African Studies Home

A Guide to Videos in African Studies

Columbia University Libraries
and
elsewhere at Columbia.

(January 2009)

Compiled by Dr. Yuusuf S. Caruso,
African Studies Department, Columbia University Libraries
Send comments or questions to: caruso@columbia.edu

Most of the video titles listed and summarized here are available at one of two locations: Butler Media Center, 208B Butler Library ; and, Barnard Media Center, Barnard Library, Barnard College. ***PLEASE NOTE: Access to videos at Columbia University are restricted to persons with current Columbia IDs and library borrowing privileges.

1. Butler Media Collections, 208B, Butler Reserves, Butler Library: On-site viewing for students & faculty with CUID.
   • RESERVES: On-site for all CUID holders or off-site viewing (with prior arrangements) for Columbia faculty and classroom use only.
   • GENERAL: On-site viewing and over night loan periods for CUID holders to view videos off-site.
   • For more information, see the LibraryWeb guide to the Butler Media collection.
   
   
2. Barnard Media Center, Barnard Library, Lehman Hall, Barnard College: Students and faculty with Columbia ID can view videos on-site. Only Barnard faculty can borrow videos for off-site viewing/classroom use.
   
   

Elsewhere:

1. At the Music & Arts Library's "Music Video" collection, students and faculty with Columbia ID can view on-site; only Columbia "officers" can borrow videos off-site.
2. At Lehman Reserves, Columbia ID required; one VCR and monitor is available for on-site viewing.
3. At the Language Resource Center (formerly: Humanities Media Center or "HMC") in 116B Lewisohn Hall, students and faculty with Columbia ID can view videos on-site. Students cannot borrow videos off-site. Columbia faculty must register with the Center in order to borrow videos for classroom or overnight use.
4. At Mathematics and Science Libraries, Columbia ID required.

Contents (Titles in alphabetical order)

Video Summaries and Locations

A.B.C. Africa. Videorecording. MK2 Productions; a film by Abbas Kiarostami; New Yorker Films presents with Abbas Kiarostami and Marin Karmitz; cinematographer, Seifollah Samadian; editor, Abbas Kiarostami; narrators: Abbas Kiarostami, Seifollah Samadian. -- [United States]: New Yorker Video, [2005].
About 139 minutes in length. In English and Farsi with English subtitles.

Other Title: Abbas Kiarostami, the art of living; Art of living. Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Over the course of a 10-day visit to Uganda, Abbas Kiarostami uses his camera to capture and caress the faces of a thousand orphans, many whose parents died of AIDS. Alternately heartbreaking and optimistic.

A.B.C. Africa
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 3718 -or-3887

Adwa, an African victory. Videorecording. A Negod Gwad Production in Co-Production with ZDF/ARTE; producer-director & editor, Haile Gerima; production manager, Solomon Bekele; director of cinematography, Agustin Cubano; sound, Albert Bailey; traditional music arranged by Mulatu Astatke. -- [Washington, DC]: Mypheduh Films, Inc. [distributor]; 2003.
About 97 minutes in length.

On March 2, 1896, the Italians embarked on the final European conquest of an African nation, Ethiopia. With brilliant military intelligence and gallant generals at the helm, united and willed, the Ethiopian people fought their way to triumph over the Italians at the Battle of Adwa. The event ignited a lasting flame of hope, of freedom and independence in the hearts of African throughout the world. Haile Gerima, the director and producer, joins the voices of Ethiopian historians, elders, priests, poets and singers, capturing on film the powerful education and experience that shaped his consciousness. In a collage of Ethiopian landscapes, paintings, photographs and faces, the film illuminates one of the hidden sources of African empowerment.

Adwa, an African victory
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6923

Africa. Videorecording. Written and presented by Basil Davidson ; directed by John Percival, Christopher Ralling, Andrew Harries, and Mick Csaky. -- Boston, MA: Home Vision, c1984.
Each episode is about 57 minutes in length.

Africa: Different but Equal
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT20 .A3 1984, v. 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."

Africa: Mastering a Continent
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT20 .A3 1984, v. 1

"Looking closely at three different communities, Davidson examines the way African peoples carve out an existence in an often hostile environment."

Africa: Caravans of Gold
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT20 .A3 1984, v. 2

"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."

Africa: Kings and Cities
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT20 .A3 1984, v. 2

"Kano, Nigeria, is one 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."

Africa: The Bible and the Gun
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT20 .A3 1984, v. 3

"The slave trade decimated the African population and tore the fabric of society. Then new kinds of interlopers came: explorers, missionaries, and Cecil Rhodes."

Africa: This Magnificent African Cake
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT20 .A3 1984, v. 3

"A 30-year 'scramble for Africa,' begun in the 1880s, dramatically changed the continent. Nearly all of Africa became subject to colonial rule until World War II."

Africa: The Rise of Nationalism
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT20 .A3 1984, v. 4

"Davidson charts Africa's struggle for independence, focusing on the final collapse of the White minority in Zimbabwe and on apartheid in South Africa."

Africa: The Legacy
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT20 .A3 1984, v. 4

"Davidson looks at Africa in the aftermath of colonial rule. Interviews with political leaders illuminate the problems and successes of Africa today."

Africa, a history denied. (Time-Life's Lost Civilizations) Videorecording. Produced by Time-Life Video and Television. -- Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Video and Television (distributor), c1995. Executive producer, Joel Westbrook ; series producer, Jason Williams ; producer, David Dugan ; coordinating producer, William Morgan. Sam Waterston, narrator. Filmed in Zimbabwe and Tanzania.
About 48 minutes in length.

A history of theories and white fantasies surrounding Great Zimbabwe and the gold trade in East Africa. Features on-screen comments by Peter Garlake, Stanlake Samkange, Michael Horton, and Ali A. Mazrui. The film reviews the theories of archaeologists--past and present. Actors are seen portraying: white adventurers and archaeologists; Great Zimbabwe priests, kings, and commoners; and, Swahili rulers and foreign traders. There are also several speculative "re-enactments" of rituals and dances performed at Great Zimbabwe. The film ends with some reflections on the bizarre "Lost City" amusement park in modern South Africa.

Time-Life's Lost Civilizations: Africa, A History
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT14 .A385 1995g

Africa, an introduction. Videorecording. BFA Educational Media ; written and produced by Wayne Mitchell. -- St. Louis, MO: Phoenix Learning Group, c1992. (*Originally produced in 1981.)
About 22 minutes in length.

"Explores Africa's diverse cultures and geographic features. Also examines the impact of modernization and urbanization on the African continent."

Africa, an introduction
Barnard Media, GF701 .A57 1992

Africa, a new look. Videorecording. International Film Foundation, Inc.; written and produced by Sam Bryan; narrated by Athmani Magoma. -- United States: The Foundation, c1981.
About 27 minutes in length.

Presents a sampling of the people of Africa today: teachers and students, politicians and artists, business people, farmers, fishermen, and factory workers. Includes scenes of primary schools and universities, commercial and family farms, religious services, and a political rally.

Africa, a new look (1981)
Barnard Media, DT30.5 .A33 1981

Africa come back: the popular music of West Africa. Videorecording. A Third Eye Productions, Ltd. for Channel Four in association with RM Arts; producer, Penny Corke; director, Geoffrey Haydon. -- Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003].
About 60 minutes in length.

Just as Africa has impacted the music of the Caribbean and the Americas, so has the New World reciprocated, strongly influencing the music of contemporary Africa. This program looks at the popular music scene in Ghana and West Africa documenting the history of musical genres such as hi-life, presenting the sounds of the palm wine guitar, the plangent harmonies of nnwonkoro, and the polyrhythms of kpanlogo.

Africa come back: the popular music of West Africa
Barnard Media, DVD ML3760 .A37 2003g

Africa--living with corruption. Videorecording. Directed by Elizabeth C. Jones; written by Sorious Samura; producer, George Waldrum. -- New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007.
About 52 minutes in length.

African journalist Sorious Samura reveals how corruption has become normal and accepted in Africa.

Africa--living with corruption
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6940

Africa: open for business. Videorecording. Producer/director, Carol Pineau. [S.l.]: Carol Pineau, c2006.
About 58 minutes in length. DVD format.

Profiles ten entrepreneurs from ten different African countries who tell their own stories about how they overcame obstacles to build successful businesses.

Africa: open for business (2006)
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 5440

Africa, search for common ground. Videorecording. A production of Common Ground Productions, The Media Peace Centre, Ubuntu Television and Film ; series producers, Jonathan S. Deull, Mark J. Kaplan. -- [Cape Town, South Africa]: Common Ground Productions, c1997.
Each program is about 26 minutes in length. The video programs are part of a television series profiling formal efforts by various African countries to peacefully resolve contemporary conflicts. Each of the films in the program is introduced by John Matshikiza and others from a television studio in Cape Town, South Africa.

Africa, search for common ground, Program 3: Rwanda & Burundi
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT450.435 .A375 1997

The first film in this program 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.

Africa, search for common ground, Program 4: Mozambique & Angola
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT1182 .A375 1997

The two films presented in this program examine the results of civil war and the efforts made toward national reconciliation in Mozambique (Cleansing the past) and Angola (Rivers of fear).

Africa, search for common ground, Program 8: Mali & Lesotho
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ1879.A15 A375 1997

The first film in this program reviews the events since the 1991 coup d'état in Mali, including an interview with Amadou Toumani Touré held in May 1997. The second film examines the social and environmental impact of the dam projects of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority and the role of the Lesotho Council of Non-governmental Organizations.

Africa, search for common ground, Program 9: S.A. between confession and prosecution
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ1981 .S688 1997

The film presented in this program follows former policeman, Wouter Mentz, who has applied to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission for amnesty for the part he played in 21 politically motivated murders. Can the truth heal his wounds and those of his victims? We witness his testimony before the Commission, and his struggle to find a new life in the new South Africa.

Africa, search for common ground, Program 11: Algeria, the life and death of Algerian journalists
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN4748.A4 A375 1997

The film presented in this program examines the impact of the free press movement in Algeria ("Mouvement des journalistes algériens"), using archival footage recorded between 1988 and 1989 by Merzak Allouache.

Africa, search for common ground, Program 12: Three Women in Eritrea & Wangari Maathai in Kenya
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ2945 .A91 A375 1997

The first film in this program highlights the wartime experiences of women in one Eritrean family in Asmara and the issue of women's rights in an independent Eritrea. The second film profiles Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt movement, a tree-planting campaign organized by women in Kenya. Maathai's place in Kenyan opposition politics is emphasized.

African art, women, history: the Luba people of central Africa. Videorecording. Created and produced by Linda Freeman ; executive producer, Lorraine E. Hall ; written and directed by David Irving; narrated by Dr. Mary Nooter Roberts ; editor, Tom Campbell; director of photography, Mike Harlow ; original music, Joshua Stone. African American artists series. -- Chappaqua, NY : L & S Video, c1998.
About 28 minutes in length.

In central Africa, as elsewhere, memory sustains the identity of a people. This documentary is about Luba art and the relationship between women art, politics, religion, and history. Using artifacts from a 1996 exhibition at the Museum for African Art in New York -- "Memory: Luba art and the making of history," as well as photos and color film footage, Mary Nooter Roberts discusses major aspects of Luba art, focussing on the Luba "lukasa" (memory board), other objects, and female body scarification.

African art, women, history:
the Luba people
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO N7397 K83 A37

The African Burial Ground: an American discovery. Videorecording. Written by Christopher Moore ; executive producer, J. Peter Glaws, III ; produced and directed by David Kutz ; produced by Kutz Television Inc. for the United States General Services Administration ; [narrators], Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis.
About 28 minutes for each videocassette, organized into 4 programs.

Explores the history and archeological excavation of a burial ground for African slaves discovered in lower Manhattan Island, New York, during construction of Federal office building in the summer of 1991. Relates also the effect of the discovery on undertstanding the role of Afro-Americans in colonial American life.

African Burial Ground, The
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO F128.9 .N3 A27 1994g

African Jim, or Jim comes to Jo'burg. Videorecording. Produced by Warrior Films ; director, Donald Swanson ; producer, Eric Rutherford ; music performed by the African Inkspots and the Jazz Maniacs. South African cinema from the 'Fifties' -- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Villon Films, [1998]
About 60 minutes in length.

Originally filmed by Warrior Films of Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1949; known in South Africa as the first all-black feature film. "Jim leaves rural South Africa to find work in Johannesburg and ends up finding romance and a successful career."

African Jim
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997.A31162 1998g

The Africans, a triple heritage. Videorecording. A co-production of WETA-TV and BBC-TV ; produced by Peter Bates; written and presented by Ali A. Mazrui. -- Chicago, Ill.: Annenberg/CPB Project, c1986.
Each episode is about 60 minutes in length.

Africans: New Gods
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14.A3753 1986g, Cassette 1

"The roles of Christian missionaries, Western secularism, Muslim sects, Egyptian pharaohs, and native religions are discussed in visits to Senegal, Zaire, and Egypt."

Africans: Tools of Exploitation
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14.A3753 1986g, Cassette 2

"This program traces the colonial economic legacy, the development of slavery, and European control of Africa's natural resources, with special attention to the roles played by Belgium and Great Britain."

Africans: New Conflicts
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14.A3753 1986g, Cassette 3

"Urbanization, warrior traditions, European-created national boundaries, the Islamic jihad tradition, and nationalist movements are problems of Africa's post-colonial period, examined in this episode."

Africans: In Search of Stability
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14.A3753 1986g, Cassette 4

"In a continent where 70 coups have taken place in the last 25 years, the question of governing effectively is critical. This segment compares African military regimes, one-party states, Marxism in Mozambique, and the styles of the presidents of Tanzania and Zaire."

Africans: The Nature of a Continent
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14.A3753 1986g, Cassette 5

"Geography's influence on history is the topic of this episode which explores the roles that water, desert, and equatorial climate have played in developing African culture and civilization."

Africans: A Legacy of Lifestyles
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14.A3753 1986g, Cassette 6

"What constitutes 'family' in African culture? This segment examines matrilineal, patrilineal, and polygamous traditions as well as the impact of modern cities on family ties."

Africans: A Garden of Eden in Decay?
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14 .A3753 1986g, Cassette 7

"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."

Africans: A Clash of Cultures
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14 .A3753 1986g, Cassette 8

"In every area of life -- dress, behavior, law, worship, and language -- Africans have a triple heritage ("traditional", Islamic, & "Western") that often sends conflicting signals. The African struggle to evolve new, effective, and essentially African ways of doing things is the topic of this episode."

Africans: Global Africa
Barnard & Butler Media, VIDEO DT14.A3753 1986g, Cassette 9

"Africa's role in international politics and economics, from UN participation to cobalt production and the political crisis in South Africa, is the focus of this concluding episode. Other issues include the International Monetary Fund, food aid, and tourism."

Afrique, je te plumerai = Africa, I'm going to fleece you. Videorecording. Un film de Jean-Marie Teno; écrit, produit réalisé et raconté par Jean-Marie Teno. Library of African cinema series. Filmed in Cameroon. French dialogue; English subtitles.
About 88 minutes in length.

"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."

Afrique, je te plumerai
Barnard, VIDEO DT572 .A37 1992g
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES00074

Ainsi meurent les anges. Videorecording. M. sa Productions et L'Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France) présentent un film écrit et réalisé par Moussa Sene Absa; producteur délégué, Moussa Sene Absa; music, Aminata Naar Fall; editing, Pascale Chavance, Josette Peyrebonne. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c2001.
About 57 minutes in length. In French and Wolof, with English subtitles. VHS format

Originally produced in 2001. "Mory [is] a troubled Senegalese poet living outside Paris with his French wife and their children. We watch his marriage fall apart under cross cultural pressures, specifically his father’s demand that he take a second wife in Senegal. Homeless in winter, separated from his children, his poems scattered over a Paris street, Mory returns to Senegal, penniless and with uncertain prospects. At the same time, black-and-white sequences reveal the psychological origins of Mory’s present malaise."

Ainsi meurent les anges
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00530

Alagba--a water spirit masquerade and Chief chief! Videorecording. Directed and edited by Jane Thorburn; narrated by Sokari Douglas Camp; advisor, Robin Horton; camera and sound, Jane Thorburn, Mark Lucas. -- London : After Image, Ltd, c1995.
About 73 minutes in length. In English and Ijo language, with English subtitles.

Contents: Alagba: a water spirit masquerade (41 min.) -- Chief Chief! (32 min.). In the first of these two films, Sokari Douglas Camp, a Nigerian woman sculptor who lives in London, explores her family's cultural roots through participation in the 1994 masquerade festivals of the Kalabari of southeastern Nigeria. The religious, artistic, and other cultural aspects of the Kalabari masquerade are examined in detail, with live scenes from the festivals at Buguma, near Port Harcourt, and interviews with the historian Robin Horton and other members of the all-male Ekine Society. In the second film, Camp's two brothers are installed as Kalabari chiefs in 1994 at Buguma. The history of chiefs and the ceremonies are discussed by Horton and others. The Douglas family preparations and parts of the installation ceremonies are featured.

Alagba & Chief Chief!
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT515.45 .I35 A43 1995g

Alan Paton's beloved country. Videorecording. Director, Catherine Meyburgh. -- Vancouver, B.C. : Villon Films, [1999]
About 54 minutes in length.

A documentary film on the South African author.

Alan Paton's beloved country
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01177

Allah Tantou = A la grace de Dieu = God's will. Un film écrit et réalisé par David Achkar. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1991.
About 62 minutes in length. In French and Soussou, with English subtitles.

Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of Marof Achkar, the filmmaker's father, a diplomat under the Sekou Touré regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. The film re-evaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent.

Allah Tantou
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT543.822 .A42 1991g

Allister Haddon Sparks, author: The mind of South Africa: book review. Videorecording. -- (S.l.): C-SPAN: Distributed by C-SPAN Archives at Purdue University, c1990.
About 60 minutes in length.

Allister Sparks
Lehman Reserves, Z1035.A1 B66 05/01/90

Amandla!: a revolution in four-part harmony. Videorecording/DVD. Kwela Productions in association with Bomb Films, HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films, The Ford Foundation and the South African Broadcasting Corporation ; producers, Desirée Markgraaff, Lee Hirsh, Sherry Simpson Dean ; director, Lee Hirsh ; cinematographers, Clive Sacke, Ivan Leathers, Brand Jordaan ; editor, Johanna Demetrakas. -- Santa Monica, Calif.: Artisan Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
About 103 minutes in length.

Features: Vusi Mahlasela, Jeremy Cronin, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Sophie Mgcina, Dolly Rathebe, Sifiso Ntuli, Abdullah Ibrahim, Duma Ka Ndlovu. "Tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. Specifically considers the music that sustained and galvanized blacks for more than 40 years. Focuses on the struggle's spiritual dimension named for the Xhosa word for 'power'. An uplifting story of human courage, resolve and triumph."

Amandla!
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES01412; and, DVD 2150

The ancient Africans. Videorecording. Directed and photographed by Sam Bryan ; presented by Julien Bryan and the International Film Foundation ; narrators, Athmani Magoma, Edmund Lyndeck. -- New York, NY: International Film Foundation, 199-? [1970]. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970.
About 27 minutes in length.

Animated drawings, maps, and pictures of art objects from six museums are intercut with location photography of the Kush and Axum areas to show life today in the ancient Sudanic kingdoms and in Benin. Includes scenes of the stone walls of Zimbabwe.

The ancient Africans
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT14 .A6 1990g

Angano, angano: nouvelles de Madagascar. Par Marie-Clemence et César Paes ; direction de production, Marie-Clemence Blanc-Paes ; réalisation, César Paes. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1989.
About 64 minutes in length. In Malagasy and French, with English subtitles.

Venerable, contemporary storytellers recount the founding myths of Malagasy culture: the creation of man and woman, the origin of rice cultivation, the reason for animal sacrifice. The tales flow into and out of stunning scene of Malagasy life which give birth to the stories and which they in turn explain.

Angano, angano
Barnard Media, VIDEO GR360.M2 A6 1989

The art of Viyé Diba: the intelligent hand. Videorecording. A production of Arts in Action Society, Vancouver, Canada & SudProd Senvision, Dakar, Sénégal; director, Claudine Pommier. -- Vancouver, B.C.: Arts in Action Society; Dakar, Sénégal: SudProd Senvision, c2003.
About 52 minutes in length. In French with subtitles in English.

"Viyé Diba, a Senegalese artist living in Dakar, says himself that he is not an African artist, but a modern artist living in Africa. His work has evolved from small format painting to 3 dimensional works to increasingly large metaphorical installations. His artistic discourse goes beyond a mere aesthetic expression. Whether it delves into the mysteries of communication, or raises environmental, social or political questions through the use of raw and recycled materials, Viyé's work explores the vital role of art and cannot be ignored"--Container.

The art of Viyé Diba: the intelligent hand
Butler Media Reserves, DVD5629

The Ashanti kingdom. Videorecording. A presentaton of Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; Image Sud Nord ; directed by N'Gouan Ano Steve. -- Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities, c1992.
14 minutes only.

African Studies: The Ashanti Kingdom
Butler Media, VIDEO 00767

Atumpan, the talking drums of Ghana. Videorecording. Mantle Hood; Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles in cooperation with African Studies Center, UCLA; School of Music and Drama, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana; filmed and recorded by Mantle Hood.
About 43 minutes in length.

"Documentary about West African ceremonial drums. Explains the different uses for each drum and who may use them as well as showing how they are made. Also shown are some of the dances performed to the beat of the drums."

Atumpan, the talking drums of Ghana
Music VIDEO VC276

Bahia, Africa in the Americas. Videorecording. Produced, written and translated by Geovanni Brewer. -- Berkeley, CA.: University of California, Extension Media Center, 1988.
About 58 minutes in length.

The central roles of music and dance in Afro-Brazilian religions, including Umbanda.

Bahia, Africa in the Americas
Music VIDEO VC 226

A Bamako, les femmes sont belles. Videorecording. Un film de Christiane Succab-Goldman ; présenté par La Sept ARTE-ISKRA ; image, Pierre Boffety ; son, Michel Faure ; musique, Mamadou Diabate et al. -- Arcueil, France : ISKRA ; Vancouver, B.C. : Distributed by Villon Films, c1995.
About 65 minutes in length. In French, Bambara, and other African languages, with English subtitles.

In Bamako, the capital of Mali, West Africa, women of various social backgrounds discuss their memories of the past and their lives in the present. The politics of gender, marriage, education, development, human rights, and female circumcision in urban and rural Mali are all highlighted. Seydou Keita, the well-known Malian photographer, displays some of his older black and white portraits of Malian women as a complement to some of the stories that the women tell.

A Bamako, les femmes sont belles
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO HQ1813.5 .A3 1995g

Bamako. Videorecording. New Yorker Films presents an Abderrahmane Sissako film, an Archipel 33, Chinguitty Film, Mali Images, Arte France co-production in association with Louverture Films; produced by Denis Freyd and Abderrahmane Sissako; written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako; director of photography, Jacques Besse; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid; costumes, Maji-da Abdi; production designer, Mahamadou Kouyaté. -- [New York] : New Yorker Video, 2007.
About 117 minutes in length; in French and Bambara, with English subtitles.

Special features: Interview with director Abderrahmane Sissako; interview with Danny Glover; comments from economists, scholars and activists; theatrical trailer. "Melé, a bar singer, and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up. In the courtyard of the house they share with other families in Bamako, the capital city of Mali, African civil society representatives have taken proceedings against such international financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, whom they blame for Africa's woes. As numerous trial witnesses air bracing indictments against the multinational economic machinery that haunts them, life in the courtyard presses forward."

Bamako
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7355 -or- DVD7959

Battle of Algiers. Videorecording. Story and sceenplay, Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo; edited by Mario Serandrei and Mario Morra; produced by Antonio Musi; directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. -- New York, N.Y. : Axon Video Corporation, 1988.
About 125 minutes in length. French and Arabic dialogue, English subtitles.

"A dramatic re-enactment of Algeria's fight for independence From France, covering the period from 1954-1962."

Battle of Algiers, The
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT295 .B37 1988

Beauty and the beast: two Igbo masquerades. Videorecording. Camera and narration, Herbert M. Cole; producer, Karen Morell; technical director, Jim Pease; research assisted by Alexander Attah; (presented by) University of Washington. African encounters. -- Seattle: Instructional Media Services, University of Washington, [1991], c1985.
About 31 minutes in length.

