Videos and DVD's in Media Resources
Allah Tantou, a la grace de Dieu = Allah Tantou, God's will be done / Archibald Films. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1991.
Abstract: 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.
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Clando = Clandestine / Les Films du Raphia ; un film de Jean-Marie Teno. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1996]
Abstract: Sobgui, a former computer programmer, drives a "clando" cab in Douala, Cameroon's streets. He is clandestine, not just because his cab is unlicensed, but because he is hiding from his past. When a radical political group involves him a revenge slaying of an informer, Sobgui knows that it is time to get out of Douala. He gets his chance when he is asked to find a wealthy villager's son in Germany. The film represents a dilemma facing educated Africans: whether to work to change the autocratic regimes at home or seek their fortunes abroad.
Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo
Everyone's child / a Media for Development Trust production ; screenplay by John Riber, Andrew Whaley, and Tsitsi Dangarembga ; produced by Jonny Persey, John Riber, Ben Zulu ; directed by Tsitsi Dangarembga. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c1996.
Abstract: In a rural village in Zimbabwe, Tamari and Itai are devastated when both their parents die of AIDS. For the four children this is a time of fear and survival as family and neighbors turn their heads away because of the stigma of AIDS. The city is just as hostile as is the village. In the end it is only tragedy that can bridge the gulf of denial and make the community realize that these are everyone's children.
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Finzan / une co-production Kora Films, ZDF, CNPC ; scénario et réalisation, Cheick Oumar Sissoku. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c1990.
Abstract: Tells the story of two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow, refuses her ct brother-in-law, the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to "inherit" her. Fili, a young girl sent from the city by her conservative father, is brutally circumcised by the village women who are scandalized that she resists the age-old custom.
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In a time of violence. Part 1, The line / an Afravision production in association with International Broadcasting Trust for Channel Four Television. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1994.
Abstract: This is the story of Bongani and Mpho, two young ANC "comrades" and lovers from Soweto. Bongani is the sole witness to a train massacre by Duma, a militant with the Zulu-supported Inkatha Freedom Party. Since Bongani was recognized, the couple is forced to take refuge in his uncle's apartment in Johannesburg.
Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo
In a time of violence. Part 2, All on edge / an Afravision production in association with International Broadcasting Trust for Channel Four Television. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1994.
Abstract: In this episode, Bongani disagres with the plan by Mpho and his other ANC "comrades" to purchase guns for a retaliatory raid against Inkatha supportes. Mpho finally managed to buy guns from Pedro but her relationship with Bongani becomes strained. When they part on a busy street, Bongani is kidnapped by an unmarked police car.
Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo
In a time of violence. Part 3, Fire with fire / an Afravision production in association with International Broadcasting Trust for Channel Four Television. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1994.
Abstract: At this third and final episode, Bongani is held secretly by Lieutenant Vissers who threatens to turn him over to Duma, the Inkatha thug, if he doesn't name ANC activists. But Bongani's friends and lawyer have identified the kidnap vehicle as a police car and bring pressure on the police. Visser's superior tel him that he must release Bongani.
Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo
Mapantsula / a Max Montocchio production ; [presented by] Haverbeam and David Hannay ; an Oliver Schmitz and Thomas Mogotlane film. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1988.
Abstract: Panic is a mapantsula, a Zulu term for a petty crook. Set in South Africa, he is imprisoned with Anti-apartheid activists. There he is transformed into a man willing to become involved with social change.
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Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer / adaptation et dialogues, Raymond Rajaonarivelo et Santiago Amigorena ; produit par Jacques Le Glou ; un film de Raymond Rajaonarivelo. San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, c1996.
Abstract: Raymond Rajaonarivelo follow his epic first film on the Malagasy liberation struggle, Taba Taba, with a very different, poetic film exploring the relationship between traditional and modern concepts of human freedom.A boy born during a lunar eclipse survives abandonment and inherits magical powers.
Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo
Sango Malo. San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel [distributor], [1991?]
Abstract: Sango Malo is an engaging example of the socially committed African cinema which is playing an important role in the continent's democratic renewal. The film argues passionately for populist education as a key component of an emerging "human centered" development paradigm. It offers non-African viewers the most intimate portrait on films of the complex social dynamic underlying the economic and political democratization of a typical African village.
Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo
Taafe fanga = Pouvoir de pagne = Skirt power / un film de Adama Drabo ; une coproduction Taare Films. San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, c1997.
Abstract: In an eighteenth century Dogon village, the women terrorize the men into assuming traditional women's roles. Taafe Fanga, through humor and imagination, offers a masterful and utterly involving introduction to the Dogon worldview. It shows how this ancient mythology still sheds light on modern issues through a wry tale of women's continuing struggles against male power.
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Tableau ferraille. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1997.
Abstract: Tells the story of an idealistic young politician's rise and fall. Daam, a well-intentioned but vacillating European- trained politician, must choose between two social paradigms exemplified by his two wives. The film offers a view of how modernization, as practiced in today's Africa, corrodes traditional communities and retards grassroots development.
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Wênd Kûuni = Le don de Dieu / La Direction du Cinéma ; un film produit par la Republique de Haute-Volta ; réalisateur, Gaston Kaboré ; scripte, Marie-Jeanne Kanyala ; producteur délégué, Gaston J.M. Kaboré. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c1982.
Abstract: A mute foundling is raised in an African village by a weaver and his family. The mute regains his powers of speech only after a shock, then reveals his origins and reasons for dumbness.
Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo
Yeelen = Brightness / Cinecom ; Filimus SISE béna Cissé Films ; ka dja laben nè, Solomani Sise. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel [distributor], c1987.
Abstract: Shows the destructive conflict between a father and son who vie with each other for knowledge of the secrets of nature.
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Zan Boko / un film de Gaston J.M. Kaboré ; scénario et réalisation, Gaston J.M. Kaboré. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c1987.
Abstract: Zan boko means "the place where the placenta is buried" and symbolizes the continuity between past and present in African village societies. The film tells the story of one village swallowed up by one of Africa's large cities and the change from agrarian society to a mass media culture.
Campus Resources Media Resources 115 DeBartolo
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