British soldiers in Ndyeia Gorge in central Kenya.

At their feet a Mau Mau fighter lies dying, mortally wounded by their gunfire.

Above them all, the vast skies of the Rift Valley.

McWilliams…

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Africa

Take a breathtaking flight on the wings of birds across six continents and experience some of the world's greatest natural spectacles from a bird's-eye view.

Fly over Africa on the back of a vulture and see the most animal-packed continent with fresh eyes. Arrow-dive with cape gannets among sharks, dolphins…

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Africa

Abandoned in a rainforest in Gabon and greeted by circumcisers in Kenya, Simon's journey gets underway in Africa.

Simon’s journey begins on a beach in oil-rich Gabon. In the capital, Libreville, he discovers that the country has produced more than eight billion barrels of oil and used to have the…

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Africa Is Calling

From SA's re-emergence on the sporting scene as the Apartheid system crumbled; to the massive infrastructure development happening today, 'Africa Is Calling' takes an exuberant look at South Africa's world cup fever. Seeing the realities of the World Cup through South African eyes, we take you onto the streets of…

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African Dance: Sand, Drum, and Shostakovich (2002)

This documentary explores African contemporary dance through eight modern dance companies from Africa, Europe and Canada that participated in the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse in Montreal, Canada in 1999. Interviews, including those with dance historians Yacouba Konate and Alponse Tierou, add insight to beautifully-photographed performances. What emerges is a…

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