Two masquerades, an Ekeleke and an Okoroshi festival, videotaped in the Igbo village-group of Agwa, Nigeria. Research in 1983. On this copy, there is no narration until near the end of the film.

Beauty and the beast: two Igbo masquerades
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT515.45 .I33 B43 1991

Bei den Buschnegern in Südwest. Schmalfilm-Schrank / Unsere Afrikareise. Peter Kubelka. -- Amsterdam : Nederlands Filmmuseum, [2001]
About 16 minutes in total length. VHS (PAL)

"Bei den Buschnegern in Südwest" is about 4 minutes and is a silent, black & white film. "Unsere Afrikareise" is about 12 minutes, originally produced in 1966, and is in color. These are "experimental films" that show images of Africa as perceived by Europeans.

Bei den Buschnegern in Südwest & Unsere Afrikareise
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00261

Belonging. Videorecording. Producers, Khetiwe Ngcobo, Renée Williams; director, Minky Schlesinger and Khetiwe Ngcobo. -- [San Francisco, Calif.]: California Newsreel, [2004].
About 52 minutes in length. In English and Zulu with English subtitles.

"Born into exile as the daughter of political émigrés, Kethiwe Ngcobo and her family returned to their longed-for homeland, South Africa in 1994. Now ten years later, Kethiwe, a hip, young woman with a British accent finds herself struggling to find her place in the new South Africa. Hoping to reconcile the warring strands of her identity, Khetiwe seeks healing in her Zulu traditions. At the same time, her sister refuses to participate in any ceremonies as meaningless rituals. Khetiwe is not alone in her journey to find belonging. The country is also in the process of finding itself. This is a personal and honest look at one person's quest for identity"--Container.

Belonging
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7321

Black and white in color. Videorecording. A production of Home Vision Entertainment and Janus Films; producers, Arthur Cohn, Jacques Perrin, Giorgio Silagni; screenplay writers, Georges Conchon, Jean-Jacques Annaud; director, Jean-Jacques Annaud; cinematographer, Claude Agostini; editors, Françoise Bonnot, Michele Böehm; original music, Pierre Bachelet. -- Chicago, IL: Home Vision Entertainment, 2003.
About 92 minutes in length. French, German and English dialogue, English subtitles.

An irrepressible and timely satire on racism, colonialism, and war. Set in the Ivory Coast during the First World War, a group of French colonials learn that their country is at war with Germany. Spurred on by a capricious moment of patriotism, the Frenchmen decide to attack their German neighbors who reside in a colony up the river.

Black and white in color
Butler Media Reserves, DVD1861

Black Dju!. Videorecording. Une production presentent Jani Thiltges & Claude Waringo ; une coproduction Samsa Film (Luxembourg), Saga Film (Belgique), RTBF (Television belge), Vermedia (Portugal) ; direction, Pol Cruchten ; direction de production, Françoise Vercheval ; scénario, Frank Feitler ; musique, Andre Mergenthaler ; image, Daniel Barrau ; montage, Denise Vindevogel. -- New York, NY : ArtMattan Productions, 1995.
About 80 minutes in length. In Portuguese and French with English subtitles.

Videocassette release of the motion picture made in 1995. Cast includes: Manu Dibango, Richard Courcet, Patrick Flora-Praxo, Adama Kouyaie, Philippe Leotard, Cesaria Evora. 'From the sun of the Cape Verde Islands, its a very big step to rainy, land-locked Luxembourg, but that's the journey Dju Dele Dibonga takes to track down his dad, whose yearly visits and monthly guest worker checks have stopped. Dju has to face overzealous immigration cops and an outraged police lieutenant who eventually joins in the hunt, becoming Dju's partner in this tale of love and friendship.'

Black Dju!
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997 .B575 1995g

Black girl = La noire de... Videorecording. Filmi Domirev Dakar; d'après une nouvelle de Ousmane Sembene; photography, Christian Lacoste; editor, André Gaudier. Plus, Borom sarret = The wagoner. Un film de Ousmane Sembene. -- [United States]: New Yorker Video, 2005.
About 80 minutes in length. In French, with optional English subtitles.
See also: Borom sarret below.

DVD release of the 1965 and 1964 motion pictures. See also: New Yorker videocassette version. 1. In La noire de ..., a Senegalese maid goes to the Riviera with her employers and gains a new perspective on what it means to be African outside of Africa. A story of exile and despair. Cast: Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinck, Momar Nar Sene, Robert Fontaine. 2. In Borom Sarret, the film follows a cart driver as he meets an unfortunate array of people in Dakar. Cast: Ly Abdoulaye, Albourah.

Black girl = La noire de... [+ Borom sarret]
Barnard Media, DVD PN1997 .N657 2005g

Black girl (1965)
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .N657 1965g
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01613

Black history in the early church. Videorecording. Film by Catherine Kroeger. -- [Minneapolis, MN]: Christians for Biblical Equality, c2005.
About 111 minutes in length.

Dr. Catherine Clark Kroeger, President of Christians for Biblical Equality, delivers two lectures illustrated by slides. The first lecture describes the highly developed civilization of Nubia, how these black people intermingled with the Israelites and surrounding nations, and black persons mentioned in the Old and New Testaments. The second lecture introduces the prominent Africans in early church history. Both lectures make the point that Africans brought the gospel to Europe.

Black history in the early church
Burke [UTS] LC Stacks, DVD BS680.B48 B53 2005g

Black Paris. Videorecording. A production of SBS-TV. -- New York, NY: Distributed by Insight Media, 2002.
About 30 minutes in length. In French and English.

Explores the influence of African culture in France on fashion, cuisine and music.

Black Paris
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES03496

Blaine Harden, author: Africa, dispatches from a fragile continent: book review. Videorecording. -- (S.l.): C-SPAN: Distributed by C-SPAN Archives at Purdue University, c1990.
About 60 minutes in length.

Blaine Harden
Lehman Reserves, Z1035. A1 B66 10/01/90

Blood and sand: war in the Sahara. A report by Sharon I. Sopher. Videorecording. Produced & directed by Sharon I. Sopher ; written by Sharon Sopher, Peter Kinoy. A production of Developing News, Inc. and the Television Laboratory at WNET/Thirteen. -- New York, NY : Sharon Sopher Productions, c1982.
About 52 minutes in length.

"The film provides the first Western coverage of the war in the Western Sahara. Morocco is trying to maintain its occupation despite the opposition of local people (although many of them have fled to refugee camps in Algeria) and the disruption of the Moroccan economy. The United States has supported Morocco diplomatically and with arms sales during the Carter and Reagan administrations despite human rights concerns and the support for the Western Sahara inhabitants by many other countries."

Blood and Sand: War in the Sahara
Butler Media, VIDEO DT346 .S7 B6 1982g

Boesman & Lena. Videorecording. Kino International, Pathe Image Production and Primedia Pictures ; producers, François Ivernel, Pierre Rissient ; written and directory by John Berry ; cinematographer, Alain Choquart ; editor, Jeanne Moutard. -- New York : Kino International : [distributor] Kino on Video, [2001], c1999.
About 84 minutes in length.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999 and based on the Athol Fugard play "Boesman & Lena". Examines the devastating effects of racism on the human spirit through the progress of one couple's life together under Apartheid, as they are pushed from the bucolic Eden of South African farmlands into a makeshift shelter on the mudflats near Cape Town. Cast includes: Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, Willie Jonah.

Boesman & Lena
Butler Media, VIDEO00648

Boma-Tervuren, le voyage. Videorecording. Director, Francis Dujardin. -- New York : ArtMattan Productions, 1999.
About 54 minutes in length. A documentary in French with English subtitles.

The film revisits the extraordinary and tragic saga of 267 Congolese men and women brought to Brussels for the 1897 World's Fair. After a four month journey, they are exhibited before a million visitors. Subjected to the crushing gaze of the "Whites" and the cold climate, many fell prey to disease and some even lost their lives. The dead were hastily dispatched to a common grave, sparking a fierce debate in Belgian society. One hundred years later, Congolese compatriots return to the scene and question the "Whites" of today on the incredible story of that 'human zoo'."

Boma-Tervuren, le voyage
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00598

Bopha! = Arrest! Videorecording. Produced and directed by Daniel Riesenfeld ; camera, Roger Harrid, Brian Tilly ; narrator, Sidney Poitier. -- Vancouver, Canada: Villon Films, [c1991]
About 59 minutes in length.

Originally produced by DJR in 1986. "The Earth Players production of Percy Mtwa's Bopha! was produced at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa." Cast includes: Aubrey Moalosi, Aubrey Redebe, Sydney Khumalo. Bopha! depicts South Africa's dreaded black police force, the tool of apartheid. Through the play the audience sees the reality and effects of South Africa's apartheid. This film includes live footage of the black force in action.

Bopha!
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00607

Born musicians: traditional music from the Gambia. Videorecording. A production of Third Eye Productions, Ltd. for Channel Four in association with RM Arts; producer, Penny Corke; director, Geoffrey Haydon; Commentary and interviews by Sidia Jatta; photography, Roger Deakins. -- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003]
About 60 minutes in length. In Mandinka and English with English subtitles.

Focuses on the professional musicians of the West African Savannah and in particular on the Mandinka music of the Gambia.

Born musicians: traditional music from the Gambia
Barnard Media, DVD ML3760 .B67 2003g

Borom sarret = The wagoner. Videorecording. Un film de Sembene Ousmane ; director and writer, Sembene Ousmane ; photographer, Christian Lacoste ; editor, Andre. Gaudier. -- [New York] : Released by New Yorker Films, [2000?]
About 20 minutes in length. VHS format. In Wolof and French with English subtitles.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. A cart-taxi driver goes to the city of Dakar to earn a living. Working for free out of sympathy for other poverty-stricken people, and taken advantage of by a dishonest city-dweller, he loses first his money and then his cart.

Borom sarret
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01636

The boys of Baraka. Videorecording. A production of Loki Films, LLC, for the Independent Television Service, in association with P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc.; director, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; cinematographers, Marco Franzoni, Tony Hardmon; editor, Enat Sidi; original music, J.J. McGeehan. -- [San Francisco, CA.]: Act Now Productions; [Los Angeles, CA.]: Ironweed Film Club, [2006].
About 84 minutes in length.

Follows a group of 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore to the Baraka School, an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, where children live by strict guidelines, yet are given the freedom to grow.

The boys of Baraka
Barnard Media, DVD HV9069 .B697 2006g
Butler Media Reserves, DVD5390 and DVD5537

Bunny Chow: know thyself. Videorecording. A production of MTV Films & Dog Pack/DV8 Films/Film i Väst, SABC2; producers, Kagiso Lediga, Isaac Kaminsky, Leanne Callanan; director, John Barker; editor, Sakie Bergh; cinematographer, Zeno Petersen; original music composed by Joel Assaizky; story by David Kibuuka, John Barker, Joey Rasdien, Salah Sabiti; written by John Barker, David Kibuuka. -- Wendywood, South Africa: Ster-Kinekor Home Entertainment, c2007.
About 94 minutes in length.

"Bunny Chow follows the raucous and often ridiculous weekend journey of three stand up comedians. Egos run high and careers are at stake as Kags, an arrogant womaniser, Joey, a devout yet conflicted Muslim and Dave, a somewhat innocent and naive "dishwasher" with dreams of making it big on the comedy scene, embark on a road trip to Oppikoppi, South Africa's biggest annual rock festival. The trio slip out of their normal lives for a few dusty and increasingly absurd days with hopes of mass debauchery, drugs, rampant sex, true love and conquering the rock stages with their comedy, but they get a bit more than they bargained for."

Bunny Chow: know thyself
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7560

Ça twiste à Poponguine. Videorecording. Une coproduction Cámeras Continentales, France 2, RTS ; un film de Moussa Sene Absa ; director of photography, Dominique Gentil ; editor, Rose Evans-Decraene ; music, Madou Diabate. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1993.
About 90 minutes in length. In French with English subtitles.

A coming of age story set in a remote Senegalese beachside village during the week before Christmas, 1964, where the local teenage boys are divided into rival cultural camps. The "Ins" ("Inseparables") style themselves after French pop stars, attend school, have all the girls--but no record player. Their rivals, the "Kings," style themselves after African-American blues legends, they work as fishermen, don't have any girls--but they do have a record player.

Ça twiste à Poponguine
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00531

Camp de Thiaroye. Videorecording. Société nouvelle de promotion cinématographique ; scenario, dialogue et réalisation, Sembène Ousmane, Thierno Faty Sow ; director, Papawongue Mbengue. (Director of photography, Ismail Lakhdar Hamina ; editor, Kahena Attia-Riveill ; music, Ismail Lô.) -- New York: New Yorker Films Video (Distributor), c1998.
About 152 minutes in length. In French and Wolof, with English subtitles.

A dramatization of a historical event. "African soldiers, returning home after fighting in World War II, are massacred in a dispute over pay."

Camp de Thiaroye
Barnard Media: VIDEO PN1997 .C355 1988g
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Carnet d'expulsions de Saint-Bernard à Bamako & Kayes. Videorecording. Un film réalisé par Philippe Baque, Arlette Girardot. -- France: L'yeux ouverts, c1997.
About 54 minutes in length. In French, with some interviews in an unidentified African language with French subtitles.

A documentary on the expulsion of undocumented Africans from the Church Saint-Bernard in Paris. The undocumented Africans are interviewed about their experience and their lives after their return to their country of origin, Mali.

Carnet d'expulsions de Saint-Bernard à Bamako & Kayes
Barnard Media: VIDEO JV7925 .C37 1997g

Ceddo. Videorecording. A production of Filmi Doomi Reew; writer & director Sembène Ousmane; cinematography, Georges Caristan ... [et al.]; editing, Florence Eymon, Dominique Blain; music, Manu Dibango. -- [S.l.]: Médiathèque des trois mondes, [2002?]
About 121 minutes in length. In Wolof with French subtitles.

An historical epic set loosely in 17th century western Africa, the film examines the confrontation between opposing forces in the face of Moslem expansion in Africa.

Ceddo
Barnard Media, DVD PN1997 .C433 2002g

Changing this country: the testimony of four South African workers. Produced by the International Labour Organisation. -- Washington, DC: ILO, 1988.
About 58 minutes in length.

COSATU and South African women workers are the main focus of this film.

Changing this country
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00642

Children of the revolution. Videorecording. Producer, David Max Brown; director, Zola Maseko. -- [South Africa]: Maxi-D TV Productions; Johannesburg: Film Resource Unit, c2002.
About 52 minutes in length.

In 1990, while in exile in Tanzania, Zola Maseko, interviewed a number of fellow South African exiles. Twelve years after his return to South Africa, Maseko tracks down the exiles. This documentary tells of their lives in a democratic South Africa.

Children of the revolution
Butler Media Reserves, DVD5914

Cinderella of the Cape Flats. Videorecording. A production of Trinity Productions and SABC 1; producer, Penny Gaines; director by Jane Kennedy; co-producer, Jane Kennedy; editor, Susan Korda; camera, Chris Lotz and Jane Kennedy; original music, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder. -- [San Francisco, CA]: California Newsreel, [2004].
About 58 minutes in length. English and Afrikaans with English subtitles.

"Everyday the working class Coloured women in the garment industry of the windswept flats around Cape Town toil anonymously to make clothes so that other women will look beautiful. Invariably they cannot afford these garments themselves. But for one day a year they come out in all their glory at the Annual Spring Queen pageant. The pageant is created by the workers and their trade union to bring their families together for an evening of solidarity and fun. After working for weeks on glamorous costumes which one will be queen for a day? Set against the preparation for the 2003 pageant, this film explores the lives of working women and celebrates them as creators of beauty. Although the end of apartheid has not taken away the drudgery of repetitive factory labor, this pageant shows working class women inventing their own lively folk culture"--Container.

Cinderella of the Cape Flats
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7322

Chef! ; La tête dans les nuages. Videorecording. Deux films du Raphia ; filmé, produit et réalisé par Jean-Marie Teno. -- [San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel ; 1999]
"Chef!" is about 61 minutes in length.
"La tête dans les nuages" is about 35 minutes in length.
Both films are in French with English subtitles.

In "Chef!", the director visits his ancestral village in western Cameroon to film the dedication of a monument to his relative, the local king, when he realizes that the celebration is also for President Paul Biya and his party. The film then explores, through interviews, the problems of one-man rule, from the village to the city, focussing on a variety of human rights issues.

"La tete" (originally produced in 1994) examines the impact of an unaccountable government and economic mismanagement on the people of Yaoundé.

Chef! et La tête dans les nuages
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ3529.A15 C44 1999g

Chinua Achebe: Africa's voice. Videorecording. A Trident Communications production. Written and directed by David Akinde ; producers, David Akinde, Cyril Ibe ; editor, David Akinde ; narrated by Marshall Bean ; interviewer, Cyril Ibe. -- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999.
About 61 minutes in length.

This program analyzes the impact Chinua Achebe and his writings have had on world literature, as well as his influence as an editor and a spokesman for a generation of African writers. Dr. Achebe, professors Abiola Irele and Gerald Graff, and Charles Larson, editor of the anthology Under African Skies, discuss the characterization, social implications, and levels of interpretation of Things Fall Apart. Vital concepts indigenous to the Ibos of southeastern Nigeria such as oral culture, reincarnation, and negotiation concepts essential to a deep understanding of the novel are also presented.

Chinua Achebe:
Africa's voice
Barnard Media VIDEO PR9387.9.A3 Z463 1999g

Chinua Achebe: the importance of stories. Videorecording. A video by Cambiz A. Khosravi. Narrated by Michelle Willingham and John R. Le Fever. -- New York: Cinema Guild, c1996.
About 57 minutes in length.

An interview with the first great African novelist writing in English, the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. He discusses his personal views as an African and how his identity has shaped his writing.

Chinua Achebe:
the importance of stories
Butler Media Reserves VIDEO PR9387.9.A3 Z464 1996

Chocolat. Videorecording. Alain Belmondo et Gérard Crosnier ; Marin Karmitz, MK2 ; un film de Claire Denis ; co-producers, Cinémanuel, MK2 Productions, Cerito Films, La S.E.P.T., Caroline Productions, Le F.O.D.I.C. Cameroun, Wim Wenders Produktion Berlin, TFI Films Production ; director, Claire Denis ; writer, Claire Denis and Jean-Pol Fargeau ; music, Abdullah Ibrahim ; director of photography, Robert Alazraki. -- [New York] : Orion Home Video, [1990], c1988.
About 105 minutes in length. In French, with English subtitles.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. The cast includes: Giulia Boschi, Isaach de Bankole, François Cluzet, Cecile Ducasse, Mireille Perrier. A young woman returns to Cameroon to trace her past. Soon the sights, sounds and smells sweep her back to her childhood and memories of the people who populated her youth.

Chocolat
Butler Media, VIDEO DT571.F73 C4 1990g

Clando = Clandestine. Videorecording. Un film de Jean-Marie Teno ; produit et realise par Jean-Marie Teno. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1996. Letterbox format. French and Wolof dialogue; English subtitles.
About 96 minutes in length.

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. Cast: Paulin Fodouop, Caroline Redl.

Clando
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .C55 1996g

Chronicle of a genocide foretold. Videorecording. Written and directed by Daniele Lacourse, Yvan Patry ; produced by Alter-Cine, Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada ; executive producers, Don Haig, Yvan Patry ; camera, William Turnley ; editing, Nick Hector ; sound, Stephane Poulin. -- New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1996.
About 141 minutes in length (in three parts). In French, English, and Kinyarwanda, with English translation and subtitles.

"Fifty years after the Holocaust, the world allowed another genocide to occur. In April 1994, the international community, including the United States, sat by and watched as 800,000 people (mostly Tutsi) were massacred. Today, Rwanda remains torn by ethnic killings. This three- part documentary features film diaries and commentary from Rwandan survivors and activists (including Andre Sibomana, priest and journalist), a Belgian UN peacekeeper, and Alison Des Forges, historian."

Chronicle of a genocide foretold
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT450.435 .C65 1996g

Colobane express. Videorecording. Un film de Khady Sylla ; photography, Yves Monteil ; ArtMattan Productions. -- New York, NY: ArtMattan Productions, 1999.
About 52 minutes in length. In Wolof with English subtitles. VHS format.

A reportage of the personal experience of public transportation in Dakar, Senegal. It presents much of the daily life of the average people and the inadequacies of public transportation.

Colobane express
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 03348

Come back, Africa. Videorecording. Written by Lionel Rogosin, with Lewis Nkosi, William Modisane ; produced and directed by Lionel Rogosin ; photography, Ernst Artaria, Emil Knebel ; edited by Karl Lerner. South African cinema from the 'Fifties'. -- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Villon Films, [between 1990 and 1999]
About 81 minutes in length.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959. American filmmaker, Lionel Rogosin, teams up with African writers in South Africa to secretly produce an anti-apartheid docudrama. The story centers around Zachariah, an African migrant who comes to Johannesburg in search of work. As a black worker without a permit, Zachariah is subject to arbitrary dismissal and sudden arrest by the white authorities, as well as the violence of the black township. The film explores life in and around Sophiatown, including scenes in a bar or "shebeen".

Come back, Africa
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997 .C663 1990z

The cows of Dolo Ken Paye: resolving conflict among the Kpelle Videorecording. Script and narration by James L. Gibbs, Jr. -- St Louis, MO: Phoenix Learning Group, 199-?
About 30 minutes in length.

Originally filmed in 1970. In Fokwele, Liberia, a town in transition to modern ways, conflicts arise because of differing life styles. Many old customs of the Kpelle are still alive, but are complicated by new economic practices and social structures. Cattle divide the town into two classes: the rich cattle owners, the poorer rice farmers, whose crops are often marauded by the cattle and who in turn attack the cows. In this film, such an incident is followed through the proceedings of justice in the community. See also, "Dolo Ken Paye's people go to the movies".

Cows of Dolo Ken Paye
Barnard Media, VIDEO GN655.L5 C6 1990

Crossroads. Videorecording. A film by Hillie Molenaar and Joop van Wijk. -- New York, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, 1996.
About 55 minutes in length. With English subtitles.

"The location is a crossing of roads leading from Uganda into Tanzania and from Kenya via Rwanda to Zaire. Some years ago, Mama Shillingi started her "hotelli" at the crossroads. She offered food and shelter to truck drivers. Until, in 1994, thousands of dead bodies came floating down the nearby Kagera river. Shortly thereafter, the refugees came across the border. Within a few days, half a million people had settled there. Around a hamlet of four houses, a boom town arose called Benaco."

Crossroads
Barnard Media, VIDEO HV640.5 .R95 C76 1996g

Dakan. Videorecording. Production Pascal Lahmani ; un film écrit et réalisé par Mohamed Camara. -- Conakry, Guinea: Les Films du 20ième et La Sept Cinéma ; (San Francisco : distributed by California Newsreel), c1997.
About 87 minutes in length. In French and Mandikan with English subtitles.

Cast: Aboubacar Touré, Mamady Mory Camara, Cecile Bois, Koumba Diakite, and Kade Seck. "Dakan is the first feature film on homosexuality from sub-Saharan Africa. It also is a contemporary African reinterpretation of the age-old Romeo and Juliet conflict between love and social convention."

Dakan
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997 .D253 1997g

The dance of the spirits : mask styles and performances in the upper Volta. Filmed & written by Christopher Roy ; producer, Steven Henke ; presented by The School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa ; narrator, Lee Dennis. Art and death in Africa. -- [Iowa City] : University of Iowa, Audiovisual Center, c1988.
About 28 minutes in length.

An exploration, through still images and taped performances, of the designs and significance of various mask styles and dance performances in the West African country of Burkina Faso. Examines the social and spiritual customs of the Mossi, Winiama, Bobo and other peoples of the "Upper Volta". See also: Yaaba Soore below.

The dance of the spirits
Barnard Media, VIDEO NB1255.B92 D35 1988g

Dances of the Nyakyusa & the Nkonde. Videorecording. By Kazuaki Kurita. -- Nishi-Ikebukuro, Japan: Centre for Human Migration and Acculturation Studies, Rikkyo University, 2005.
2 DVDs.

Other Title: Connections between Nyakyusa and the Nkonde from the viewpoint of dance and trade. Demonstrates Igoma, the most popular dance in the Nyakyusa and the Nkonde land...southern Tanzania and northern Malawi. [*Accompanying booklet.]

Dances of the Nyakyusa & the Nkonde
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 4899 (disc 1 & 2)

Daresalam = Let there be peace. Videorecording. La Sept ARTE présente ; une production Pierre Javaux Productions ; d'après un scénario de Issa Serge Coelo et Ismael Ben Cherif ; adaptation et dialogues, Issa Serge Coelo et Pierre Erwan Guillaume ; réalisé par Issa Serge Coelo ; cinématographie, Jean-Jacques Mrejen ; musique, Khalil Chahine ; montage, Catherine Schwartz. -- San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2000.
About 104 minutes in length. Widescreeen format.
In French and Arabic with English subtitles.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. This feature film focuses on two young men caught up in the Civil War in Chad. It begins in the 1970s with the story of Koni and Djimi as the central government invades their village and insistes on buying the farmer's millet at below market and then browbeats the villagers into paying taxes to help fight the war. When they resist the government burns the village and massacres the inhabitants. Djimi, wounded, remains behind with the hard-liners, while Koni joins a faction which supports compromise with the government.

Daresalam
Butler Media Reserve, VIDEORES 01340

Darwin's nightmare. Videorecording. A coproduction of Mille et Une Productions, Coop99 Filmproduktion, Saga Film; producers, Edouard Mauriat ... [et al.]; director, scriptwriter and cinematographer, Hubert Sauper; editor, Denise Vindevogel; artistic collaborators, Sandor Rieder, Nick Flynn. -- [France]: MK2 Editions, [2005].
About 107 minutes in length. In English, Russian and Swahili with French subtitles.

Documentary film that exposes the poverty and misery of the people living on the shores on Lake Victoria in Tanzania who are dependent upon fishing the Nile perch, an invasive species, from the lake for their meager earnings. The fish are exported by air to Europe to be sold cheaply and the planes that arrive to transport the fish at first seem to arrive empty, but turn out to carry weapons to Africa and fish away.

Darwin's nightmare
Barnard Media, DVD SH312.V53 D3 2005g
Butler Media Reserves, DVD3919; DVD5161; DVD5161

Death of a Bushman. Videorecording. A production of Uhuru Productions & OneTime Films; producers, Hartmut Keiper, Stef Snel, Richard Wicksteed; directors, Richard Wicksteed & Stef Snel; script, Stef Snel, Richard Wicksteed; camera & sound, Richard Wicksteed. -- Surrey, England: Journeyman Pictures, c2004.
About 25 minutes in length. In English and Khoisan language with English voice-over.

Looks at the death of Optel Rooy, allegedly shot in the back by Kalahari police. Includes interviews with Khomani San people.

Death of a Bushman
Butler Media Reserves, ON ORDER (Check CLIO)

Delmas: the passion -- the pain. Videorecording. A production of SABC 1/Kevin Harris Productions; written & directed by Kevin Harris. -- [Johannesburg]: Kevin Harris Productions for SABC1, [2004]; editor, Andre van Heerden; cinematography, Kevin Harris.
About 52 minutes in length.

This documentary looks at the co-called 'Delmas Treason Trial' - the longest running political trial in South African history, running from 1985 to 1990. This film looks at the people involved in the political events leading up to the trial and the effects of the trial on the families of the accused.

Delmas: the passion -- the pain
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7607

Deluge : Yawaneze micebale. Videorecording. Produced by Mekuria Productions in association with Channel Four Television ; written, produced and directed by Salem Mekuria ; camera, Salem Mekuria, Mark Gunning, Eric Neudel, Dan Nutu, Iftach Shavit ; edited by Eric Neudel, Dan Nutu, David Carnochan ; narrator, Salem Mekuria. -- New York : Third World Newsreel, 1997.
About 69 minutes in length. In English and Amharic, with English subtitles.

Originally produced in 1995. Through interviews, letters, photographs, and film footage, Salem Mekuria explores the history of her own family in Ethiopia and elsewhere from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. The last years of Haile Sellassie's reign, the 1974 revolution, the military junta or "dergue", and the regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam are examined.

Deluge
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT387.953 .D45 1995g

Les derniers colons = The last colonials Videorecording. Films de la Passerelle ; un film de Thierry Michel ; produit par Christine Pireaux ; scénario et réalisation, Thierry Michel ; photographie, Thierry Michel ; montage, Marine Deleu, Marie-Hélène Dozo ; musique, March Hérouet. -- New York : First Run/Icarus Films, 1995.
About 61 minutes in length. In French with English subtitles.

"Visits with the last of the white population living in Zaire. They are managers, missionaries, businessmen and land owners who have chosen to settle in the heart of Africa, and who remain there in spite of the violence and danger. They reminisce on the 'good old days of the colonial era' and reveal shattered dreams in a country they thought might have been the new El Dorado."

Derniers colons, Les
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT658 .D47 1995g

Destructive engagement. Videorecording. A film by Toni Strasburg; commentary written by David Souden and Toni Strasburg; commentary by David Munro; producer and director, Toni Strasburg. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1987.
About 54 minutes in length.

"Investigates South Africa's use of violence and military incursions to destabilize the states of Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia and Angola, and the cost in terms of pain, suffering and damage to these countries."

Destructive engagement
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT747 .S6 D46 1987

Diamonds and rust. Videorecording. Produced and directed by Adi Barash, Ruthie Shatz ; produced in association with TV Ontario ; produced with the assistance of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, The Soros Documentary Fund of the Open Society Institute, the New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television ; camera, Adi Barash ; editor, Ruthie Shatz. -- Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 2001.
About 73 minutes in length.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Mostly in English, some Hebrew and Spanish, all dialogue is subtitled in English. 'A documentary film about 90 days in 1999 with the crew of a De Beers diamond mining ship off the coast of Namibia. Racial and other tensions are observed as the white South African officers, Cuban captain and cook, Israeli security manager and black Namibian deck hands work punishing hours on the rusty old ship.'

Diamonds and rust
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00411

Diaspora conversations from Gorée to Dogon. Videorecording. Produced, directed, and written by Manthia Diawara ; edited by Shingu Yang. -- New York : Third World Newsreel [distributor], 2000.
About 47 minutes in length.

Actor Danny Glover and director Manthia Diawara travel through West Africa from Gorée Island (Senegal) to Dogon country (Mali), creating conversations that link different sides and accounts of the African Diaspora.

Diaspora conversations from Gorée to Dogon
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00595

David Kramer & Taliep Petersen's District Six. Videorecording. Producers, David Kramer & Taliep Petersen. -- Cape Town: Stage Productions, 2007.
About 139 minutes in length.

Recorded at the Baxter Theatre, May 2003: musical theater depiction of life in apartheid-era South Africa.

District Six
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7602

Divine carcasse. Underworld Films ; un film écrit et réalisé par Dominique Loreau ; directeur de la photographie, Etienne de Grammont ; directeur de production, Szymon Zaleski ; musique, Phillippe Woitchik. Library of African cinema series. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1998.
About 60 minutes in length. In French, Fon and Yoruba with English subtitles.

Cast: Alphonse Atacolodjou, Simonet Biokou, Fidele Gbegnon, Szymon Zaleski. "Divine Carcasse is a hybrid - half fiction film, half ethnographic documentary -- which contrasts a desacralized, materialistic European view of reality with an animist, holistic African one ... [The film] traces the transformation of an automobile [a 1955 Peugot owned by a French philosophy teacher and then by the teacher's African cook.]... The car enters a mixed world of traditional beliefs and western entrepreneurship which is urban Africa today [in coastal Benin]."

Divine carcasse
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997 .D62 1998

Dôlè. Videorecording. Jean-Jacques Hubert et Charles Mensah présent ; Direct & Differe ; Ce.Na.Ci. ; un film de Imunga Ivanga ; director/producer, Imunga Ivanga ; une coproduction franco-gabonaise, avec la participation du Centre National du Cinématographie, du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de l'Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie ; script, Imunga Ivanga ; adaptation and dialogues, Imunga Ivanga, Freddy N'Dong Beng, Philippe Mory ; photography, Dominique Fausset ; editing, Patricia Ardouin-Repper ; music, François N'Gwa .. [et al.] -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2001.
About 80 minutes in length. In French, with English subtitles.

"The action takes place in Libreville, the capital of Gabon. This is where Mougler and his friends Baby Lee, Joker, Akson and Bezingo, four fifteen-year-old boys, live. These boys have to fend for themselves, except for Mougler who lives with Maradou, his mother. The gang is tired of thieving and is full of dreams of more ambitious jobs. The opportunity is given to them with the extremely popular betting kiosks in Dôlè. The temptation is great, and so are the risks."

Dôlè
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO RES 00529

Dollars and dreams: West Africans in New York. Videorecording. A production of Blue Saxophone Films; producers, Jeremy Rocklin & Abdel Kader Ouedraogo, directed by Jeremy Rocklin. -- Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources, 2007, c2006.
About 56 minutes in length.

Focuses on the pursuits and challenges of numerous West African immigrants as they confront the facts of the American Dream and the reality of the New York experience. Economic achievements and entrepreneurship are shown as well as the difficulties Africans find in maintaining their culture and identity.

Dollars and dreams: West Africans in New York
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6541

Dolo Ken Paye's people go to the movies. Videorecording. Script and narration by James Lowell Gibbs, Jr. -- St Louis, MO: Phoenix Learning Group, 199-?.
About 8 minutes in length.

The people of Dolo Ken Paye (a Kpelle community in Liberia) watched a movie made earlier about them ("The Cows of Dolo Ken Paye"). The narrator observed and commented on their reactions to the film.

Dolo Kenya Paye's people
Barnard Media, VIDEO GN655.L5 C62 1990

The dream becomes a reality: nation building and the continued struggle of the women of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front. Videorecording. A documentary by Eva Egensteiner ; produced at the Center for Visual Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California ; production assistance, Daniel McCoy ... [et al.] ; translation, Martha Yebio, Elma Yohannes ; introductory music, Mohammed Derff ; final music, Aron Tadesse. -- Berkeley, California : Center for Media and Independent Learning, c1995.
About 48 minutes in length. In English and Tigrinya, with English subtitles.

Interviews, Eva Egensteiner, Sondra Hale (interview with Lidia Berhane) ; others interviewed: Elsa Yacob, Saada Suleiman, Ruth Simon, Azede Mesfin, Abenet Essayas. Eritrean women veterans of the liberation war reflect on women's status in contemporary Eritrean society.

Dream becomes a reality, The
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO HQ1794.5.Z8 E75 1995g

The dream deferred: Africa's AIDS crisis. Videorecording. Written by Charlayne Hunter-Gault ; produced and directed by Sandy Balfour, Charlayne Hunter-Gault ; producer, Cynde Strand ; CNN presents (Television program) ; principal camera, Cynde Strand ; editor, Andrew Denny ; presenter, Charlayne Hunter-Gault ; host, Leon Harris. -- [Walnut Creek, Calif.] : Multivision Media Monitoring, [2001]
About 57 minutes in length.

"The HIV/AIDS epidemic has struck Africa with horrific force-- more [than] 3.8 million people [were] infected in 2000. Many of these people will die within a decade. In A dream deferred, CNN Johannesburg Bureau Chief Charlayne Hunter-Gault takes a look at the lives of six South Africans who illuminate the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic sweeping the continent."

Dream deferred, The: Africa's AIDS crisis
Barnard Media, VIDEO RA644.A25 A3635 1988

"Dreaming of Jerusalem": African Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia. -- Fort Worth, Texas: Produced by Mayah Productions and CTCV Studios for InterCultura Inc., in association with The Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, 1993. (Katina Simmons, producer; Roderick Guerison, writer; Akin Babatunde, narrator.)
About 11.5 minutes in length

The film offers a colorful brief survey of the art and history of Christianity in the Ethiopian highlands from the rise of Axum in the 3rd century to the coronation of Emperor Haile Sellassie in 1930.

Dreaming of Jerusalem
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO N7988.7.A1 D74 1993g

Drum. Videorecording. A production of Armada Pictures International, VIP2, Medienfonds, Nova Films, and Black Roots; producer, Chris Sievernich ... [et al.]; director, Zola Maseko; screenplay, Jason Filardi; director of photography, Lisa Rinzler; editor, Troy Takaki; original score, Cedric Gradus Samson. -- Leipzig: Kinowelt Home Entertainment GmbH: Arthaus, c2006.
About 96 minutes in length. In English or German with optional German subtitles.

"A dramatisation of the life of Henry Nxumalo the journalist who wrote for the magazine 'Drum'. Nxumalo, who became one of the first voices of resistance to expose and highlight the horrors of apartheid, died in very mysterious circumstances. His story and that of his colleagues at Drum Magazine is set in 1950's Sophiatown."--Film Index International.

Drum
Butler Media Reserves, ON ORDER (Check CLIO)

A dry white season. Videorecording. Based on the novel by (South African author) Andre Brink; screenplay by Colin Welland and Euzhan Palcy; produced by Paula Weinstein; directed by Euzhan Palcy. Cast: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jurgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando. -- New York, N.Y.: CBS/FOX Video, c1989.
About 107 minutes in length.

"Ben du Toit is a prominent white schoolteacher in South Africa, unquestioning of the sytem. When the son of Gordon Ngubene, his Black gardener, is killed in the Soweto massacre, Du Toit is disturbed, but as nothing can be done, he advises his friend to drop the matter. Ngubene proceeds to investigate, is arrested and dies in custody. The police report the death a suicide, but all evidence points to murder. Du Toit decides to investigate on his own, and becomes transformed by his pursuit of justice."

Dry white season, A
Barnard Media, VIDEO PR9369.3 .B7 D7 1989g

Dungamanzi = Stirring waters: Tsonga and Shangaan art from southern Africa. Videorecording. Editor, Nessa Leibhammer. -- Johannesburg: [s.n.], 2007.
About 20 minutes in length.

Accompanies the exhibition held at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. Includes an interview with Billy Makhubele, a pioneer in the making of wire sculptures and a collector of rare beaded artworks and items of clothing of the Ndebele and Shangaan, many of which formed part of the exhibition. He is also a designer of "mincekas" (traditional textile wraps), beaded by his three wives and children. Also features an interview with poet and publisher Vonani Bila, who discusses the culture and artwork of the Tsonga and Shangaan people.

Dungamanzi = Stirring waters: Tsonga and Shangaan art from southern Africa
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7590

Emitai. Videorecording. Films Domirev présentent ; un film de Sembene Ousmane ; director of production, Paulin Soumanou Vieya ; photography, Michel Renaudeau ; editing, Gilbert Kikoïné. -- [New York] : New Yorker Films [2001?]
About 96 minutes in length. In Diola and French with English subtitles.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Depicts the clash between French colonialists and the Diolas in the closing days of World War II, as well as the history and myths of this Senegalese 'ethnic group'.

Emitai
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01596

Environmental shepherds. Videorecording. Executive producer, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia; producer, Andy Botelle; directors, Miki Redelinghuys, Andy Botelle; script, Andy Botelle; camera, Miki Redelinghuys, Tim Wege, Andy Botelle; editor, Greg Shaw; narrator, Shado Twala. -- Windhoek, Namibia: Mamokobo Video and Research, c2002.
About 27 minutes in length.

A documentary centered on the Desertification 2002 Conference of the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia. The conference brought together farmers and scientists to share information about ways to combat desertification and preserve the environment of Southern Africa while protecting the ability of residents to make their living from the land. Following the symposium in Cape Town, conference participants made site visits to rural communities. The visit to the Suid Bokkeveld and Wupperthal communities in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa are shown.

Environmental shepherds
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES01218

Evolution, human origins : a walk through time. Videorecording. A production of the British Broadcasting Corporation, Open University, and Pennsylvania State University--Audio-Visual Services; producer, David Jackson ; narrator, Peter Skelton. -- University Park, Pennsylvania : Penn State Audio-Visual Services, 1992.
About 30 minutes in length.

Examination of origins of evolutionary theory. Includes overview of study of fossil hominids and earliest traces of bipedal walking found in Africa. Compares human and ape skeletons in relation to evolutionary theory.

Evolution, human origins
Science GN281 E8 1992

Exodus from Africa. Videorecording. An Insight News Television production ; in association with Channel 4 ... [et al.] ; CNN presents ; written by Sorious Samura ; producers, Ruth Burnett, Richard Fabb ; camera, Tim Lambon, Shane Teehan, David Niblock ; online editor, Ayshand Opynchal ; offline editors, Richard Guard, Gus Nunes, Andy Loftus ; host, Leon Harris. -- [S.l.] : Multivision Media Monitoring, c2001.
About 57 minutes in length.

Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program CNN presents, June 3, 2001 (includes commercials aired during the broadcast). Sorious Samura, himself a refugee from Africa, tells the story of the plight of Africans coming to Europe illegally. For many, the risk of staying in Africa is greater than the risk of escaping to Europe.

Exodus from Africa
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .E963 2001g

Faat Kine. Videorecording. Filmi Doom Reew Dakar-Sénégal présente ; un film de Sembène Ousmane ; directeur de production, Wongue Mbengue ; scénario, dialogues, réalisation, Sembène Ousmane ; director of photography, Dominique Gentil ; editing, Kahena Attia Riveil ; original music by Sembène Ousmane and performed by Yande Codou Sène. -- San Francisco, California: California Newsreel, [2000]
About 121 minutes in length. In French and Wolof, with English subtitles.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000. "The deceptively light domestic drama of Faat Kine, a gas station operator born, significantly, the same year as Senegalese independence, 1960." The drama focuses on a mother and a daughter and their life choices.

Faat Kine
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES00289

Facing the truth. Videorecording. With Bill Moyers ; producer and director, Gail Pelett ; writers, Gail Pellett, Bill Moyers ; Public Affairs Television. -- Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999.
About 120 minutes in length. 2 videocassettes.

Originally produced in 1998. With the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa has had to come to terms with its oppressive past. This program describes the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate human rights violations and to help South Africa in its process of reinvention. Moyers and Pellett speak with apartheid victims to hear their stories; interviews with Desmond Tutu, former officers of state security, counterterrorists and journalists, and footage of the TRC hearings, round out this documentary.

Facing the truth
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT1757 .F33 1999g, Videocassettes 1-2

Faraw!: une mère des sables. Videorecording. Le Centre national de production cinématographique du Mali et Les Films de la Dune Rose ; d'après "Le violon" de Abdoulaye Ascofaré et "Une journée" de Aliou N'Doye ; scénario et réalisation, Abdoulaye Ascofaré. -- New York, NY : ArtMattan Productions, 1997.
About 90 minutes in length. In Songhai with English subtitles.

Cast: Balamoussa Keïta, Safiatou Mahaman, Aminata Ousmane. "Faraw!--Mother of the dunes: With three difficult children, a crippled, mentally unbalanced husband and no steady income, Zamiatou is the poorest woman in an impoverished desert village in Mali. She could have plenty of money to survive if she would sell her daughter as a prostitute to nearby French settlers, but she refuses to do so. Unfortunately, her family situation continues to spiral downward and she is finally forced to seek outside help."

Faraw!: une mère des sables
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997 .F35 1997g

Fela: music is the weapon. Videorecording. -- Los Angeles, CA: Geffen Records, 2004.
About 53 minutes in length. DVD format.

Filmed in 1982 in Lagos, Nigeria, the documentary mixes footage of Fela Anikulapo Kuti performing at his Shrine nightclub, interviews with the controversial musician, glimpses of life at his not-so-palatial Kalakuta Republic compound, and scenes of Lagos street life.

Fela: music is the weapon
Music Video, MUSDVD 360

Femmes aux yeux ouverts = Women with open eyes. Videorecording. Un film de Anne-Laure Folly ; produit par Amanou Production. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1994.
About 52 minutes in length.

"Profiles contemporary African women in four West African countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin. We meet a woman active in the movement against female genital mutilation, a health care worker educating women about sexually transmitted diseases, and businesswomen who describe how they have set up an association to share expertise and provide mutual assistance."

Femmes aux yeux ouverts
Barnard Media, VIDEO HQ1788 .F45 1994g

Finye = The Wind. Videorecording. Filimu Sisé bèna ; ka ja labèn nè, ja musakaw tigi, n'a labèn baga Solomani Sisé [director, Souleymane Cissé] ; cinematography, Etiyeni Kariton de Garamon ; editor, Andéré Davanture. -- New York: Kino on Film ; Kino International, 2002.
About 105 minutes in length. In Bambara and other West African languages, with English subtitles.

Originally produced in Mali in 1982. Finye tackles the generation gap in post-colonial West Africa. Its heroine is the pot-smoking daughter of a provincial military governor who falls in love with a fellow university student, the descendant of one of Mali's chiefs of an earlier age. Both families object to the union and to the lovers' growing involvement in student strikes against the corrupt government.

Finye
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01307

First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966 ; Dakar, Senegal). Videorecording. Directed and written by William Greaves ; a production of the Motion Picture and Television Service of the United States Information Agency ; camera, Georges Bracher, William Greaves. -- New York, N.Y. : [Distributed by] WIlliam Greaves Productions, [199-?]
About 40 minutes in length. VHS format.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1967. Presents Dakar's 24-day Festival of Negro Arts. Depicts performances of African and American entertainers and presents displays of art works. Includes Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Alvin Ailey.

First World Festival of Negro Arts
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01321

A fisherman's tale. Videorecording. A production of Riaandh Films; director, Riaan Hendricks. -- [South Africa]: Young Lion Films [distributor], c2003.
About 26 minutes in length. In Afrikaans, with some English; subtitles in English.

Critically acclaimed and award winning documentary film about the fishing community at KalkBay, and about the longing of a son to know his father.

A fisherman's tale
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7611

Flame. Videorecording. A co-production, Black & White Film Company, JBA Production, Onland Productions ; written by Ingrid Sinclair with Barbara Jago, Philip Roberts ; produced by Simon Bright, Joel Phiri, Jacques Bidou, Bridget Pickering ; directed by Ingrid Sinclair ; photography, João (Funcho) Costa ; editor, Elisabeth Moulinier ; music, Philip Roberts. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco: California Newsreel, (1996).
About 85 minutes in length.

The starring cast: Marian Kunonga, Ulla Mahaka. Description: Dramatization of the role of women fighters in the Zimbabwean liberation struggle, and of the abuses committed against women and peasants, in the military and in Zimbabwean society at large.

Flame
Butler Media Reserves & Barnard Media, VIDEO PR9390 .F45 1996g

Francophonie d'Afrique. Videorecording. Directed by Institut pour la coopération audiovisuelle francophone. -- [New York] : Society for French American Cultural Services and Educational Aid, c1992.
About 50 minutes in length.

Extraits d'une programme télévisé, Espace francophone:
L'Afrique francophone au quotidien -- Matougou en famille Zaïre -- Doumel prend le bus Sénégal -- Femmes rurales au Burundi -- Les enjeux du développement -- Alphabétisation -- Lutte contre le sida -- La création francophone -- Presse et démocratie -- L'Afrique et la communauté francophone.
[After a geographic and historic presentation of the francophone African countries, this program is divided in thematic sections, each being introduced by a local television commercial and a song by a popular singer. These sections threat major issue of concern in Africa today, including the daily life of African children, health care, the fight against AIDS, as well as literacy programs.]

Francophonie d'Afrique
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT524 .F69 1992g

Frantz Fanon: black skin, white mask. Videorecording. Written by Issac Julien and Mark Nash; producer, Mark Nash ; director, Issac Julien ; a Normal Films production for BBC and the Arts Council of England, in association with Illuminations. -- San Francisco, California: California Newsreel, c1995.
About 50 minutes in length.

A film biography of Fanon, one of the most influential theorists of the anti-colonial movements of our century. Reveals not only the facts of his life but his long and tortuous inner journey. Includes interviews with family members and friends, documentary footage, readings from Fanon's work and moving dramatizations of crucial moments in his life. The film follows Fanon from his birth in Martinique in 1925, through medical school in France, to his work in Algeria where he joined the turbulent liberation struggle.

Frantz Fanon: black skin, white mask
Butler Media Reserves & Barnard Media, VIDEO CT2628.F35 F7 1995g

Gacaca : living together again in Rwanda? Videorecording. A production of Dominant7/Gacaca Productions in association with Planete ; a film by Anne Aghion ; director, Anne Aghion ; producers, Philip Brooks, Laurent Bocahut, Anne Aghion ; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid ; photography, Mathieu Hagnery, James Kakwerere. -- New York : First Run/Icarus Films, c2002.
About 55 minutes in length. In English, Tutsi and Hutu, with English subtitles.

In 1994, decades of politically motivated ethnic scapegoating culminated in a wholesale slaughter of the Rwanda's Tutsi minority, along with many Hutu moderates. Today, Rwanda is rebuilding, but its most difficult task is addressing the emotional trauma and fostering reconciliation between the Hutu and Tutsi. This film follows the first steps in one of the world's boldest experiments in reconciliation: the Gacaca Tribunals. These are a form of citizen-based justice based on ancient traditions of judgement, aimed at unifying this scarred nation.
See also: In Rwanda we say--the family that does not speak dies below

Gacaca: living together again in Rwanda
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES00519

Général Idi Amin Dada: autoportrait. Videorecording. Un film de Barbet Schroeder ; une production Le Figaro, Mara-Films, TV Rencontre ; camera, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Denise de Casabianca ; music, Idi Amin Dada. -- [United States]: Criterion Collection ; Home Vision Cinema ; Janus Films, c2002.
About 90 minutes in length. DVD format. English dialogue, with French credits.

Originally released in France as an English language film in 1974, with French subtitles. This re-release...without subtitles. Includes a 2001 interview with Barbet Schroeder, and a timeline of Ugandan history. In 1974, a film crew followed Idi Amin Dada, dictator of Uganda, interviewing him and filming him as he worked.

General Idi Amin Dada
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 1253

La genèse = Genesis. Videorecording. Kino International ; une coproduction Kora Films, Balanzan, CNPC, Cinéma Public Films ; producteurs exécutifs, Jacques Atlan, Chantal Bagilishya ; un film de Cheick Oumar Sissoko ; scénario, Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux ; cinematography, Lionel Cousin ; editor, Ailo Auguste ; music, Michel Risse, Pierre Sauvageot. -- New York, NY: Kino on Video, 2003.
About 102 minutes in length. In Bambara language ; English subtitles.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Video version distributed by California Newsreel. Cast: Sotigui Kouyate, Bala Moussa Keita, Salif Keita, Fatoumata Diawara. Power struggle between two families. Inspired by the book of Genesis.

La genèse = Genesis
Butler Media Reserves, DVD1896, VIDEORES 00292

Gerrie & Louise: a film. Videorecording. Directed and narrated by Sturla Gunnarsson ; produced by Phyllis Brown, Sturla Bunnarsson, David York ; written and co-produced by Steven Silver ; edited by Manfred Becker ; narration written by Steven Silver, Barry Stevens ; cinematography by Kirk Tougas ; music composed by Jonathan Goldsmith ; produced by Blackstock Pictures and Eurasia Motion Pictures. -- [Canada]: Blackstone Pictures ; New York : [distributed by] First Run/Icarus Films, c1997.
About 75 minutes in length.

This documentary film focuses on newlyweds Gerrie and Louise. Gerrie is a former member of the South African military and was involved in operations in support of apartheid, including operations where civilians in opposition to apartheid were tortured. Louise is a former journalist who covered the protests leading to the fall of apartheid and them became the principal investigator for SA's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Using interviews and documentary footage, the film looks at some of the operations Gerrie played a part in, and at some of the work of the TRC exposing the actions of former government officials involved in maintaining apartheid."

Gerrie & Louise
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00155

Ghosts of Rwanda. Videorecording. A Frontline co-production with the BBC and Silverbridge Productions; written, produced, and directed by Greg Barker; co-producer, Julia Powell; editor, Paul Carlin; photography, Frank Lehmann, Ray Brislin, Fred Scott; narrator, Will Lyman. -- [Alexandria, Va.]: Distributed by PBS Home Video, [c2004].
About 115 minutes in length. DVD version.

Chronicles the Rwandan genocide of 1993, one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. Includes interviews with key government officials, diplomats, and eyewitnesses accounts.

Ghosts of Rwanda
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01500
Social Work Reserves, VIDEO DT450.435 .G56 2004g

Gito l'ingrat = Gito the ungrateful. Videorecording. Un film de Léonce Ngabo ; une coproduction Jaques Sandoz Film Productions, Capital Entertainment France Productions, Productions Cinématographiques du Burundi ; scénario, Léonce Ngabo, Patrick Herzig ; producteur, Jaques Sandoz ; réalisateur, Léonce Ngabo ; cinématographie, Matthias Kaelin ; montage, Dominique Roy ; musique, Pierre-Alain Hofmann ; producteurs executifs, Patrick Herzig, Daniel Messre, Bonaventure Nicimpaye. -- New York : KJM3 Entertainment Group, [1993]
About 90 minutes in length.
In French with English subtitles.

"Gito, a student from Burundi studying in Paris, decides to return home, taking with him his brand new diploma and a heap of illusions. Gito personifies the young African intellectual who, having immersed himself in a foreign culture, rediscovers the country of his origins and sees his utopian dreams confronted by daily realities."

Gito l'ingrat
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01176

The good and the evil. Videorecording. Via le Monde, Inc. ; produced by Daniel Bertolino, Catherine Viau ; directed by Francois Floquet. -- Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities, c1991. (Legends of the world series.) Filmed in Sénégal.
About 26 minutes in length.

Characters' voices are in Wolof, but they are often drowned out by the English narration and translation.

Good and evil (Senegal)
Butler Media, VIDEO 00768

Gorée: the door of no return. Videorecording. A film by Ann E. Johnson and Robin Klein ; a Meme Chose production. -- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c1992.
About 30 minutes in length.

A brief history of Gorée Island in Sénégal. The film features: a summary of the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in West Africa (some book illustrations and other images shown actually depict the trade in other parts of the African continent); European rivalry for control of the island; the pivotal role of the Signarées ; a theatrical re-enactment of the enslavement and sale of a slave; and, scenes of modern tourism on the island.

African Studies: Goree-Door of no Return
Butler Media Reserves & Barnard Media, VIDEO DT549.9.G67 G6 1992g

Le Grand blanc de Lambarene = The great white man of Lambarene. Videorecording. Scénario original, Bassek Ba Kobhio; adaptation et dialogue, Serge Lascar, Bassek Ba Kobhio; un film de Bassek Ba Kobhio; producteur, Hugues Nonn. Library of African cinema series. -- San Francisco, California: California Newsreel, c1995.
About 89 minutes in length. In French, with English subtitles.

"A docudrama revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era. Shot on the site of Schweitzer's hospital in Gabon, the film reveals a man blinded to the people around him by his own spiritual self-absorption and arrogance." The cast includes: Andre Wilms, Marisa Berenson, Alex Descas, Elisabeth Bourgine, Philippe Maury.

Le Grand blanc de Lambarene
Barnard Media, VIDEO CT 1018.S45 G72 1995g

Great Zimbabwe: mystery city of Black Africa. Videorecording. Educationali Video Network, Inc. -- Huntsville, Texas: Educational Filmstrips, c1993.
About 13 minutes in length.

A short overview of the history of Great Zimbabwe and its ruins.

Great Zimbabwe, mystery city of Black Africa
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00284

The greedy child. Videorecording. -- Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1991. (Folk tales and legends from around the world) Filmed in Sénégal.
About 26 minutes in length.

"This folk tale from Sénégal tells the story of a boy who runs away from home and is captured by a giant."

Greedy child, The. (Senegal)
Butler Media, VIDEO GR352.72.W64 G74 1991g

Griottes of the Sahel : female keepers of the Songhay oral tradition in Niger. Videorecording. A production of the Center for Instructional Design and Integrated Technologies ; produced in association with the College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University ; producer/writer, Thomas A. Hale ; director/editor, Marie Hornbein ; narrators, Jack Eggert, Aissata Niandou. -- University Park, Penn. : PennState Audio-visual Services, c1991.

Griottes maintain the oral tradition of the Songhay people by singing praises of people and recounting geneology, in distinction to the male griots who sing the epic dramas of heroes past. The music and dance of the griottes are important elements of ceremonies and social events.

Griottes of the Sahel
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT547.45.S65 G74 1991g

The guardians of Africa: the tsetse fly. Videorecording. Narrator, David Munro; produced and directed by Bruno Sorrentino; in association with Television Trust for the Environment; TVE production. -- Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1995. In English.
About 45 minutes in length.

"The African tsetse fly carries the lethal diseases of sleeping sickness and nagana. But while nagana is lethal to cattle, local wildlife are immune. Herders stay clear of the tsetse areas, leaving the wild life habitats undisturbed, but the cattle face starvation if they remain on the parched plains. This program illustrates how these facts create a unique conundrum for the cattle herders of Kenya's southern Rift Valley: death by starvation or disease."

Guardians of Africa
Barnard Media, VIDEO QL537.M7 G83 1995g

Guelwaar. Videorecording. A film by Sembène Ousmane. Film Doomireew; producer, Jacques Perrin; cinematographer, Dominique Gentil ; sound, Ndiouga Moctar Ba ; editing, Marie-Aimee Debril ; original music, Baaba Maal. -- New York : New Yorker Films, c1993.
About 115 minutes in length. In Wolof and French, with English subtitles.

Filmed near Thiès, Sénégal. When Guelwaar, a political activist and a Christian, is mysteriously killed and mistakenly buried in a Muslim cemetary, family members, political and religious leaders become embroiled in a dispute at the grave site. The issues of official corruption, foreign aid, religious difference, and the future of African society are all addressed.

Guelwaar
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PQ3989 .S46 G8 1993g

The Guguletu seven. Videorecording. Producer and director, Lindy Wilson ; cinematographers, Clifford Bestall, Dewald Aukema ; music, Philip Miller. -- Vancouver, Canada: Villon Films, [2001]
About 107 minutes in length.

This documentary film investigates the tragic deaths of a group of young black South Africans in 1986. Originally reported as a terrorist ambush thwarted by the police, the story behind the incident is uncovered by investigators for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The Guguletu Seven
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00609

Guimba: un tyran, une epoque. Videorecording. Un film de Cheick Oumar Sissoko. Library of African cinema series. Coproduction with: La Centre National de Production Cinematographique du Mali, La Direction de la Production Cinematographique du Burkina-Faso, La WDR Cologne. Cast: Falaba Issa Traoré, Bala Moussa Keïta, Habib Dembele, Lamine Diallo, Helene Diarra, Mouneissa Maiga. -- San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, c1995.
About 94 minutes in length. In Bambara and Peul with English subtitles.

"An epic set in the legendary past of Mali (West Africa) to provide a biting allegory of present-day African politics. Through the story of the downfall of Guimba the tyrant, the filmmaker foretells a similar fate for the many dictators who still pillage the continent. He frames his film with the appearance of a griot, a traditional African storyteller who passes down the "wisdom of the ancestors", looking to the values and legends of the African past for inspiration and guidance in reconstructing well-governed, self-sufficient nations."

Guimba
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .G794 1995g
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00137

Have you heard from Johannesburg? Apartheid and the Club of the West. Videorecording. A production of Clarity Films; producer-director, Connie Field; editors, Gregory Scharpen, Jeffrey Stephens; cinematographer, Tom Hurwitz; writers, Ken Chowder, Connie Field, Gregory Scharpen; narrator, Awele Makeba. -- Franklin Lakes, NJ: Clarity Educational Productions, Inc., 2006.
About 90 minutes in length.

This film looks at the relationship between the United States and South Africa during the 1980s. The film focuses on the anti-apartheid movement, which effected changes of policy in companies, universities, and the U.S. Congress.

Have you heard from Johannesburg? Apartheid and the Club of the West
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6381

Have you seen Drum recently? Videorecording. [Presented by] Bailey's African Photo Archives ; produced by Claudia Schadeberg and Jurgen Schadeberg ; directed by Jurgen Schadeberg ; executive producer, J.R.A. Bailey ; commentary written by Richard Bergnon ; camera, Tony Mander, Andre Pienaar, Ivars Rushevics ; editor, Sharron Hawkes ; music, Gallo Africa, Ltd. -- [South Africa : GTV, 1995]
About 77 minutes in length. ***VHS/PAL format.

A documentary about South African culture in the 1950's and the impact of apartheid on the lives of black Africans. Rare footage from Drum Magazine archives brings to life the music, dance, and shebeen philosophy of that period. Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Trevor Huddleston, Chief Luthuli, Can Themba, Bloke Modisane, and Miriam Makeba are among those featured or shown.

Have you seen Drum recently?
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT1752 .H38 1995

Heart of the Congo. Videorecording. A production of Moira Productions film in association with Dateline Productions; written, directed, narrated & produced by Tom Weidlinger; Lillian Lincoln Foundation; editor, Maureen Gosling; original music, Ed Bogas, Guillermo Galinda. -- Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 2004.
About 57 minutes in length. In English and French with parts in an undetermined African language with English or French subtitles and voiceovers.

Amid threats of violence, corruption, and a legacy of colonial dependency, aid workers in the Congo help refugees who have lost everything. They seek to strengthen villagers' will, essential for a self-sufficient future. Heart of the Congo is a film about courage, perseverance and ways in which humanitarian aid makes a lasting difference.

Heart of the Congo
Barnard Media, DVD HV555.C65 H42 2004g
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6474 & DVD6475

Heaven's herds: Nguni cattle, Nguni people Videorecording. A production of Flying Fox Productions; producer, James Hersov; directors, James Hersov, Sofia de Fay; scriptwriters, Sofia de Fay, James Hersov; editor, Robert Haynes; music, Sue Grealy; directors of photography, Efpe Senekal, Mark Rowlston; narrator, Pitika Ntuli. -- [South Africa]: Flying Fox Productions, c2005.
About 75 minutes in length. In English, and Zulu with English subtitles.

A documentary about Nguni cattle, a breed indigenous to Southern Africa, and their central role in the culture of the Nguni people, the amaZulu in particular, who herd them.

Heaven's herds: Nguni cattle, Nguni people
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6188

Heavenly mud: architecture and magic in Mali = Hemelse modder: architectuur en magie in West-Afrika. Jokestar Film presenteren een documentaire van Ton van der Lee. AVRO Television. Camera, Eugene van den Bosch ; editor, Jan Dries Groenendijk ; producer (Africa), Rudolf Evenhuis ; producer, Tyo Vuik. -- New York: Filmakers Library, c2003.
About 52 minutes in length. In Dutch and French, with English subtitles. DVD format

"This unique film takes us on a journey down the Niger River in Mali (West Africa) filled with rarely seen traditional African architecture. These edifices are as visionary as anything conceived by Gaudi in the 20th century. The power and striking beauty of African architecture is immediately apparent... The film compares ancient African architecture to twentieth century 'organic' architecture as practiced by Frank Lloyd Wright and Antonio Gaudi. A famous Dutch organic architect, Max van Huut, believes modern Western architecture has contributed to alienation, whereas contemporary organic architecture, with its more human scale, contributes to a sense of community."

Heavenly mud: architecture and magic in Mali
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 4629

Herdsmen of the sun. Videorecording. Director, Werner Herzog ; producer, Patrick Sandrin ; photographer, Thomas Weber ; Interama. -- New York : Kino International, c2000.
About 52 minutes in length. In French, English, and Peul with English subtitles.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986. Filming the Woodabe (Bororo) in the drought stricken Sahara, Herzog focuses on one ritual. Once a year in what amounts to a beauty pageant, the young men dress up and parade in front of the women. Each woman must then choose and spend the next few nights with the man she finds the most beautiful.

Herdsmen of the sun
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00366

O Herói = the hero. Videorecording. Producer, Fernando Vendrell ; director, Zeze Gamboa. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2005.
About 97 minutes in length. In Portuguese, with English subtitles. DVD format.

Luanda, capital of Angola, is a huge city trying to cope with and overcome the profound legacy of a civil war that lasted for nealy 30 years. A military soldier Vitorio has just been discharged after almost 20 years of fighting in the war. During his last military assignment he stepped on a land mine and lost a leg. After recuperating, he finds himself alone, unemployed and homeless.

O Herói
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 4963 + DVD 5223

Hold up the Sun : The ANC and Popular Power in the Making = Ulibambe Lingashoni. Videorecording. -- Johannesburg: AMC?; 1993.
Each episode is about 52 minutes in length. ***VHS/PAL format.

A history of the African National Congress in South Africa.

Hold Up the Sun: "Enter the Masses, 1949-1958"
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ1998.A4 U45 1993g, Tape 1

Hold Up the Sun: "No Kings and Generals"
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ1998.A4 U45 1993g, Tape 2

Hold Up the Sun: "Roots of Struggle"
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ1998.A4 U45 1993g, Tape 3

Hold Up the Sun: "Submit or Fight, 1958-1969"
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ1998.A4 U45 1993g, Tape 4

Hold Up the Sun: "The New Generation, 1968-1983"
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO JQ1998.A4 U45 1993g, Tape 5

Hopes on the horizon. Videorecording. WGBH ; Blackside, Inc. ; Produced and directed by Onyekachi Wambu ; editor, Eric W. Handley ; narrator, Derrick N. Ashong. -- Berkeley, California : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2001.
About 115 minutes in length.

This documentary chronicles the rise of pro-democracy movements in six African countries during the 1990s (Bénin ; Nigeria ; Rwanda ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; South Africa).

Hopes on the horizon
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00435

Hot wax. Videorecording. A production of Left-Eye; Originally produced as an episode of the documentary television series Project 10: real stories from a free South Africa for SABC 1 in 2004; producer, Trish Urquhart; director, Andy Spitz; camera, Andy Spitz; editor, Tonia Selley; music, Warrick Swinney, Murray Anderson. -- [San Francisco, CA]: California Newsreel, [2004].
About 49 minutes in length.

"Ivy is a big, bubbly black woman who managed to run her own beauty salon surreptitiously during the dark days of apartheid. She lives in Alexandra, a restless and poor township, while her white, mostly elderly, clients live in the tree-lined suburbs of Johannesburg. In her salon she is part beautician, long-time friend, lay counselor and honest commentator to her customers. While she masks her clients' imperfections, she also peels away layers of difference separating the races. It can be easily pointed out that Ivy essentially enjoys the intimacy of a domestic servant, while her white clients maintain their economic privileges and know little about Ivy's private world. But since apartheid's end, Ivy owns her own shop and now meets her clients on an equal footing"--Container.

Hot wax
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7323

Hotel Rwanda. Videorecording. United Artists presents, in association with Lions Gate Entertainment ; a United Kingdom/South Africa/Italy co-production, in association with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa ; a Miracle Pictures/Seamus production ; produced in association with Inside Track & Mikado Film ; a film by Terry George ; produced by A. Kitman Ho, Terry George ; written by Keir Pearson & Terry George ; directed by Terry George ; director of photography, Robert Fraisse ; editor, Naomi Geraghty ; music, Andrea Guerra, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Afro Celt Sound System ; costume designer, Ruy Filipe ; production designers, Tony Burrough, Johnny Breedt. -- [United States]: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, [2005], c2004.
About 122 minutes in length.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. "The deeply moving true story of a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and words to save more than 1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict (genocide)." Special features: audio commentary with Terry George, Don Cheadle and Paul Rusesabagina ; featurette with cast and crew ; "A message for peace": making Hotel Rwanda; theatrical trailer. Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Desmond Dube, David O’Hara, Cara Seymour, Fana Mokoena, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Tony Kgoroge, Mosa Kaiser.

Hotel Rwanda
Barnard Media, DVD PN1997 .H68 2005g

How Samba became Viceroy. Videorecording. Via le Monde, Inc. ; directed by Richard Lavoie ; producers, Daniel Bertolino, Catherine Viau. -- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, c1991. (Legends of the world) Filmed in Mali.
About 26 minutes in length.

Characters' voices are in Bambara, but they are often drowned out by the English narration and translation.

How Samba Became Viceroy
Butler Media, VIDEO 00769

The human puzzle. Videorecording. Producer, Rod Caird; director, James Black. With Walter Cronkite. -- New York, NY: A & E Home Video, c1994. Ape man (Television program) series; no. 1.
About 50 minutes in length.

"Compared to other species, human beings have been on earth for a very short time. For millions of years, the dinosaurs dominated. Then came an evolutionary upheaval: the continents shifted, the climate changed and the ape emerged. In Africa, our primal ancestors began to make hugh biological leaps forward. But what mysterious phenomenon allowed humans to branch off from the ape?"

Human puzzle, The
Mathematics Reserves, VIDEO GN281 .A64 1994g

The hunters. Videorecording. Produced by the Film Study Center of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University; written and directed by John Marshall, Lorna Marshall, & Lawrence Kennedy Marshall. Harvard University Film Study Center. -- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, (199-) Originally released in 1958 as a motion picture.
About 72 minutes in length.

"In this classic documentary, the Kalahari Bushmen (!Kung) of Africa wage a constant war for survival against the hot arid climate and unyielding soil. 'The Hunters' focuses on four men who undertake a hunt to obtain meat for their village. The chronicle of their 13-day trek becomes part of the village's folklore, illustrating the ancient roots and continual renewal of African 'tribal' cultures."

Hunters, The
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT1058.K86 H86 1990z

Hyenes = Hyenas. Videorecording. D'après "Der Besuch der alten Dame" (La visite de la vielle dame) de Friedrich Durrenmatt ; adaptation et dialogues, Djibril Diop Mambety ; scripte, Martine Olive Brun ; produit par Alain Rozanes et Pierre-Alain Meier ; un film de Djibril Diop Mambety. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1992.
About 107 minutes in length. Letterbox format. In Wolof, with English subtitles.

The cast includes: Mansour Diouf and Ami Diakhate. A woman who amasses a fortune returns to her hometown upon which she will bestow a great deal of money if someone there will murder her former lover who betrayed her, forcing her out of the village and into a life of prostitution.

Hyenas
Barnard Media, VIDEO PT2607.U493 B43 1992g

I have a problem, Madam. Videorecording. Production, Bernard Neuhaus ; camera, sound and direction, Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele ; Uganda Association of Women Lawyers. -- New York, NY: First Run/Icarus Films (distributor), c1995.
About 59 minutes in length. In English, Swahili, and Luganda, with English subtitles.

A glimpse into a society where women are only now beginning to be heard in a traditionally male culture. Run by female lawyers, FIDA-Uganda has set up several legal aid centers for women in domestic trouble. With the help of a weekly radio show, the centers fill daily with women waiting to tell their stories. FIDA lawyers attempt to reconcile the women and their men in face to face meetings, even if it means traveling to isolated villages. The attitudes of both men and women are beginning to change, but this slow process sometimes leads to conflicts between official and traditional law.

I have a problem, Madam
Barnard Media, VIDEO KTW51.9 .I2 1995g

In and out of Africa. Videorecording. By Gabai Baare, Ilisa Barbash, Christopher Steiner, Lucien Taylor ; produced & directed by Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Taylor ; based on original research by Christopher B. Steiner. -- Berkeley, California: University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, c1992.
About 59 minutes in length.

"During the colonial period in the 1920's, European interest in collecting African art stimulated a transnational trade between Africa and the West. Today this multi-million dollar trade lies largely in the hands of Muslim merchants. This is a story about Gabai Baare, a merchant who brings 'wood' from West Africa to sell in the United States. It is a story about the meaning of art."

In & out of Africa
Barnard & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO NB1098.I5 1992g

In darkest Hollywood: cinema and apartheid. Videorecording. 2 videocassettes. Written, filmed, edited and produced by Peter Davis and Daniel Riesenfeld. -- [Bloomington, Indiana] : Nightingale/Villon, c1993.
Each part is about 56 minutes in length.

"Turns the lens toward the filmmakers and the South African society they so often misrepresented. Films generally supported the ethos of racial domination that led to apartheid and it was only after Africans insisted on being heard that they began to be portrayed on-screen as more than mere adjuncts of whites. Includes interviews with producers, directors, screenwriters, authors and actors commenting on films they produced which explored the conditions of black South Africans."

In Darkest Hollywood, Part I
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1993.5.S6 I5 1993g, Tape 1

In Darkest Hollywood, Part II
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1993.5.S6 I5 1993g, Tape 2

NOTE: Video teacher's guide is available upon request at 308 Lehman Library, Office of the African Studies Librarian.

In Rwanda we say--the family that does not speak dies. Videorecording. Gacaca Productions & Dominant 7 in association with NDR/ARTE; a film by Anne Aghion; director, Anne Aghion; producers, Laurent Bocahut, Anne Aghion; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid; photography, Claire Kelly du bois, James Kakwerere. -- Paris : Dominant 7; Gacaca Productions, c2004.
About 54 minutes in length; in English and Kinyarwanda, with English subtitles.

"Two years [after the Gacaca tribunals], ...close to 16,000 of these [genocide] suspects, still untried, are released across the country. Having confessed to their crimes, and having served the maximum sentence the Gacaca tribunals would eventually impose, perpetrators of appalling crimes are sent home to plow fields and fetch water alongside the people they victimized. 'In Rwanda we say' ...focuses on the release of one suspect, tracking the effect of his return on a tiny hillside hamlet. While the government's message of a 'united Rwandan family' permeates the language of the community, the imposed co-existence brings forth varying emotions, from numb acceptance to repressed rage. Violence seems to lurk just below the surface."
See also: Gacaca: living together again in Rwanda? above.

In Rwanda we say--the family that does not speak dies
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 02058

In search of human origins. Videorecording. 3 videocassettes. WGBH/Boston ; presented by Don Johanson ; series producer, Peter Jones ; executive producer, Paula S. Apsell ; a Nova production by Green Umbrella Ltd. and the WGBH Science Unit in association with the Institute of Human Origins, HIT Entertainment, NDR International, Sveriges TV and BBC-TV. -- Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, c1994.
Each episode is about 55 minutes in length.

The story of Lucy
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO GN283.25 .I6 1994g, v. 1

*Written & produced by Michael Gunton. In 1974 Don Johanson unearthed Lucy, at almost 3 million years of age, our oldest human ancestor. Lucy's tiny three-and-a- half-foot skeleton set the world of paleoanthropology on its ear. Lucy walked upright and provided evidence that a larger brain was the key difference between early man and the ape. In this film Johanson recounts his discovery of Lucy as he returns to the site of his find in Ethiopia and expounds upon the important information it still continues to generate.

Surviving in Africa
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO GN283.25 .I6 1994g, v. 2

*Written & produced by Leonora Carey Johanson. Paleoanthropologist Don Johanson sets out to disprove that early man's larger brain and reliance on technology are the by-products of the ability to hunt. He embarks on a journey across the Serengeti savanna of East Africa to attempt to reconstruct early man's survival behaviors. He finds food not by hunting but by scavenging off the leftovers of lions and leopards.

The creative revolution
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO GN283.25 .I6 1994g, v. 3

*Written & produced by Lauren Seeley Aguirre. Fifty thousand years ago a dramatic change swept through the hunter-gatherers then living in Africa. They began to paint, carve, talk, bury their dead, and to travel and trade. Scientists continue to debate the reasons for this sudden transformation. Don Johanson sets out to retrace the migration of our ancient ancestors from Africa, to Asia, to Europe and even to Australia. Prehistoric art and cave paintings are investigated in an effort to find clues to how and when our ancestors evolved into modern human beings.

Inagina : l'ultime maison du fer = the last house of iron. Videorecording. A film by Documentary Educational Resources, PAVE, Bernard Agustoni, Eric Huysecom ; directed by Eric Huysecom, Bernard Agustoni ; cinematographer, Bernard Agustoni ; written by Armen Godel ; translated by Vivienne Baillie Gerritsen ; narrated by Douglas Fowley, Jr. ; edited by Bruno Saparelli ; music, Jessi Tissougui ; sound mixing, Reni Sutterlin, Denis Sichaud. -- Genève, Suisse : Television Suisse Romande, c1997.
About 54 minutes in length.

Eric Huysecom and Bernard Agustoni work with 13 Dogon master smelters to recreate the building of a traditional iron smelting furnace in Mali. The film describes in detail every aspect of the event, from the selection of the site of the reconstruction which is the oldest remaining furnace site in the region, last active in 1961, to the final result.

Inagina: l'ultime maison du fer
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO TN647 .M35 1997

Iron ladies of Liberia. Videorecording. A co-production of Just Media, Gabriel Films, Steps International and the Independent Television Service (ITVS); producers: Henry Ansbacher, Jonathan Stack; directed by Daniel Junge; co-directed by Siatta Scott Johnson; editor, Davis Coombe; song, India.Arie; music, Gunnard Doboze; camera, Daniel Junge. -- New York: Women Make Movies, c2007.
About 77 minutes in length.

After fourteen years of civil war, Liberia is a nation ready for change. On January 16, 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated President, following a hotly contested election in which she won 59 percent of the vote. She is the first elected female head of state in Africa. Since taking office, she has appointed other women to leadership positions in all areas of government, including the Police Chief and the ministers of Justice, Commerce, Finance and Gender. Can the first female Liberian president, backed by other powerful women, bring sustainable democracy and peace to such a devastated country?

Iron ladies of Liberia
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7276

Ivory wars: saving the African elephant, a race against time. Videorecording. Written by Philip Cayford and Brian Jackman; executive producer, Tim Cowling. -- (Los Angeles, CA?): The Discovery Channel, c1989.
About 50 minutes in length.

"Elephant herds once freely roamed the rain forests and savannahs of Africa; but today, the majestic African elephant faces the threat of extinction. Ruthless poachers routinely slaughter whole herds of elephants for their valuable ivory: the elephant population has dropped by half in the last ten years. Unless the killing stops, elephants may not survive the century."

Ivory wars
Barnard Media, VIDEO QL737 .P98 I86 1989g

Jaguar. Videorecording. Films de la Pleiade, Paris; presented by Pierre Braunberger. Producer and director, Jean Rouch. Cast: Lam Ibrahima Dia, Illo Gaoudel, Damoure. -- New York : Interama, Inc., (198-?) In French with English subtitles. Originally issued as a motion picture in the early 1950's.
About 93 minutes in length.

"Portrays a condition and state of mind that existed in West Africa in the 1950's--a time when it was possible to travel freely and when there was an exhilarating sense of opportunity in the air."

Jaguar
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO HN824 .J34 1996g

Je chanterai pour toi = I'll sing for you. Les Productions Faire Bleu present ; director, Jacques Sarasin. -- New York, NY : First Run Features, 2003.
About 77 minutes in length. French dialogue with English subtitles.

This documentary, presented by Jonathan Demme, paints a low-key, entrancing portrait of African guitar legend Boubacar Traoré, known to his countrymen as Karkar, a musician who regularly stirred the spirits of listeners on the radio and the dance floor during the early 1960s after Mali achieved independence. Featuring: Haruna Barry, Demba-Kane Niang, Madieye Niang, Blaise Pascal, Mamadou Sangare., Malik Sidibé, Ballaké Sissoko, and Ali Farka Touré. Plus, three performance films; interview with Lieve Joris; interview with ethnographer Youssouf Tata Cissé.

Je chanterai pour toi
Music Video, MUSDVD 375

John M. Coetzee : passages. Videorecording. Produced by Dizzy Ink for SABC3 ; director/cinematographer/editor, Henion Han ; producer, Cheryl Tuckett. -- [London]: Dizzy Ink, [1997]
About 54 minutes in length.

Passages read by J.M. Coetzee ; participants: Lionel Abrahams, Lesley Marx, David Attwell, Rita Barnard, Ashraf Jamal. "In a rare television appearance the author, J.M. Coetzee, recounts some of his childhood reminiscences and reads selected passages from his novels. Filmed on location in South Africa, Coetzee's readings are complemented by 'evocative sounds and images' allowing the viewer an opportunity to experience the power of his writing. Through the commentary of various academics and writers, the video offers stimulating insight into the discussion of J.M. Coetzee and his work."

John M. Coetzee
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01166

Journeys into Islamic Africa. Videorecording. Producers, Ahmad Fadzil A. Manap, Wan Rozita Aladad Kahn; director, Hisham Abdullah. Originally produced by Grand Brilliance Sdn. Bhd. in 2004. -- Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006.
About 52 minutes in length.

"Muslim countries cover approximately 50 percent of Africa. This program travels around the continent to inquire into Islamic history and the Muslim way of life, stopping in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zanzibar, South Africa, Senegal, Algeria, Sudan, and many other destinations. The experiences of two particular groups--those sent by Muhammad himself to Ethiopia, and slaves and prisoners of the Dutch--are given special attention"--Container.

Journeys into Islamic Africa
Butler Media Reserves, DVD5571

Justice à Agadez. Videorecording. Cinédoc films présente un film de Christian Lelong. -- New York: First Run/Icarus Films, [2006?]
About 78 minutes in length. In English and Tamashek, with English subtitles. DVD format.

Originally released as a motion picture in France in 2004.
Filmed in the village of Agadez in northern Niger, this films chronicles seven typical cases heard by the local Cadi. The film unobtrusively witnessess these seven stories - small civil disputes, domestic conflicts, marriage problems, accusations of theft. Justice at Agadez not only demonstrates the power of Islamic religious beliefs in enforcing both moral and civil behavior but also provides viewers a rare opportunity to see how Islamic law, unlike the manner in which it has often been sensationalized in the Western media, actually functions on an everyday basis.

Justice à Agadez
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 5317

The JVC Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of Africa. A production of JVC ; director, Hiroshi Yamamoto ; executive producers, Katsumori Ichikawa, Yuji Ichihashi. -- [S.l.] : Victor Company of Japan ; distributed by Multicultural Media, c1996.
About 156 minutes in length.

Folk music and dance of Africa: v. 1. Egypt, Uganda, Senegal (56:38) -- v. 2. The Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria (51:53) -- v. 3. Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa (47:38),

The JVC Smithsonian Folkways...Africa
Music Video, VC250

Kafi's story. Videorecording. A film by Arthur Howes and Amy Hardie. -- San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, [2000]. Originally produced in 1989. Kafi's voice in English by Ben Ziblim. In English, Nubian, and Arabic, with English subtitles.
About 54 minutes in length.

"This film captures Nuba life just at the moment before it was engulfed in the Sudanese civil war in 1989. Kafi narrates his journey to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, from his village Torogi in the Nuba Mountains. Torogi is in the middle of Sudan's encroaching civil war, between the Muslim North and the Christian South. Torogi itself is neither Muslim nor Christian and is trying to remain neutral." See also, the sequel Nuba conversations.

Kafi's Story
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES00291

Karmen Gei. Videorecording. Euripide et al. présentent ; une coproduction Arte France Cinéma, Canal+Horizons ; scénario, Joseph Gaï Ramaka ; producteur, Richard Sadler ; réalisation, Joseph Gaï Ramaka ; music, Julien Jouga, David Murray, Doudou N'Diaye Rose ; cinematography, Bertrand Chatry ; editing, Hélène Girard ; avec la participation de Canal+, Sofica Sofinergie 5, et Téléfilm Canada. -- [San Francisco, Calif.]: California Newsreel, [2002]
About 83 minutes in length. In French and Wolof, with English subtitles.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Adapted from the novel "Carmen" by Prosper Mérimée. Karmen escapes prison through her lesbian relationship with the warden. She then wrecks the marriage and career of a police corporal by making him her lover and co-conspirator in a smuggling ring. She abandons the corporal who, in a fit of jealous rage, stabs her. Contains much singing and dancing. Cast includes: Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle, Thierno Ndiaye Dos, Dieynaba Niang, El Hadji Ndiaye, Aïssatou Diop.

Karmen Gei
Butler Media, VIDEO00762
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .K376 2001g

Keita: the heritage of a griot = Keïta : l'heritage du griot. Un film de Dani Kouyaté ; director of photography, Robert Millié. AFIX Productions ; Les Productions de la Lanterne ; Sahelis Productions ; L'Etat de Burkina. Original music by Sotigui Kouyaté. Featuring: Sotigui Kouyaté, Hamed Dicko, Seydou Boro, Addoulaye Koumboudri, Mamadou Sarr, Claire Sanon, Blandine Yameogo, Awa Sow, and Souleymane Koulibaly. -- San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, [1994].
About 94 minutes in length. In Jula and French with English subtitles.

"Based on one of the most important works of African oral literature, the Sundjata epic. When a djéliba, a master griot or bard, arrives mysteriously at the home of Mabo Keita to teach him 'the meaning of his name,' the boy and griot are inevitably brought into conflict with his Westernized mother and schoolteacher, who have rejected African tradition. The griot reveals to Mabo the story of his distant ancestor, Sundjata Keïta, the 13th century founder of the great Malian trading empire."

Keita
Butler Media Reserves & Barnard Media,
VIDEO PL8491.9.E63 K45 1994g

Keith Richburg, author: Out of America, book review. C-SPAN ; Public Affairs Video Archives ; interviewer, Brian Lamb. Booknotes series. -- [S.l.]: C-SPAN : [Distributed by] C-SPAN Archives at Purdue University, c1997.
About 59 minutes in length.

A March 1997 interview with the author, who served as a reporter for The Washington Post Africa Bureau (in Nairobi, Kenya) and who presents a mostly negative view of Africa.

Keith Richburg, interview
Lehman Reserves, Z1035.A1 B66 03/05/97

Ken Saro-Wiwa: an African martyr. Videorecording. Produced by Nathan Sheppard ; director, Mark Johnston ; a Millennium Movies Production ; production manager, Elaine Sheppard ; production assistant, Mary Lucas ; researcher, Christina Barchi ; camera, Nathan Sheppard ; narrator, Leon Herber. -- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]
About 23 minutes in length. DVD format

"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."

Ken Saro-Wiwa, an African martyr
Barnard Media, DVD PR9387.9 .S27 Z6 2004g

Kiswahili: Lugha na Utamaduni. Videorecording. Project director and executive producer, Dr. Lioba Moshi. Producer, Stephen A. Gamble. -- Athens, GA: University of Georgia, Office of Instructional Development, Instructional Resources Center, 1996. Filmed in Tanzania.
Playing times vary.

A full-length, Swahili language immersion course in 23 lessons, including Swahili subtitles. Recommended for intermediate level and above.

Kiswahili, Lessons 1-4
HMC A1197

Kiswahili, Lessons 5-6
HMC A1198

Kiswahili, Lessons 7-10
HMC A1199

Kiswahili, Lessons 11-13
HMC A1200

Kiswahili, Lessons 14-16
HMC A1201

Kiswahili, Lesson 17
HMC A1202

Kiswahili, Lessons 18-20
HMC A1203

Kiswahili, Lessons 21-23
HMC A1204

Lagos/Koolhaas. Videorecording. A Pieter van Huystee Film. Directed by Bregtje van der Haak ; producer, Sylvia Baan. -- Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Film, 2003.
About 55 minutes in length.

Originally produced in 2002. A film that follows Rem Koolhaas during his research in Lagos over a period of two years as he wanders through the city, talking with people and recognizing the problems of urban life.

Lagos/Koolhaas
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 3600
Barnard Media, Video PN1997 .L3323 2003g

The language you cry in: story of a Mende song. Videorecording. A co-production Inko & Taller de Imagen de la Universidad de Alicante ; directed & produced by Alvaro Toepke & Angel Serrano ; written by Alvaro Toepke. Narrator, Vertamae Grosvenor. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1998.
About 53 minutes in length. In English and Mende, with English subtitles.

Tells a scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia. Traces the history of a Gullah song, a burial hymn of the Mende people brought by slaves to the Georgia coast more than 200 years ago. The song was preserved there for generations, though the meaning of the words were forgotten, until a pioneering Black linguist, Lorenzo Turner, recognized its origin in the 1930s. In the 1990s contemporary scholars Joe Opala and Cynthia Schmidt discovered that the song was still remembered in a remote village in Sierra Leone. The film concludes with the homecoming of the Gullah family which had preserved the song in America to the Mende villagers who reenact the ancient burial ritual for them.

The language you cry in
Barnard Media, VIDEO ML3556 .L264 1998g

Last grave at Dimbaza. Videorecording. Morena Films. Directors, Chris Curling, Pascoe Macfarlane ; producers, Nana Mahomo, Antonia Caccia, Andrew Tsehlana. -- Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, [2006]
About 55 minutes in length. DVD format.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Shot illegally in the Republic of South Africa, this documentary exposes the oppression of Blacks and other people designated as colored under apartheid rule in South Africa.

Last grave at Dimbaza
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 5380

The lesson of the three thieves. Videorecording. Via le Monde, Inc. ; directed by Bruno Carriere ; executive producer, Catherine Viau. -- Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities, c1991. (Legends of the world). Filmed in The Gambia.
About 26 minutes in length.

Characters' voices are in Wolof, but they are often drowned out by the English narration and translation.

Lesson of the Three Thieves
Butler Media, VIDEO GR352.72.W64 L47 1991g

Liberia: an uncivil war. Videorecording. Presented by Gabriel Films ; produced and directed by Jonathan Stack. -- [New York, N.Y.] : Gabriel Films, distributed by California Newsreel, 2005.
About 102 minutes in length.

"Provides an in-depth case study of one of the many brutal civil wars that have sprung up like wild fires across Africa. It is an exciting example of war-time journalism--harrowing reporting with bullets ricocheting just feet from the camera--placed in a historical context stretching back nearly two hundred years. Reporter Jonathan Stack is besieged in the Liberian capital of Monrovia where President Charles Taylor says he will not leave until peacekeepers are in place. Taylor is remarkably equable for a man who has been indicted on 17 counts of crimes against humanity by the United Nations. James Barbazon is embedded with The LURD (Liberians United For Reconcilation and Democracy) who have pledged to pillage the country until President Taylor leaves. Barbazon introduces us to the General Cobra, Col. Black Diamond and soldiers, slightly more than children, who eat their victims’ hearts in the belief it will make them stronger. August 5, 2003 -- with the rebels at the bridges leading to Monrovia, the Nigerians are at last persuaded to sent 750 peacekeepers and the U.N. soon follows with 14,000. But what remains in the viewer’s mind is President Bush’s empty promises of help during the darkest days of Liberia’s civil war."

Liberia: an uncivil war
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 02100

The life & times of Chris Hani. Videorecording. Written, directed & edited by Ken Kaplan ; producers, Shareef Cullis, Junaid Ahmed ; executive producer, Safritel ; original music, Vusi Mahlasela ; narrator, John Matshikiza. -- [Johannesburg]: Afravision/Safritel, c1994.
About 56 minutes in length. VHS/PAL format.

"[Chris] Hani quickly rose to senior leadership positions in the African National Congress, Umkhonto we Sizwe and the South African Communist Party. This documentary examines his humanitarian, self-critical, non-sexist and non-racial approach to life and the struggle for freedom in South Africa. Through various interviews and archive material it shows his revolutionary ethics, charisma, moral strength and his passion for literature."

Life & times of Chris Hani, The
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00191

The life and times of Sara Baartman : "the Hottentot Venus" Videorecording. A film by Zola Maseko ; directed by Zola Maseko ; produced by Philip Brooks, Harriet Gavshon ; camera, Giulio Biccari ; sound, Karen Boswall, Robin Harris ; narration written by Christian Docin-Julien ; original music composed and performed by Pops Mohamed ; performed by Gloria Bosman ; presented by Dominant 7, Mail & Guardian Television, France 3 and SABC 2. -- New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1998.
About 52 minutes in length.

Using historical drawings, cartoons, legal documents, and interviews with noted cultural historians and anthropologists, the film examines the social, political, scientific, and philosophical assumptions of early 19th century Britain and France which transformed a young African woman from the British Cape Colony into a representation of savage sexuality and racial inferiority.

Life and times of Sara Baartman
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Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT1768.K56 L54 1998g

Little Senegal. Videorecording. Jean Bréhat et Rachid Bouchareb présentent ; un film de Rachid Bouchareb ; director and writer, Rachid Bouchareb; writer, Olivier Lorelle ; une coproduction 3B Productions, France 2 Cinema, Taunus Film International, Tassili Films ; avec les participations de Cofimage 11 et Gimages 3, Canal+, Centre national de la cinématographie. -- [Paris, France] : Blaq Out, c2001, c2004.
About 97 minutes in length.
DVD (Region 2); PAL standard ; In French or French and English (with optional French, German and English subtitles.)

Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Cast includes: Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem, Karim Traoré. "Alloune, a guide at tourist site devoted to the history of slavery in Senegal, immigrates to New York City and falls in love."

Little Senegal
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 3542

Living memory: six sketches of Mali today. Videorecording. Produced by Musée National du Mali, Eric Engles, Prince Street Pictures ; conceived and directed by Susan Vogel ; written by Susan Vogel, Samuel Sidibe ; cinematography, Harouna Racine Keïta, Susan Vogel ; editor, Harry Kafka ; principal music, Salif Keita. -- Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, c2003.
About 53 minutes in length. Narration in English; dialogue in French and other languages with English subtitles.

A documentary about Mali's ancient culture and the place of that culture in the modern country. The six sections are ritual arts, culture on display, style, architecture, contemporary artists and music.

Living memory: six sketches of Mali today
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 001189

Long night's journey into day. Videorecording. Iris Films/Iris Feminist Collective. Directors, Frances Reid & Deborah Hoffman ; producer, Frances Reid ; original score, Lebo M ; cinematographers, Ezra Jwili, Frances Reid. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c2000.
About 95 minutes in length.

English subtitles for Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, and other southern African languages. Narrator, Helen Mirren. "For over 40 years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed, those who had enforced apartheid's rule wanted amnesty for their crimes. Their victims wanted justice. As a compromise, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was formed. As it investigated the crimes of apartheid, the Commission brought together victims and perpetrators to relive South Africa's brutal history. By revealing the past instead of burying it, the TRC hoped to pave the way to a peaceful future."

Long night's journey into day
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00169

The lost city of Zimbabwe. Videorecording. Arkios Productions in association with The Archaeological Institute of America at Boston University & The Learning Channel. -- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences: Devillier/Donegan Enterprises (distributor), c1993.
About 22 minutes in length.

A survey of the historical controversy among white scholars and in white popular discourse on the origins of Great Zimbabwe. Some recent archaeological work and efforts at restoration are also discussed.

Lost City of Zimbabwe, The
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT3025.G84 L68 1993g

Lost in the stars. Videorecording. A production of American Film Theatre; producer, Ely Landau; director, Daniel Mann; music, Kurt Weill; book and lyrics, Maxwell Anderson; music supervised by Alex North; screenplay by Alfred Hayes; executive producer, Edward Lewis. -- New York: Kino Video, 2003.
About 97 minutes in length.

Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shanty towns of Johannesburg for his son, Absalom. But Kumalo's unwavering faith is put to the test when he finds Absalom in jail facing a capital murder charge. Courage, dignity and sacrifice fall prey to the whirlwind of racist hypocrisy and hollow justice in Absalom's trial. Absalom's reunion and reconciliation with this father, his jailhouse marriage to his pregnant sweetheart, and his heroic determination to tell the truth set the stage for a tragic climax.

Lost in the stars
Butler Media Reserves, DVD4619

Lumo. Videorecording. A production of Goma Film Project. -- [New York]: Goma Film Project, c2007.
About 72 minutes in length. In Kongo, with subtitles in English.

(Producer) In eastern Congo, vying militias, armies, and bandits use rape as a weapon of terror. When 20 year old Lumo Sinai was brutally attacked, she was left with a fistula--a condition that has rendered her incontinent and threatens her ability to give birth in the future. Rejected by her fiancé and cast aside by her family, Lumo found her way to the one place that may save her: HEAL Africa, a hospital for rape survivors set on the border with Rwanda.

Lumo
Barnard Media, DVD RC560.R36 L85 2007g
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6318

Lumumba. Videorecording. JBA Production. Director, Raoul Peck ; producer, Jacques Bidou ; writers, Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Peck ; cinematographer, Bernard Lutic. -- New York: Zeitgeist Films, [2001]
About 115 minutes in length. In French with English subtitles.

Dramatizes the life of Congolese revolutionary, Patrice Lumumba, who led his country to independence from Belgium in 1960. He served, for less than a year, as the first elected prime minister until he was brutally assassinated.

Lumumba
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00304

Lumumba, la mort du prophete = Lumumba, the death of a prophet. Videorecording. Une production Velvet Film GmbH, Berlin, Cinemama GmbH, Zurich en association avec La SEPT ; textes originaux de Raoul Peck ; produit par Raoul Peck, Andreas Honegger, Frank Hoffer ; director, Raoul Peck ; narrator, Hebert Peck, Jr. Library of African cinema (series). -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1992 [1991]
About 69 minutes in length. In French, with English narration and English subtitles.

Re-examines the independence struggle in the Belgian Congo and its leader, Patrice Lumumba, from the perspective of a West Indian filmmaker in Europe who lived in the Congo as a boy. The film includes footage from his childhood and the turbulent political events that surrounded him. It recounts Lumumba's tragic 200 day rule culminating with his assassination. Combines archival footage with memories of former Congolese political activists, former colonial officials, journalists, and Lumumba's daughter.

Lumumba, la mort du prophete
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT663.L8 L8 1992g

The Luthuli Detachment. Videorecording. A production of Qoma Film Productions; director/producer, Zolile ka Nqose; directors of photography, Ezra Jwili, Mzwandile Njokwana, Kenneth Ramoitheki; editor, Kenneth Ramoitheki; music, Winston Mankunku Ngozi ... [et al.]. -- [South Africa]: Qoma Film Productions, c2007.
About 60 minutes in length. English; English subtitles when African languages (such as Xhosa and Zulu) are spoken.

"After many attempts had failed in trying to find routes back into South Africa, It was decided that this MK-ZIPRA would get into Rhodesia. Some of the MK Cadres would remain in Rhodesia fighting with ZIPRA while the rest of the MK [Umkhonto we Sizwe] units would proceed into South Africa's four provinces. On August the 2nd 1967, just before crossing the Zambezi river this almost hundred men joint force was named the Luthuli Detachment ..."--Container. In the video, MK veterans talk about their experiences.

The Luthuli Detachment
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Samora Machel: son of Africa. Videorecording. Producer, Ron Hallis, Joyce Sikakane, Ophera Hallis; originally produced as a documentary film in 1989 by Hallis Media; director, Ron Hallis; interviewers, Ron Hallis, Joyce Sikakane; photography, Ron Hallis; editor, Ophera Hallis. -- Johannesburg: Film Resource Unit [distributor, 2006?]
About 28 minutes in length.

Life of Samora Machel, Mozambican revolutionary, commander of FRELIMO, the Mozambique Liberation Front, and first president of Mozambique after independence, told through interviews with Machel himself and others.

Samora Machel: son of Africa
Butler Media Reserves, DVD5814

Maids and madams. Videorecording. Producer, Christian Wangler; written and directed by Mira Hamermesh. -- New York, NY: Filmmakers Library, c1985.
About 52 minutes in length.

"Examines the plight of Black female domestics in South Africa. Interviews Black maids and the white "madams" who employ them, showing the maids performing their daily tasks. Describes the lifestyle of the Black maids and their families. Discusses race relations in South Africa as shown by the relationship between the Black maids and the white families for whom they work. Comments upon the status of South African women of both races."

Maids and madams Barnard Media, VIDEO DT1757 .M355 1985g

Les maîtres fous. Videorecording. Produced by Pierre Braunberger; directed by Jean Rouch; in association with Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) Institut française d'Afrique noire. -- (New York, N.Y.?): Interama Video Classics, (1986) Originally produced as a documentary film in 1954.
About 29 minutes in length.

This film documents the Haouka cult, a religious movement which was widespread in Ghana from the 1920's to the 1950's. Shows devotees living and working in Accra and participating in a "tribal ceremony".

Maîtres fous, Les
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO BL2470 .G6 M3 1986g

The making of mankind. Videorecording. Presented by Richard Leakey ; series producer, Graham Massey. Peter Spry-Leverton, producer. -- New York, NY : Ambrose Video, c1981.
Each episode is about 55 minutes in length.

Anthropologist Richard Leakey traces the origin and development of the human species.

Contents:
Episode 1: "In the beginning" (East African origins)
Episode 2: "One small step"(Bipedality; Mary Leakey)
Episode 3: "A human way of life" (Kalahari; human tools)
Episode 4: "Beyond Africa" (China; language development)
Episode 5: "A new era" (Neanderthals; Lascaux cave art)
Episode 6: "Settling down" (From nomadic hunter to village farmer)
Episode 7: "The survival of the species" (Why humans will survive)

Making of mankind, The
Barnard Media, VIDEO GN281 .M34 1981g

Le malentendu colonial = colonial misunderstang. Videorecording. California Newsreel presents; Les films du Raphia; un film de Jean-Marie Teno; written, produced, & directed by Jean-Marie Teno; co-produced by Bärbel Mauch. -- [San Francisco, CA]: California Newsreel, 2004.
About 73 minutes in length. In French, German, and English, with English subtitles.

The filmmaker looks at European colonialism in Africa through the lens of Christian evangelism as the model for the relationship between Africa and western countries today. The history of German missionaries in Namibia in the 19th and 20th centuries is discussed by African and German historians and theologians, revealing how colonialism destroyed African beliefs and social systems and replaced them with European ones.

Le malentendu colonial
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 02067

Mali. Videorecording. A production of SBS-TV. -- New York, NY: Distributed by Insight Media, 2002.
About 30 minutes in length. In French and English.

Explores the country of Mali and its influence on Parisian culture.

Mali
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES03495

Mali: the music of life. Videorecording. BBC Videos for Education & Training. Music, Mamadi Kamara ; editors, David McCormick, Helen Garrard ; executive producer, Dennis Marks ; producer, Mark Kidel. Under African skies (Television program) -- New Jersey: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997.
About 60 minutes in length.

Features the music of Mali, where every musician is a poet who uses a fusion of traditional Mandinka style and modern rhythm and blues to tell a story. From rural villages to modern night clubs, from folk songs to sophisticated African jazz, all of the music is discussed as an extension of traditional Malian rhythms, melodies, and themes. Two prominent women singers discuss their careers.

Mali: the music of life
Music Video, VC336

Mammy Water: in search of the water spirits in Nigeria. Videorecording. A co-production by Tandem Film & Sabine Jell-Bahlsen; written and directed by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen. Narrators: Donald Arthur, Cassandra Francis, Jean Scott. -- Berkeley, CA : University of California, Extension Media Center (distributor), c1989. In English or Igbo and Ijo with English subtitles.
About 59 minutes in length.

"The film features Mammy Water rituals and interviews with Igbo and Ijaw devotees and their leaders. Mammy Water is a water deity worshiped in Nigeria."

Mammy Water
Butler Media Reserves & Barnard Media, VIDEO BL2470 .N5 M36 1989g

Mandabi = Money order Videorecording. Filmi Doomirewe, Dakar & Comptoir français du film production, Robert de Nestle, Paris ; written and directed by Ousmane Sembène ; producer, Jean Maumy, Paul S. Vieyra ; photography, Paul Soulignac. -- New York: New Yorker Films, c2005, 1968.
About 90 minutes in length. In Wolof with English subtitles.

Originally as a motion picture in 1968. A story about a man who received a money order that threatens to destroy the traditional fabric of his life. The problems of modern Africa a civilization struggling to recapture its own rich heritage after colonial corruption.

Mandabi
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6564 -or- DVD6565

Mapantsula. Videorecording. An Oliver Schmitz and Thomas Mogotlane film; screenplay by Oliver Schmitz, Thomas Mogotlane; produced by Max Montocchio; directed by Oliver Schmitz. Library of African cinema series. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1988. Cast: Thomas Mogotlone, Marcel van Heerden, Themlsi Mtshali, Dolly Rathebe, Peter Sephuma, Darlington Michaels, Eugene Majola.
About 104 minutes in length. With English, Zulu, Sotho and Afrikaans dialogue; English subtitles.

"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."

Mapantsula
Barnard Media: VIDEO PN1997 .M3732 1988g;
Butler Media Reserves: VIDEORES 00136

"Master Harold"...and the boys. Videorecording. A drama by Athol Fugard; producer, Iris Merlis; director, Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Zakes Mokae, John Kani. -- Toronto, Ont.: Karl-Lorimar Home Video, c1984.
About 90 minutes in length.

"Tells the story of the special relationship between Hally ('Master Harold') and two Black men Willie and Sam ('the boys') who work for Hally's family. Set in a small family- owned tea room in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1950, Hally learns that his crippled alcoholic father is about to be released from the hospital. Afraid, angry and frustrated over his father's return, Hally suddenly turns vicious toward Willie and Sam as he has never done before, uncovering his inherited racism."

Master Harold and the boys
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PR9369.3 .F8 M3 1982g

Mau Mau. Videorecording. Narrated by Musindo Mwinyipembe ; written by David Koff ; a film by David Koff and Anthony Howarth. Black man's land (Television program), pt. 2. -- Van Nuys, California: The Bell Weather Group, 199-. Originally filmed in 1973.
About 52 minutes in length.

"Traces the history of the state of emergency declared by the British Colonial government of Kenya in 1952 in an attempt to subdue the movement among black Kenyans for political and civil rights. Reveals the secret society known as Mau Mau to have been an attempt by the white minority to discredit the rising tide of black nationalism."

Mau Mau (Black man's land, pt. 2)
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT433.577 .M38 1990g

Mbira dza vadzimu: dambatsoko, an old cult centre. Videorecording. Produced by Gei Zantzinger ; with Muchatera Mujuru, Ephat Mjuru ; director, Andrew Tracy ; camera, Les Blank ; sound, Gei Zantzinger ; editor, Conley Benfield ; narrator, Rosemary Logie. -- University Park, PA : PennState, 1978.
About 51 minutes in length. In Shona, with English narration, English subtitles and English voice-over.

This documentary deals with various aspects of Zimbabwean culture: traditional cult ceremonies (music and dance) performed by Muchatera and Ephat Mujuru, including a spirit possession ceremony, prayers, and graphic footage of animal slaughter and blood sacrifice.

Mbira dza vadzimu: dambatsoko, an old cult centre
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00210

Mbira dza vadzimu: religion at the family level with Gwanzura Gwenzi. Videorecording. Director, Alfred G. Zantzinger ; adviser, Andrew Tracy ; photographer, Les Blank ; sound, Alfred G. Zantzinger ; editor, Conley Benfield ; field engineer, Bud Huggler ; Produced in cooperation with the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. -- University Park, Pa : Pennsylvania State University, Audio-Visual Services [distributor], 1978.
About 66 minutes in length.

A documentary on mbira and religion outside of Harare, Zimbabwe, with Gwanzura Gwenzi.

Mbira dza vadzimu: religion at the family level
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00208

Mbira dza vadzimu: urban and rural ceremonies with Hakurotwi Mude. Videorecording. Producer, Gei Zantzinger ; director, Andrew Tracey ; camera, Les Blank ; sound, Gei Zantzinger ; editor, Conley Benfield. -- University Park, PA : Pennsyvania State University, Audio-Visual Services, 1978.
About 45 minutes in length. In Shona and English, with English subtitles.

This film is about the mbira dza vadzimu, filmed in Zimbabwe. It shows the use of this type of music by Hakurotwi Mude and his group in a Zezuru ancestor-cult ritual and a burial ceremony.

Mbira dza vadzimu: urban and rural ceremonies
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00211

Mbira-matepe dza muhondoro: a healing party, with Saini Murira and Thomas Dzamwarira.Videorecording. Producer, Gei Zantziger ; Camera, Les Blank ; sound, Gei Zantziger; editor, Conley Benfield ; narrator, Rosemary Logie. -- University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University, Audio-Visual Services, 1978.
About 20 minutes in length. English narration.

A documentary film of the reenactment of a healing ceremony. Saini Murira leads a group which performs songs played on a type of mbira called the matepe dza mhondoro or deep notes of the lion spirits. Before and after attending the patient, two mediums dance to the sounds of mbiras, rattles, drums, and singers.

Mbira-matepe dza mhondoro: a healing party
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00567

Mbira music: the spirit of Zimbabwe. Videorecording. Produced by Zimmedia Proppu 1000 ; director, Simon Bright ; producers, Ingrid Sinclair, Kristiina Tuura. -- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1992. Filmed in 1990.
About 52 minutes in length.

A survey of traditional and modern mbira music in Zimbabwe. The music of professional stars (including Thomas Mapfumo) and amateurs are featured.

African Studies: Mbira Music: Spirit of Zimbabwe
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO ML350.M35 1992g

Mbira: njari, Karanga songs in Christian ceremonies with Simon Mashoko. Videorecording. Producer, Gei Zantziger ; director, Andrew Tracy ; camera, Les Blank ; sound, Gei Zantziger ; editor, Conley Benfield -- University Park, PA : Pennsyvania State University, Audio-Visual Services, 1977.
About 24 minutes in length. In Shona, with English subtitles.

Simon Mashoko, a rural Catholic catechist in Bikita, Zimbabwe, uses the mbira in his services.

Mbira: njari, Karanga songs in Christian ceremonies
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00206

Mbira: the technique of the mbira dza vadzimu. Videorecording. Produced by Gei Zantziger ; with Ephat Mjuru ; director, Andrew Tracy ; camera, Les Blank. -- University Park, PA : Pennsuvania State University, 1981.
About 19 minutes in length.

Filmed in 1975. An introduction to the musical technique and sound of the mbira dza vadzimu ("mbira of the ancestor spirits"), played by Ephat Mujuru.

Mbira: the technique of the mbira dza vadzimu
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00209

Mirt sost shi amit = Harvest, 3000 years. Videorecording. By Haile Gerima ; cinematography, Elliot Davis. -- Washington, D.C. : Mypheduh Films, Inc., [1993] (Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.)
About 150 minutes in length. In Amharic with English subtitles.

Cast: Kasu Asfaw, Adane Melaku, Gebru Kassa, Negus Hailu. Set in Ethiopia, a peasant family struggles for survival on the farm of a wealthy feudal landowner. The film's pace and visual style is geared to the rhythms of daily life, providing a sensitive portrayal of the details and dramas of everyday reality. The drama is set in motion by the teen-age son and daughter who contest traditional social roles, the tyrannical behavior of the landowner and the visionary and revolutionary deeds of the local madman.

Harvest, 3000 years
Butler Media, VIDEO PN1997 .M576 1993g

Mobutu, King of Zaire: an African tragedy. Videorecording. Les Films de la Passerelle, Image Création, Les Films d'Ici present a series by Thierry Michel ; produced by Christine Pireaux, Martine Barbé, Serge Lalou. -- New York : First Run/Icarus Films, 1999.
3 videocassettes, each about 52 minutes in length. Dialogue in French, with some English subtitles; some English commentary.

"The definitive visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Désiré Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for over 30 years. Drawing upon 140 hours of rare archival material found in Kinshasa and 50 hours of interviews with those once close to him..."

Mobutu, King of Zaire
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT658.25 M6 1999g
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01526

Monday's girls. Videorecording. Director, Ngozi Onwurah ; narrator, Caroline Lee Johnson ; a Lloyd Gardner production for BBC-TV. "Under the sun." Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1993.
About 49 minutes in length. In English and Igbo, with English subtitles.

The film examines the Iria, a women's initiation ceremony of the Niger River delta, through the contrasting viewpoints of its participants. In the ceremony, the initiates are paraded bare-breasted before the town assembly, determined to be virgins by examination of their nipples, when certified, are then confined and pampered in "fattening rooms". The women are finally "presented to society", ready for marriage.

Monday's girls
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT515.45.I33 M66 1993g
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00135

Moolaadé. Videorecording. Filmi Doomireew Sénégal présente; co-production Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale ...[et al.]; scénario et réalisation, Ousmane Sembene; photography, Dominique Gentil; music, Boncana Maïga. -- New York: New Yorker Films, 2004. [Videodisc version published in London by Artificial Eye, 2005.]
About 124 minutes in length. In French and Bambara, with English subtitles. VHS or DVD formats.

Translated and adapted by Samba Gadjigo. The drama is set in Burkina Faso. To escape the ritual of 'purification' --moolaadé-- organized every seven years, four young girls flee their village and find protection with Collé, but their flight sends the local population into turmoil. Cast: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maïmouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traore, Aminata Dao, Dominique T. Zeida, Mah Comparore.

Moolaadé
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 2103
Barnard Media, DVD PN1997 .M674 2005g

Mortu nega = Those whom death refused. Videorecording. Um filme de Flora Gomes ; director/screenwriter, Flora Gomes ; screenwriter, David Lang ; editor, Christiane Lack. Baldo, M'Male Nhasse, Pedro Da Silva. Library of African cinema (series). -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1998? [1988] Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
About 93 minutes in length. In Portuguese, with English subtitles.

"In 1973, independence was proclaimed in Guinea Bissau, ending five centuries of Portuguese colonization and a decade of armed struggle. This film, Gomes' first feature- length film, portrays this critical period in history through the story of one woman, Diminga, whose husband is fighting on the front lines. The camera captures Cabral's assassination, the ending of hostilities, and the reconstruction of the economically and spiritually devastated country struggling with drought and famine. The term "Mortu Nega" means those that death did not want, and Gomes films a ceremony using 3000 extras, in which survivors call upon the dead, asking them how they can go on living in such terrible conditions."

Mortu nega
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997 .M678 1998g

Motherland: a genetic journey. Videorecording. A production of Filmakers Library, Inc.; producers & directors, T. Jackson and A. Baron for Takeaway Media Productions. -- New York, N.Y.: Filmakers Library, c2003.
About 90 minutes in length.

(Producer) Cut off from their ancestry by the three-hundred-year-long slave trade which uprooted 12 million people from Africa, three people are given the opportunity, through DNA searches, to reconnect with their roots. Through advances in DNA research and with the help of laboratories in the UK and America, the possibility arises that with a swab from the inside of a person's cheek they can trace back twelve or thirteen generations to the tribe of their ancestors.

Motherland: a genetic journey
Butler Media Reserves, DVD4850; DVD4851

The mothers' house. Videorecording. A film by François Verster ; Luna Films, Undercurrent Film & Television. with the support of SABC2, Fonds Images SUD, Open Society Institute, National Film & Video Foundation, Sundance Documentary Fund; producer, Neil Brandt; director by François Verster; editor, Peter Neal; music, Peter Coyte; associate producer, Lucinda Englehart. -- New York: Filmakers Library, c2006.
About 76 minutes in length.

"When Apartheid finally ended, there was great hope that the damage of the past could be healed -- within communities, individuals and also within families. This film covers four years in the life of a girl born during that time and growing up with her mother and grandmother in Bonteheuwel, a "coloured" township just outside Cape Town." -- film introduction.

The mothers' house
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7358

Music of the ancestors: the mbira music of Rambisayi Stella Chiweshe. Videorecording. (**European VHS / PAL) ; directed by R. Wicksteed. Produced in Zimbabwe. -- [South Africa] : s.n., c1994.
About 50 minutes in length.

A biography of pop mbira star, Stella Chiweshe. It features clips from some of Stella Chiweshe's performances, her visits to the homes of family members, her wedding to a German-born producer, and a very brief survey of the modern music scene in Zimbabwe.

Music of the Ancestors
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO ML350.M87 1994g

Nabantwa bam' = With my children: a family portrait. Videorecording. Originally produced as an episode of the documentary television series Project 10: real stories from a free South Africa for SABC 1 in 2004; producer, Tusi Fokane; based on an idea by Tusi Fokane; written and directed by Victor Khulile Nxumalo; director of photography, Joe Mogotsi; editor, Gugu Sibandze; idea developed by Victor Khulile Nxumalo, Tusi Fokane, Karabo Lediga. -- [San Francisco, Calif.]: California Newsreel, [2004]
About 41 minutes in length. In English and Zulu with English subtitles.

"This film is a fascinating case study of the emergence of social classes even within the same South African family. Two brothers live with their successful and ambitious mother, a market researcher, in a comfortable, middle class Soweto home. The older brother Nhlanhla has suffered a head injury which may be debilitating. In any case, he had no time in the tumultuous decade preceding the end of apartheid to receive an education that would let him take advantage of the opportunities offered by the new South Africa. Street-wise instead, he spends his time hanging out with his home boys, and, in his own words, 'mostly taking care of the dog.' His younger brother, Miles, is a 'born free,' the first black student at his all white school and now a programmer with a promising career at Microsoft. Though fond of his brother, his life is in complete contrast to Nhlanhla's. Miles has very clear goals and deadlines for himself; his strong motivation shows what a difference it makes to know that there is no ceiling on one's ambitions"--Container.

Nabantwa bam' = With my children: a family portrait
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7324

Nadine Gordimer. Videorecording. Produced by Gaumont Television ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Anne Lainé camera, Clive Lawrie ; editor, Alain Robiche. -- Vancouver, B.C.: Villon Films, c1999.
About 50 minutes in length.

A documentary about the South African writer Nadine Gordimer. Ms. Gordimer speaks about her life and work, and about her country.

Nadine Gordimer
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01184

N!ai, the story of a !Kung woman. Videorecording. Produced by John Marshall and Sue Marshall-Cabezas ; directed and edited by Adrienne Miesmer and John Marshall. A co-production of Documentary Educational Resources, Inc. and Public Broadcasting Associates, Inc. -- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, c1980.
About 60 minutes in length.

A compilation of footage of the !Kung people of Namibia from 1951 through 1978. Focuses on the changes in the life of these people as seen through the reflections of one woman, N!ai.

N!ai, the story of a !Kung woman
Butler Media Reserves & Barnard Media, VIDEO DT 1058.K86 N24 1980g

Ndeysaan = Le prix du pardon. Videorecording. California Newsreel presents ; Kaany Production et les Films du Safran présentent ; une film de Mansour Sora Wade. -- [San Francisco, California] : California Newsreel, c2001.
About 91 minutes in length.
In Wolof with English subtitles ; credits in French.

A Lébou fishing village on the south coast of Senegal is covered in a mysterious persistent fog. Neither prayer not sacrifices can break the curse. Mbanik, the son of the dying witch doctor, dares defy the spirits and return the sun to the village. He can then declare his love for Maxoy. Yatma, his best friend and rival, is driven to murder by jealousy. For Yatma, a new curse is about to begin. [Librement adapté du roman 'Le prix du pardon' de Mbissane Ngom.]

Ndeysaan = Le prix du pardon
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES01016

Neria. Videorecording. Media for Development Trust ; original concept, Godwin Mawuru ; screenplay by Louise Riber, based on a story by Tsitsi Dangarembga ; produced by Louise and John Riber ; directed by Godwin Mawuru. -- Columbia, MD : Distributed by Development through Self Reliance, Inc., c1992.
About 103 minutes in length.

English version. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. Cast: Jesesi Mungoshi, Dominic Kanaventi. "Patrick and Neria, through shared hard work and resourcefulness, built a comfortable home, a good life and family in the city. But when their loving and equal partnership suddently ends with the tragic death of Patrick, Neria's nightmare begins."

Neria
Barnard Media: VIDEO PR9390.9.D36 N46 1992g;
Butler Media: VIDEO 00301

Nigeria's oil war. Videorecording. Producer, Mary Ann Jolley ; reporter, Eric Campbell ; produced by Mark Corcoran for Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; camera, Ron Foley ; editor, Simon Brynjolffssen. Foreign correspondent (Television program) -- New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, c2005.
About 24 minutes in length. DVD.

An episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV program Foreign Correspondent that examines the oil industry of the Niger River Delta. The oil wealth of the region has not benefitted much of the population, and in the face of extreme poverty, indifference on the part of the oil companies and corruption on the part of the government, armed groups are being formed to attack the oil companies’ installations.

Nigeria's oil war
Butler Media Res, DVD4893

Nigerian art: kindred spirits. Videorecording. A co-production of WETA-TV and the Smithsonian Institution in association with Blue Sky Productions; producer, Carroll Parrott Blue ; writer, Michael Olmert ; narrator, Ruby Dee. -- New York: Unapix Consumer Products, c1996.
About 58 minutes in length.

Where does the vitality of Nigerian art come from, tradition or modernism? Who are the artists and what are they telling us? What is the role of art in Nigerian culture? This program answers these and other questions through interviews with Nigerian artists, and provides historical background on Nigerian art.

Nigerian art: kindred spirits
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO N7397 N5 N54 1996g

Nirgendwo in Afrika = Nowhere in Africa. Videorecording. Eine MTM Medien & Television München Produktion ; in coproduktion mit Constantin Film Produktion, Bavaria Film, MC One ; gefordert durch FilmFernsehFonds Bayern ... [et al.] ; ein Film von Carolin Link ; producer, Peter Herrmann ; director, Caroline Link ; camera, Gernot Roll ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Niki Reiser. -- Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2003]
About 142 minutes in length.
In German, Swahili, and English ; English subtitles.

Based upon the novel by Stefanie Zweig. Originally issued as a motion picture in 2001. "Story of a German Jewish family who travel to Kenya and spend the war years [1940s] there. Each of the family members adapt differently to the exotic circumstances and come to deal with African life individually."

Nirgendwo in Afrika
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01332

Nuba conversations. Videorecording. A film by Arthur Howes. -- San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2001. In English, Nubian and Arabic, with English subtitles. About 52 minutes in length.

"Ten years after shooting Kafi's Story, British filmmaker Arthur Howes re-entered the Sudan clandestinely to find out what happened to the Nuba of Torogi. Everywhere he encountered the jihad or holy war. The fundamentalist Sudanese regime is pursuing its policy of forced Arabization through a systematic disruption of the Nuba family, by killing their cattle and burning their villages. While Nuba women hide in caves, 60,000 Nuba children have been abducted to camps where they are forcibly converted to Islam. Howes estimates that 40% of the Sudanese Army is now composed of Nuba men."

Nuba conversations
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES00290

Nyameka's story. Videorecording. Produced and directed by Mark J. Kaplan. -- Cape Town, South Africa : Rapid Blue on behalf of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, c2001.
About 26 minutes in length.

In 1985, the South African police killed four Cradock community activists. These men, known as the Cradock Four, became a national symbol of resistance and heroes in the struggle against apartheid. The video tells the story of Nyameka Goniwe, one of the Cradock widows, who reflects on the life of her husband, Matthew Goniwe.

Nyameka's story
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00599

Oberlin-Inanda: the life and times of John L. Dube. Mogoya Productions ; Chérif Keïta production ; director, Chérif Keïta ; written by Chérif Keïta, in collaboration with Paul Hager & Mweze Ngangura ; photography, Ntokozo Madlala ...[et al.]; editing, Aleshia Mueller ; music, Ruben T. Caluza ...[et al.]; research, Chérif Keïta ...[et al.]. -- Johannesburg: Film Resource Unit, 2004.
About 55 minutes in length. DVD format.

Features the life and work of John Langalibalele Dube (1871-1946), pioneer educator, journalist, musician, churchman and politician who co-founded the African National Congress in 1912 and served as its first President until 1917. Oberlin-Inanda connects Dube’s American education with his struggle for political and economic independence and celebrates his enduring legacy in today’s democratic South Africa.

Oberlin-Inanda
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 5433

O. R. Tambo 1917-1993. Videorecording. -- Auckland Park, RSA: Skenia (PTY) (distributor), c1993.
About 85 minutes in length. ***PAL format.

"Gives an account of Oliver R. Tambo's funeral and a glimpse of the man that South Africa knew as the ANC [African National Congress] stalwart."

O. R. Tambo 1917-1993
Butler Media, VIDEO DT1949 .T36 O5 1993g

Origins: the films. Videorecording. Producer/director/editor, Guy Spiller; executive producer, Francis Gerard. -- Johannesburg: Origins Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, c2007.
About 28 minutes in length. Narration in English with some dialogue in unknown San language and Northern Sotho.

Contains four short films about the customs and history of San and Hananwa people in South Africa.

Origins: the films
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7609

A pair of boots and a bicycle: the story of Job Maseko. Videorecording. Producer, Edwin Wes; director, Vincent Moloi. -- [South Africa]: Rare Earth Films, [2007]

Why would men who are repressed at home valiantly fight in the war of their oppressors? And what did the triumphant victors give them, upon their return, for their "gallant and distinguished service"? In this very personal, fascinating investigation, South African documentary maker Vincent Moloi journeys from the Soweto sitting rooms of veterans to El Alamein to find the answers, and in doing so unearths the significant contribution of South Africa's black soldiers to the Allies' North Africa campaign. Told with poignancy, the irony of their situation is slowly revealed through the life and actions of one soldier: Job Maseko. Job received the Military Medal for a heroic and ingenious sabotage of a German supply ship while a prisoner of war in Tobruk.

A pair of boots and a bicycle: the story of Job Maseko
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7539

A panther in Africa. Videorecording. Produced in association with Independent Television Service; written, directed & edited by Aaron Matthews; associate producer, Jennifer Mittelstadt; cinematography, Wayne De La Roche, Aaron Matthews, Pete O'Neal, Charlotte Hill O'Neal. -- New York, NY: Filmakers Library, c2004.
About 71 minutes in length.

Documentary on Pete O'Neal, a Black Panther who fled from the United States in 1969 after he was arrested for transporting a gun across state lines. O'Neal talks about his life in exile in Tanzania and how he adapted his ideals to his adopted country, and reflects on his revolutionary past.

A panther in Africa
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 5361

La petite vendeuse de Soleil = The little girl who sold The sun. Videorecording. Productrice exécutive et deleguée, Silvia Voser ; écrit et réalisé, Djibril Diop Mambéty ; production Waka Films SA (Suisse), Cephéide Productions (France), Maag Daan (Sénégal) ; music, Wasis Diop. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel [distributor], 1999.
About 43 minutes in length. In Wolof with English subtitles.

Parable uses the struggles of a young crippled girl in Dakar trying to earn her living in the market place selling newspapers to mirror Africa's role in the international marketplace. Cast: Lissa Baléra, Taïrou M'Baye.

La petite vendeuse de Soleil
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00139

Phela-ndaba = End of the dialogue: apartheid in South Africa 1970. Videorecording. Morena Films present ; a film by Antonia Caccia ... [et al.] ; music, Barton Midwood. -- Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, [2003]
About 45 minutes in length.

This film was shot illegally in South Africa during 1969-70 by members of the Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa." A documentary showing the stark contrast between the quality of life of whites and blacks of South Africa under apartheid, with minimal narration.

Phela-ndaba
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00993

Pièces d'identités. Videorecording. Un film écrit, réalisé et produit par Mweze Ngangura ; Films Sud--Sol'oeil Films ; Isabelle Mathy, Pétrouchka Films ; Georges Kamanayo, Vidéocam ; cinematography, Jacques Besse ; original music, Jean-Louis Daulne, Papa Wemba. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1998.
About 93 minutes in length. In French, with English subtitles.

A Congolese king searches for his daughter in Brussels where for a time he loses his royal fetishes, his identity, but finds a friend, a local cabdriver with a secret identity. With his help and a chain of coincidence (it must be destined), Mani Kongo is reunited with his daughter and his regalia and returns to Africa with a circle of friends.

Pièces d'identités
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00532

Solomon Plaatje: a man for our time. Videorecording. Current Affairs Films ; producer, Beata Lipman ; director, Jane Thandi Lipman ; based on research by Tim Couzens ; camera, Clive Lawrie ; editor, Catherine Meyburgh ; voiceovers, John Kani, Patrick Shai. -- Johannesburg, South Africa : [Thorold's Africana books, 2001]
About 52 minutes in length. VHS (PAL) format

Originally broadcast on South African television in 2000. The documentary tells the story of the life and work of journalist Solomon Plaatje, one of the founders of the African National Congress; includes interviews with scholars, politicians and Plaatje's descendants.

Solomon Plaatje: a man for our time
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00400

Praying for rain. Videorecording. Produced by Sharon I. Sopher, Trust Mashoro ; directed by Sharon I. Sopher ; written by Sharon I. Sopher, Peter Kinoy. A co-production of Sharon Sopher Productions Inc., Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation & the Discover Channel. -- New York, NY: Sharon Sopher Productions, Inc., c1993.
About 54 minutes in length.

"Shows effects of the 1992 drought in Zimbabwe on humans and animals, and how people dealt with drought-related problems."

Praying for Rain
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00585

Prime time South Africa: a selection of post-Apartheid television programs. Videorecording. Aired by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, (1997). Dialogue in various South African languages; subtitles in English.
About 110 minutes in length.

Videocassette release of television programs originally shown between 1995-1996. Dramas, comedies, game shows and commercials were chosen to demonstrate the variety of ways South African media is now portraying its new, post-apartheid society. Includes episodes from 5 series: Soul City deals with AIDS in a clinic in a South African township. Local Voter is a game show presenting voter education. The Rhythm and Rights series explores political issues from women's rights to unemployment through a fictional community radio station. Generations is a primetime drama set in a Black-owned advertising agency while Going Up is a situation comedy set in a multiracial law firm.

Prime time South Africa
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1992.3.S58 P74 1997g

Pull ourselves up or die out = Hi dwi kana !xi : a field report. Videorecording. Documentary Educational Resources ; produced by Claire Ritchie ; photography, Cliff Bestall, John Marshall ; editor, Mark Kaplan ; narrator, John Marshall. -- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, c1985.
About 26 minutes in length.

The film reports on the dire situation of the !Kung people of Tshum!kwi, Namibia, between 1980 and 1984. It highlights the economic problems and issues that the !Kung are facing, with scenes and interviews surrounding the possible establishment of a game reserve, the development of cattle farming, and confrontations with South African officials over !Kung water rights.

Pull ourselves up or die out
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT1558.K86 P85 1985g

Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer.= When the stars meet the sea. Videorecording. Réalisé par Raymond Rajaonarivelo ; adaptation et dialogues, Raymond Rajaonarivelo, Santiago Amigorena, avec la collaboration de Suzanne Schiffman ; produit par Jacques Le Glou. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c1996.
About 77 minutes in length. In French and Malagasy, with English subtitles. Letterbox format.

A boy born during a lunar eclipse survives abandonment and inherits magical powers.

Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer
Barnard Media & Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997 .Q25 1996g

Quartier Mozart. Videorecording. Ecrit, produit et réalisé par Jean-Pierre Bekolo. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1992.
About 80 minutes in length. Letterbox format. In French, with English subtitles.

The cast includes: Serge Amougou, Sandrine Ola'a, Jimmy Biyong, Essinidi Mindja, Atebass. The story is set in a working class neighborhood in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The queen of the 'hood' is a proud young girl who does not want to be taken advange of by men. The local sorceress who helps her enter the body of a young man, My Guy, so she can discover for herself the real "sexual politics" of the quarter.

Quartier Mozart
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .Q27 1992g

Queen Latifah presents Mama Africa Videorecording. "Uno's world": director of photography, Lionel Cousin ; editor, Jackie Le Cordeur ; producer, Joel Phiri ; "Hangtime": director of photography, Alwin Kuchler ; editor, Liz Webber ; producer, Simon Onwurah ; "Raya": director of photography, Michael Brierley, editor Jackie Le Cordeur; producer, Steven Markovitz and Platon Trakoshis. -- [New York]: Wellspring Media, Inc., 2002, c2001.
About 89 minutes in length.

Uno's world (ca. 28 min.), directed by Bridget Pickering -- Hangtime (ca. 30 min.), directed by Ngozi Onwurah -- Raya (ca. 28 min.), directed by Zulfah Otto-Sallies. Three contemporary fables set in Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa. Each story presents a young person with great potential who is overwhelmed by poverty and makes bad choices when tempted to do wrong. Each film is introduced by Queen Latifah.

Queen Latifah presents Mama Africa
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .Q44 2002g

Ralph Bunche : an American odyssey. Videorecording. A film by William Greaves. Written by William Greaves in association with Leslie E. Lee ; producer, Louise Archambault ; executive producer, William Greaves ; narrated by Sidney Poitier. -- [S.l.]: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; New York : Distributed by William Greaves Productions, c2001.
About 117 minutes in length.

Based on the biography Ralph Bunche: An American Life by Brian Urquhart. This documentary film discusses the personal and professional life of the statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.

Ralph Bunche, an American odyssey
Bulter Media Reserves, AUD4236 ;
Barnard Media, VIDEO E748 .B885 R3 2001g

Randall Robinson, author: Defending the spirit, book review. Videorecording. C-SPAN ; Public Affairs Video Archives; interviewer, Brian Lamb. Booknotes series. -- [S.l.]: C-SPAN : [Distributed by] C-SPAN Archives at Purdue University, c1998.
About 61 minutes in length.

A February 1998 interview with the author, who is also the leader of Transafrica Forum, an African-American research and lobby organization with a focus on American foreign policy, including US policy towards Nigeria, South Africa, and other parts of Africa.

Randall Robinson, interview
Lehman-Social Work Reserves, Z1035.A1 B66 02/10/98

Repercussions: a celebration of African-American music. Videorecording. Directed by Geoffrey Haydon and Dennis Marks; a Third Eye Production for RM Arts and Channel Four. -- Chicago, Ill.: Home Vision, 1984.
Each program is about 55 minutes in length. 7 programs ; 4 cassettes.

The African musical traditions of The Gambia, Ghana, the Caribbean, and the United States are featured.
Contents: cassette 1/ program 1: Born musicians: traditional music from The Gambia ; program 2: On the battlefield: gospel quartets -- cassette 2/ program 3: Legends of rhythm and blues ; program 4: Sit down and listen: the story of Max Roach -- cassette 3/ program 5: The drums of Dagbon ; program 6: Caribbean crucible -- cassette 4/ program 7: Africa come back: the popular music of West Africa.

Repercussions
Music VIDEO VC 170

Rhythm of resistance: the Black music of South Africa. Videorecording. Harcourt Films; produced by Jeremy Marre, directed by Chris Austin and Jeremy Marre. -- (Newton, NJ): Shanachie, c1988. Originally produced in 1979.
About 47 minutes in length.

"Includes: still photos from Magubane's 'South Africa' International Defense and Air Fund. Features music that has been ignored, suppressed or ghettoized, some filmed clandestinely. Featured performers: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Malombo, Johnny Clegg/Sipho Mchunu of Juluka, The Mahotella Queens, Abafana Baseqhudeni and others."

Rhythm of resistance
Music VIDEO VC 168

Rostov-Luanda. Videorecording. Un film de/ein Film von Abderrahmane Sissako ; une production de/eine Produktion von Movimento en coproduction avec/in Ko-Produktion ZDF, RTBF & Morgane Films ; direction de production/aufnahmeleitung, Bruno Florentin ; image/kamera, Jacques Besse ; montage/schnitt, Claudio Martinez, Dominique Galliéni. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1997.
About 60 minutes in length. In French, Portuguese, and Arabic, with English subtitles.

As a student, Abderrahmane Sissako spent a year in Rostov on the Don during the 1980s and there became friends with a young man from Angola. This film chronicles the Mauritanian director's search for a friend of the past. In this personal journey, Sissako encounters present-day Angolan society, with its dashed dreams and unexpected resiliencies. He is drawn to those who are disillusioned by the war in Angola and in neighboring countries. Eventually, he finds his friend in Germany and not in Angola.

Rostov-Luanda
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT1422 .R67 1997g

Jean Rouch. Videorecording. Les Films de la Pléiade; Sodaperaga éditions ; dirigé par Patrick Leboutte, Marc Antoine Roudil ; coffret édité avec l'aide de Bernard Surugue. -- [France]: Editions Montparnasse, 2005.
About 11 hours on 4 DVDs. In French. PAL, Region 2 format.

Maîtres fous ; Mammy Water ; Tambours d'avant ; Tourou et Bitti ; Chasse au lion à l'arc ; Lion nommé l'Américain ; Jaguar ; Moi, un noir ; Petit à petit ; Pyramide humaine ; Jean Rouch raconte ; A propos de Jean Rouch ; Double d'hier a rencontré demain ; Veuves de 15 ans.

Jean Rouch
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 4915

Jean Rouch en zijn camera in het hart van Afrika = Jean Rouch and his camera in the heart of Africa. Videorecording. Een film van Philo Bregstein ; camera, Djingarei Maiga, Jean Rouch, Ricardo da Silva ; music, Tollou Mozourane ; scenario, Philo Bregstein, Jan Venema. -- Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources, c2004.
About 74 minutes in length. In English and French, with English subtitles. DVD format.

Originally released in 1978.
This film provides an in-depth look at the work of Jean Rouch and his associates from Niger, namely Damoure and Lam, who participated in production of many of Rouch's Niger-based films...segments from several of Rouch's earlier film works are interspersed with the filming in Niger and with interview.

Jean Rouch en zijn camera in het hart van Afrika
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 4214

Rouch in reverse. Videorecording. A film by Manthia Diawara ; written and directed by Manthia Diawara ; producer, Parminder Vir ; a Formation Films production for ZDF/ARTE. Library of African cinema series. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c1995.
About 51 minutes in length. In English and French with English subtitles.

French ethnologist/filmmaker Jean Rouch discusses his work with Manthia Diawara. Includes a cross-section of Rouch's work with clips from his documentary Les Maitres Fous, his cinema verite classic, Chronique D'ete, and his pioneering masterpiece Moi, Un Noir (Treichville). Throughout the interview Diawara places Rouch's films in the context of the on-going struggle of Africans to construct their own vision of modernity.

Rouch in reverse
Butler Media Reserves & Barnard Media, VIDEO GN21.R63 R62 1995g

De bende van Rouch = Rouch's gang. Videorecording. MM Produkties ; samenstelling en regie van Steef Meyknecht, Dirk Nijland, Joost Verhey ; producent, Joost Verhey ; camera, Steef Meyknecht ; scenario, Philo Bregstein, Dirk Nijland ; geluid, Joost Verhey ; montage, Tom de Graaff ; vertaling, Joop Koopman, Kalilou El Nouhou ; muziek, Tallou Mouzourane. -- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 1998. Originally produced in 1993.
About 70 minutes in length. In French and Dutch, with English subtitles.

Cast: Jean Rouch, Lam Ibrahim Dia, Moussa Hamidou, Damoure Zika, Tallou Mouzourane. This documentary was shot in Holland in 1991. The film crew follows Jean Rouch and his four long-time friends from Niger as they reminisce and begin making the film, "Madame l'Eau." The documentary provides insight into how Rouch approaches his films, featuring conversations and scenes from the airport, a houseboat, a theatre, and in the Dutch countryside, as well as excerpts from Rouch's other films, such as "Jaguar"(1954) and "Cocorico, Monsieur Poulet"(1974).

Rouch's gang
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO GN21.R63 B46 1998g

In Rwanda we say: the family that does not speak dies. Videorecording. Gacaca Productions & Dominant 7 in association with NDR/ARTE; a film by Anne Aghion; Director, Anne Aghion; producers, Laurent Bocahut, Anne Aghion; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid; photography, Claire Kelly Du Bois, James Kakwerere. -- Paris: Dominant 7; Gacaca Productions, c2004.
About 54 minutes in length. Dialogue in English and Kinyarwanda, with English subtitles.

"Two years [after the Gacaca tribunals], ... close to 16,000 of these [genocide] suspects, still untried, are released across the country. Having confessed to their crimes, and having served the maximum sentence the Gacaca tribunals would eventually impose, perpetrators of appalling crimes are sent home to plow fields and fetch water alongside the people they victimized. 'In Rwanda we say'... focuse[s] on the release of one suspect, tracking the effect of his return on a tiny hillside hamlet. While the government's message of a 'united Rwandan family' permeates the language of the community, the imposed co-existence brings forth varying emotions, from numb acceptance to repressed rage. Violence seems to lurk just below the surface.

In Rwanda we say--
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 02058

Rwandan nightmare. Videorecording. An ITN production for Channel Four; Producer, Simon Gallimore; reporter, Catherine Bond; camera, Simon Cox, Nick Hughes, Bruce Shayler; executive producer, Sue Inglish; narrator, Catherine Bond. -- New York, NY: First Run Icarus Films, 1994.
About 41 minutes in length.

A documentary which includes eye-witness accounts of the slaughter of tens of thousands in Rwanda, tells the story of the early days of the crisis and contains interviews with survivors including President Habyarimana's widow, Rwandan Popular Front leaders, Paul Kagami and Theogene Rudasingwa, and former French humanitarian aid minister, Bernard Kouchner. Reporter Catherine Bond investigates the possibility that the carnage may have been a calculated act of genocide by the Rwandan government against the country's Tutsi minority.

Rwandan nightmare
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT450.435 .R835 1994g

Sango Malo ("Village teacher"). Videorecording. Adaption et dialogues de Bassek Ba Kobhio, d'après son roman Sango Malo ; un film de Bassek Ba Kobhio. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1991.
About 95 minutes in length. In French, with English subtitles.

The cast includes: Jerome Bolo, Marcel Mvondo II, Edwige Ntongon à Zock. A young teacher, Sango Malo, comes to a rural village with ideas of promoting rural development through practical education; he clashes with the established headmaster, who insists on a traditional French-style education. Malo alienates many of his supporters through his impatience and is arrested by the army on the behalf of the village chief, storeowner and priest. But he has taught well and the villagers carry on his ideas without him.

Sango Malo
Barnard Media, VIDEO PQ3989.2 .B342 S362 1991g

Sankofa. Videorecording. A film by Haile Gerima; Negod-Gwad Producations; Haile Gerima, writer, director, editor, & producer; Augustin Cubano, director of photography; David J. White, music. African and Africans of the Diaspora film series. -- Washington, DC: Mypheduh Films, c1993.
About 125 minutes in length.

"Sankofa, an Akan word meaning 'one must return to the past in order to move forward,' is the story about the transformation of Mona, a self-possessed African-American woman sent on a spiritual journey in time to experience the pain of slavery and the discovery of her African identity."

Sankofa
Butler Media, VIDEO PN1997.S1756 1993g

Second face: Berida's lives. Videorecording. Produced and directed by Claire C. Robertson. -- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2000.
About 37 minutes in length.

Filmed on location in in Kenya, with some subtitles and audio translation. Berida Ndambuki, a 62-year old staples trader, life is depicted; we see her involvement in women's group, her friendships and family, and the living conditions of a large number of Kenyan women.

Second face: Berida's lives
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT434.N3 S34 2000g

Shake hands with the devil: the journey of Roméo Dallaire. Videorecording. Produced by White Pine Pictures ; director, Peter Raymont; producers, Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey; associate producer/researcher, Patrick Reed; photographer, John Westheuser; still photographer, Peter Bress; original music by Mark Korven; editor, Micheèle Hozer. -- [San Francisco]: California Newsreel, 2004.
About 91 minutes in length. VHS or DVD (2005) versions.

Based in part on the book, Shake Hands with the Devil by (Ret'd) Lt. General Roméo Dallaire with Major Brent Beardsley. Follow the searing, emotional journey of Canadian Lt-General Roméo Dallaire, who commanded the UN peacekeeping troops in Rwanda in 1994.

Shake hands with the devil
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 02066
Barnard Media, DVD DT450.432 .D35 2005g

Malick Sidibe: portrait of the artist as a portraitist. Videorecording. Directed by Susan Vogel for the National Museum of Mali ; Prince Street Pictures ; produced by Susan Vogel, Samuel Sidbe, Catherine de Clippel ; editor, Harry Kafka ; interview by Jean-Paul Colleyn ; music, John Billingsley ; camera, Catherine de Clippel. -- New York: First Run/Icarus Films, c2006.
About 8 minutes in length. In French, with English subtitles. DVD format.

Looks at the work of a renowned African artist whose photographs have documented social and cultural changes in Mali over a 40-year period. In an interview, this self-taught photographer discusses his views of photography as a social art form and explains his documentary and portrait techniques.

Malick Sidibe
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 5079

Le silence de la forêt. Videorecording. Directors, Bassek ba Kobhio, Didier Ouenangare ; music, Manu Dibango. -- [Bangui, Central African Republic] ; San Francisco, Calif.: distributed by California Newsreel, 2003.
About 93 minutes in length. In Diaka, French and Sango, with English subtitles.

"In a fascinating twist on the old story of Westerners' encounters with 'exotic' African cultures, ...focuses instead on what happens when a European-educated African interacts with the mythic rainforst people incorrectly and pejoratively know as 'pygmies'. It is about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect the 'other'."

Le silence de la forêt
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01408

Sisters in law. Videorecording. A film [directed] by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi. Producer, Kim Longinotto; camera, Kim Longinotto; film editor, Ollie Huddleston. -- New York, N.Y.: Women Make Movies [distributor], 2005.
About 104 minutes in length. DVD format. In English and pidgin English, with English subtitles.

A documentary record of a courtroom in Kumba, Cameroon, where a female prosecutor and judge work to put an end to their community’s tacit acceptance of child abuse, wife beating and rape.

Sisters in law
Butler Media Reserves, DVD4600

Solidarity Forever: a tribute to South African workers by South African artists. Videorecording. Producer, Pam Devereux Harris ; director, Kevin Yates. -- Johannesburg, South Africa : Gallo Record Company, 2004.
About 109 minutes in length.

Recorded live at COSATU's 8th National Congress: a musical concert at meeting of Congress of South African Trade Unions.

Solidarity Forever: a tribute to South African workers by South African artists
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7600

Songs of the adventurers. Videorecording. Produced, written and directed by Gei Zantzinger ; camera, Thomas Ott ; sound, Gei Zantzinger ; anthropologists, David Coplan, Georgia McMillen ; editor, Ben Levin. -- [Devault, Pa]: Constant Springs Productions ; Vancouver, B.C. : Villon Films [distributor], [199-?]
About 47 minutes in length.

Depicts the poetic songs, known as difela, of Sotho migrant workers, who must go from their homes in Lesotho to work in the mines in the Republic of South Africa.

Songs of the adventurers
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES00282

A Son of Africa. Videorecording. Narrated by Cathy Tyson; writer, Danny Padmore ; producer, Hugh Williams ; director, Alrick Riley. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1995.
About 28 minutes in length.

A brief examination of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the lives of prominent 18th century Africans in the United States and Great Britain, including Olaudah Equiano.

Son of Africa, A
Barnard Media, VIDEO HT869 .E6 S65 1995g

South Africa. Rights and wrongs (Television program) ; no. 304. Videorecording. A production of Globalvision with Thirteen-WNET ; executive producers, Rory O'Connor, Danny Schechter ; director, Eulogio L. Ortiz, Jr. ; anchor, Charlayne Hunter-Gault. -- New York : Globalvision : International Center for Global Communications Foundation, Inc., 1995.
About 27 minutes in length.

From a television broadcast on April 19, 1995: a series of interviews with Nelson Mandela, Richard Goldstone, Eugene Terre Blanche, Dirk Coetzee, Ahmed Kathrada, Makaziwe Mandela (Nelson's daughter), and others. The film reviews human rights abuses in South Africa after the rise of the African National Congress. It includes a reunion of Robben Island ex-prisoners.

South Africa
(Rights & Wrongs; no. 304)
Barnard Media, VIDEO JC571 .R54 1993g no.304

South Africa belongs to us. Videorecording. A film by Chris Austin, Peter Chappell, Ruth Weiss ; narration, Peggy Phango; research, Carol Mathiane ; research and editorial consultant, Ruth Weiss ; photographed and edited by Peter Chappell ; produced and directed by Chris Austin ; Gerhard Schmidt Produktion in association with W.D.R. -- New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films c1980.
About 60 minutes in length.

Through interviews with five black women in South Africa, and with the insight of four women activists, the film makes clear the devastating impact of apartheid on black women and the black family.

South Africa belongs to us
Barnard Media, VIDEO HQ1800.5 .S68 1980g

State of denial. Videorecording. A production of Lovett Productions Inc.; producer-director, Elaine Epstein; co-producer, Penny Elliott Hays; executive producers, Harriet Gavshon, David Jammy, Joseph Lovett; cinematography, Sven Cheatle ... [et al.]; film editing, Penny Elliot Hays; sound, Ken Hahn; music, Thomas DeRenzo. -- [San Francisco, Calif.]: California Newsreel, c2003.
About 83 minutes in length. Closed-captioned. In English, Sotho and Zulu with English subtitles.

South Africa is the country with the highest number of HIV positive people in the world. By the year 2000, an estimated 4.2 million people were infected with HIV; if present trends continue by 2010, 7 million will have died of the disease. State of Denial puts a human face on the millions affected by introducing us to six South Africans involved with the AIDS epidemic. It shows how they must fight not only the disease but the greed of the drug cartels and the neglect and inactivity of their own government in order to get treatment.

State of denial
Barnard Media, DVD RA643.86.S6 S82 2003g
Butler Media Reserves, DVD5187

Stories my country told me: Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Rainbow Nation. Videorecording. Produced and directed by Tim May ; a BBC co-production in association with RM Arts ; music, The Fratelli Brothers ; phography, Clifford Bestall ; editor, Jon Whitson. -- Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003.
About 54 minutes in length. DVD format.

Originally produced in 1996. "'You'll never be free until we are free,' said Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the white citizens of South Africa, and thanks to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, blacks and whites alike are finally free to put down the burden of guilt and come together as one people. This program follows a busy day in the life of Nobel Laureate Tutu in 1996, which begins with a tour through his Cape Town diocese and ends with a trip to Johannesburg to greet his mentor, Trevor Huddleston, on his return to South Africa."

Stories my country told me
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 2255

Stories from Rwanda. Videorecording. C-SPAN. Booknotes (Television Program) -- West Lafayette, IN : C-SPAN Archives, [1998]
About 60 minutes in length.

Originally broadcast on the television program, "Booknotes", on November 22, 1998. "Brian Lamb interviews Philip Gourevitch who talked about his book, We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: stories from Rwanda.

Stories from Rwanda
Butler Media, VIDEO Z1035 .A1 B66 11/22/98

Strange beliefs. Videorecording. Written and presented by Bruce Dakowski; executive producer, Karl Sabbagh; produced and directed by Andre Singer. Strangers abroad: pioneers of social anthropology series. -- Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1990.
About 52 minutes in length.

Focus on the work of E.E. Evans-Pritchard among the Zande and the Nuer of southern Sudan and central Africa.

Strange beliefs
Barnard Media, VIDEO GN21 .E93 S77 1990g

Street children of Africa: will the dawn ever come? Videorecording. -- Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1993.
About 52 minutes in length.

A profile of West African "homeless" children (mostly in Bamako and Dakar); with a critical (mostly negative) view of the talibé system.

African Studies: Street Children of Africa
Butler Media, VIDEO HV887.A37 S77 1993

Taafe fanga. Videorecording. Pouvoir de pagne = Skirt power. Un film de Adama Drabo ; une coproduction Taare Films. The Library of African cinema series. Director of photography, Lionel Cousin ; art director, Harouna Barry ; editor, Rose Evans Decraene ; music, Harouna Barry. -- San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, c1997.
About 95 minutes in length. In Kaado and Bambara, with English subtitles and French credits.

In an eighteenth century Dogon village, the women terrorize the men into assuming traditional women's roles. Cast: Fanta Berete, Ibrahima S. Koita, Helene Diarra, Teneman Sanogo, Michel Sangara, Nana Diabate, Sidiki Diabate, Bako Daghon.

Taafe fanga
Butler Media Reserve & Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997.T224 1997g

Tableau ferraille. Videorecording. Un film de Moussa Sene Absa. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1997. Sound track in French and Wolof; subtitles in English.
About 89 minutes in length.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996. A film set in Senegal which 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; Gagnesiri, a dignified traditional village woman, and Kine, a Western educated woman who chides Daam for not using his position to acquire personal wealth. The film offers a view of how modernization, as practiced in today's Africa, corrodes traditional communities and retards grassroots development. Cast: Ismael Lo, Ndeye Fatou Ndaw, Thierno Ndiaye.

Tableau ferraille
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .T23 1997g

The tap. Videorecording. Directed by Toni Strasburg. -- [Cape Town, South Africa]: Big World Cinema, 2002.
About 51 minutes in length.

"Through the eyes of one woman, Nolindile Mdatshwa, The tap reflects a year of change and drama in the village of Sicambeni, in South Africa. Filmed over ten months, this film gives an intimate insight into the life of one woman and her community as they participate in the process of bringing clean water to their village. Through the reality of life in the village, we come to see the problems of living without clean water; of the endless and repeated task of collecting it and carrying it long distances, and the difference that its arrival makes"--Company web site.

The tap
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES02679

Taxi to Timbuktu. Videorecording. A Phantom/Faction Films Production in association with Channel Four and Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) ; produced and directed by Christopher Walker ; camera, Tony Avirgan ; editor, David Fox. -- New York, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, c1994.
About 50 minutes in length. In English and French, with English subtitles.

A documentary about the drought-stricken Malian village of Batama and how the men of this village have gone abroad, to France, the United States, and even to Japan trying to find jobs and earn enough money to send home to their families.

Taxi to Timbuktu
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT551.9 .B3 1994g

Three tales from Senegal. Videorecording. "Le Franc", un film de Djibril Diop Mambety ; "Picc Mi" et "Fary l'Anesse", deux films de Mansour Sora Wade. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, [1994].
About 82 minutes in length. In Wolof, with English subtitles.

"Le Franc"(45 min.) is a parable about the plight of everyday Africans buffeted by the changing winds of the international monetary system. "Picc Mi" (20 min.) is a story of two destitute boys who escape the predatory demands of adults to spend one day of freedom together. "Fary l'Anesse" (17 min.) is a tale of a man led into folly by his pursuit of the perfect woman; when he thinks he has finally found her, she turns out to be a donkey.

Three tales from Senegal
Barnard Media, VIDEO PL8785.8 .T47 1994g
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES02101

Through the eye of a needle. Videorecording. A production of Broad Daylight Films; production manager, Eunice Sesing; director, Ben Cashdan; cameraman and editor, Riaan Hendricks. -- [South Africa]: Broad Daylight Films, 2007.
About 38 minutes in length. Dialogue in English and Xhosa with English subtitles.

Eastern Cape members of the ANC explain their support for either Jacob Zuma or Thabo Mbeki in the battle for the presidency of the ANC.

Through the eye of a needle
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7608

Thunderbolt. Videorecording. [Presented by] Mainframe Productions Opomulers in 2001 Frames series ; produced and directed by Tunde Kelani ; screenplay, Femi Kayode ; cinematography, Tunde Kelani ; editor, Mumin Wale Kelani ; music, Jide Omidiran ; adapted from Magun written by Adebayo Faleti. -- San Francisco, California: California Newsreel, 2000.
About 110 minutes in length.

Preceded by three theatrical trailers, this feature film (in English) focuses on Yinka from the Yoruba tribe and Ngozi, an Ibo, who meet in the National Youth Service Corps in Nigeria. A retelling of the Othello story in an African setting, the seeds of jealousy are planted when a friend of Yinka, suggests that Ngozi is having a secret affair because "Ibo are untrustworthy." The film then becomes distinctly West African as the supernatural comes to the fore; curses and ritual cleansing take the place of psychological explanations. An old man warns Ngozi, who is accused of having AIDS, that her death is imminent and will strike her like a thunderbolt. Cast: Uche Obi-Osotule, Lanre Balogun, Buki Ajayi, Wale Macaulay, Larinde Akinleye, Ngozi Nwosu.

Thunderbolt
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 01015

Tilai = The law. Videorecording. Une co-production Les films de l'avenir, Waka films, Rhéa films; un film de Idrissa Ouedraogo; photography, Jean Monsigny, Pierre Laurent Chenieux; sound, Alix Comte, Dominique Hennequin; editor, Luc Bernier; music, Abdullah Ibrahim.
-- New York: New Yorker Video [1995].
About 81 minutes in length. In Mooré, with English subtitles.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1990. After a long absence, Saga returns to his village to find that his young fiancé, Nogma, has been married off to his father. Saga has no recours within the traditional code of honor, but begins a secret affair with Nogma.

Tilai
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00822

To live with herds. Videorecording. Produced and directed by David MacDougall. -- Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1996? [1971] Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
About 69 minutes in length.

Demonstrates the effects of nation building in pre-Amin Uganda on the seminomadic pastoral Jie. Looks at life in a traditional Jie homestead during a harsh dry season.

To live with herds
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT433.242 .T63 1996g

Touki-Bouki = The journey of the hyena. Videorecording. Produit et réalisé par Djibril Diop Mambety. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1973.
About 85 minutes in length. In Wolof, with English subtitles.

The cast includes: Magaye Niang and Mareme Niang. Mory and Anta, desperate to escape the shanty-town where they live, dream of winning wealth and power in France. They go on an exhilirating chase through Dakar as they try gambling, stealing, and prostitution to get the money for their passage. At the last moment, Mory bolts from the ship, suddenly aware that Western consumer culture is just another trap.

Touki-Bouki
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .T62 1973g

The tree of iron. Videorecording. Directed by Peter O'Neill & Frank Muhly, Jr. -- [Florida] : Foundation for African Prehistory & Archaeology (production company) ; Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (distributor), c1988. Filmed in Tanzania.
About 57 minutes in length.

It features the research findings of Peter Schmidt among the Haya of western Tanzania. Iron smelting techniques from the late 19th century and earlier are re-enacted. The analysis focusses heavily on the gendering of space and the sexual symbolism of iron smelting.

Tree of Iron, The
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT443.3.H39 T74 1988

The triumph of evil. Videorecording. Produced by Mike Robinson, Ben Loeterman ; reporter, Steve Bradshaw ; written by Steve Bradshaw, Ben Loeterman. Frontline. --- [Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Washington, DC : distributed by PBS Video, c1999.
About 60 minutes in length.

"Eight hundred thousand Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutu majority in Rwanda. As the U.N.'s Genocide Convention--created to make sure genocide would never happen again--marks its 50th anniversary, Frontline examines the role of Britain, France, the U.S. and the U.N. as they ignored the warnings and evidence of impending massacre."

Triumph of Evil, The
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00281

Twelve disciples of Nelson Mandela. Videorecording. A production of California Newsreel, and Independent Television Service, Chimpanzee Productions; producer-director-writer Thomas Allen Harris; producers, Rudean Leinaeng, Woo Jung Cho, Don Perry; cinematography, Jonathan Kovel, David Forbes; editors, Sam Pollard, Sabine Hoffman; composer, Vernon Reid. -- [San Francisco, CA]: California Newsreel, 2005.
About 73 minutes in length. English and Afrikaans soundtrack with English subtitles.

"Confronted with the death of his stepfather, director Thomas Allen Harris embarks on a journey to understand the man who raised him, Pule Benjamin Leinaeng ("Lee") - an ANC foot-soldier who sacrificed his life for the freedom of his country. As part of the first wave of South African freedom fighters, Lee and his comrades left their homeland in 1960 to broadcast to the world the brutality of apartheid and to raise support for the African National Congress ("ANC") and its leaders, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. This film is an intimate tale about an African-American family, the anti-apartheid movement and the quest for reconciliation between a father and son."--IMDb.com

Twelve disciples of Nelson Mandela
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6170

Udju azul di Yonta. Videorecording. = The blue eyes of Yonta. Um filme de Flora Gomes ; direcção de produção, Angela Cerveira, Ana Costa ; guia e díalogos, Flora Gomes ... [et al.] Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1994.
About 90 minutes in length. In Letterbox Format. Crioulo dialogue; English subtitles.

Udju Azul di Yonta offers a portrait of the disillusionment of the revolutionary generation in Guinea-Bissau and the vibrant, if unintended society which developed after independence in 1973. It tells the story of three people so in love with their dreams that they miss the real opportunities which life offers. Cast: Maysa Marta, Pedro Dias, António Simão Mendes, Mohamed Lamine Seidi, Bia Gomes.

Udju Azul di Yonta
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .U277 1991g

Umgidi = The celebration Videorecording. Producer, Gillian Schütte & Sipho Singiswa; a film by 'Hand Held' Films; SABC 1. Camera, Gillian Schütte, Sipho Singiswa; editor, Gillian Schütte. -- [San Francisco, CA]: California Newsreel, [2004].
About 74 minutes in length. English and Xhosa with English subtitles.

"When Sipho, a former Robben Island inmate for 5 years gets a call from his father to help convince his reluctant younger brother to get circumcised, he procrastinates. Then he gets an anguished letter from this brother Vuyo, informing him that he finally discovered he was adopted at birth. Vuyo is in crisis and is convinced that Sipho knows the truth about his biological parents. Sipho returns to Cape Town to help his brother. Sipho was covertly circumcised in the Robben Island prison but failed to perform the full ceremony so he decides to do so now. Meanwhile, Vuyo announces that he is gay which throws the family into confusion. On the eve of the circumcision ceremony, he attempts suicide. This 'acting out' effectively deflects attention from Sipho's ceremony. The film explores a family and a country trying to embrace both modernity and tradition. While Sipho struggles to help his brother accept his roots, his brother desperately wants to escape them. This extraordinary film is made even more complex by the fact that it is filmed by Sipho's wife who happens to be a white woman, both outsider and insider in this tight-knit family drama"--Container.

Umgidi = The celebration
Butler Media Reserves, DVD7325

Valentina's nightmare. Videorecording. WGBH Boston for Documentary Consortium of Public Television Stations ; producer, Mike Robinson ; correspondent, Fergal Keane ; editor, Steve Hewlett. -- [Alexandria, Va.]: PBS Video, 1997.
About 60 minutes in length.

For days after the slaughter of her Tutsi village, 13-year-old Valentina lay hidden among corpses of family and neighbors, her machete wounds feastering with infection. Miraculously, she survived to tell her story.

Valentina's nightmare
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO DT450.435 .V35 1997g

La vie sur terre = Life on earth. Videorecording. Carole Scotta et Caroline Benjo présentent une coproduction La Sept Arte/Haut et Court ; un film de Abderrahmane Sissako ; scénario et réalisation, Abderrahmane Sissako ; image, Jacques Besse ; montage, Nadia Ben Rachid ; son, Pascal Armant. Library of African cinema series. -- [S.l. : WinStar Cinema ; San Francisco, CA : Distributed by California Newsreel], 1998.
About 61 minutes in length.

"A film about the significance of the start of the 21st Century for people still struggling to enter the 20th. [Abderrahmane Sissako's] solution was to improvise a 'fictional documentary' out of daily life in Sokolo, his father's village in Mali near the southeastern corner of Mauritania. He then overlaid these vignettes with readings from Aimé Césaire ... Behind all of this, he weaves the melancholy tones ["Folon"] of the great Malian tenor, Salif Keita [and music by other artists]."

La vie sur terre
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO PN1997 .V53 1998g

Voices from the island, Voices from Robben Island. Videorecording. Director, Adam Low ; producer, Claudia Schadeberg ; executive producer, Jurgen Schadeberg ; camera, Michael Hammon ; Nedbank. -- New York : ArtMattan Productions [distributor], 1995.
About 90 minutes in length.

The film discusses the Robben Island prison facility and includes interviews with Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Thabo Mbeki, Ahmad Kathrada, Andrew Mlangeni, as well as with former correctional personnel. NOTE: The original VHS (PAL) version from the Schadeberg Movie Company Production for BBC Television is also available at Columbia.

Voices from the island, or, Voices from Robben Island
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00608

Waalo fendo: là, oú la terre gèle Videorecording. Tiziana Soudani présente ; une production de Amka Films Productions en coproduction avec TSI--Télévision Suisse ; un film de Mohammed Soudani ; scénario Mohammed Soudani ; director of photography, Mohammed Soudani ; editors, Paolo Gebhard, Giorgio Garini ; music, Giovanni Venosta. -- New York : ArtMattan, 1997.
About 63 minutes in length. In Wolof with English subtitles.

Cast includes: Saidou Moussa Ba, Bara Ngom, Souleymane Ndiaye, Oumar Ba. This dramatic feature film is about the difficult life of a murdered Senegalese immigrant in Milan, as told in flashbacks by his brother.

Waalo fendo
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEORES 00600
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .W33 1997g

Waiting for happiness. Videorecording. Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. -- London: Artificial Eye, 2004.
About 93 minutes in length. (PAL region 2) In French and Hassaniya, with English subtitles.

A young man visits his mother in the Mauritanian desert town Nouadhibou before emigrating to Europe. He becomes involved in the lives of the inhabitants of this strange world.

Waalo fendo
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Warrior marks. Videorecording. Executive producers, Debra Hauer, Alice Walker; producer and director, Pratibha Parmar. -- New York, NY : Women Make Movies, c1993.
About 54 minutes in length.

"Documentary about female genital mutilation in Africa. Includes interviews with victims, activists against female circumcision, and circumsizers."

Warrior Marks
Barnard Media, VIDEO GN484 .W352 1993g

Wend Kuuni = Le don de Dieu. Videorecording. Un film de Gaston J.M. Kaboré scripte, Marie-Jeanne Kanyala. Library of African cinema series. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1982. Cast: Serge Yanogo, Rosine Yanogo, Joseph Nikiema, Colette Kaboré, Simone Tapsoba. Filmed in Burkina Faso.
About 70 minutes in length. Dialogue in Moré (Mossi), with English subtitles.

"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."

Wend Kuuni
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .W4416 1982g

When the war is over. Videorecording. A production of Undercurrent Film & Television; producer-director François Verster. -- Los Angeles, CA: Seventh Art Releasing [distributor], [2004?]
About 52 minutes in length.

This documentary deals with the after-effects of the South African struggle against apartheid, as experienced by survivors from the Bonteheuwel Military Wing (BMW), a militant teenage self-defense unit from the mid-1980s and a guerrilla branch of the ANC. It focuses on two ex-activists, Gori, a captain in the army and, Marlon, a gang member.

When the war is over
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White king, red rubber, black death. Videorecording. Written & directed by Peter Bate ; produced by Paul Pauwels ; director of photography, Renaat Lamboots ; editor, Hugh Williams ; music, Howard Davidson ; produced by Periscope Productions in co-production with BBC ...[et al.] in association with History Television, Canada, SBS TV, Australia, DR TV, Denmark. -- New York, NY: ArtMattan Productions, c2004.
About 91 minutes in length.

In English, French, and Dutch, with English subtitles. Cast in dramatization scenes: Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Drioson, Tahilombo Imhotop, Annette Kelly. "Describes the private colony of King Leopold II of Belgium in the Congo between 1885 and 1908 as a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality."

White king, red rubber, black death
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT655.W55 2004g

Witchcraft among the Azande. Videorecording. Produced and directed by Andre Singer; narrator, William Boyd. Disappearing world series. -- New York, N.Y.: Filmmakers Library, c1982.
About 52 minutes in length.

"Focuses on the human side of the Azande 'tribe' of the African Sudan, and the deep conviction that all misfortunes result from witchcraft. Follows a farmer as he seeks magical relief for an ill wife by consulting oracles and by the ritual poisoning of a chicken."

Witchcraft among the Azande
Butler Media Reserves, VIDEO BF1584 .S83 W58 1982g

Witches in exile. Videorecording. Producer-director, Allison Berg; co-producer & editor, Frank Keraudren; director of photography, Amanda Micheli; music, Andy Markham. -- [San Francisco] : California Newsreel, 2005.
About 79 minutes in length. In Dagboni and English with English subtitles.

"'Witches in Exile' introduces us to four women who have taken refuge in the Kukuo witches' camp and who represent a cross section of the 'witch' population of Northern Ghana today. It leads us on a step by step journey on how a woman becomes stigmatized as a 'witch.'" --Container

Witches in exile
Butler Media Reserves, DVD4964

Womanhood and circumcision: three Maasai women have their say. Videorecording. Produced by Barbara G. Hoffman ; videography and editing by Barbara G. Hoffman. -- Berkeley, CA: University of California, Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, c2002.
About 30 minutes in length.

"This documentary sensitively explores the cultural context of female genital-cutting practices among the Maasai. It will stimulate discussion and reflection in a wide variety of courses in cultural anthropology, women's and gender studies, African studies, and development studies."

Womanhood and circumcision
Barnard Media, VIDEO GN484.W66 2002g

Women of the Sahel. Videorecording. A film by Paolo Quaregna & Souleymane Mahamane. -- New York, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, [1995]
About 52 minutes in length.

"In Niger, only 50 thousand of its nearly 9 million inhabitants are salaried workers. Work done in the 'informal sector' where income is very meager is essential to the survival of many Nigérien families. The women of the Sahel are the foundation of this informal sector, accounting for more than half of Niger's economy. This film visits these women employed in their several occupations, examines their attempts to organize cooperatively, and explores the hidden economic infrastructure of the developing world."

Women of the Sahel
Barnard Media, VIDEO HQ1812 .W65 1992g

A world apart. Videorecording. Atlantic Entertainment & British Screen present a Working Title production ; director, Chris Menges ; producer, Sarah Radclyffe ; writer, Shawn Slovo ; director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Nicolas Gaster ; music, Hans Zimmerman. -- Santa Monica, Calif.: MGM Home Entertainment, 2005.
About 113 minutes in length. DVD format, with widescreen.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
A dramatization...set in South Africa in 1963, the story concerns an idealistic journalist Diana Roth who defies the government and becomes the first woman arrested under the 90-day Detention Act--both a story of government abuse and a look at one mother’s neglect of her family because of her involvement with a larger cause. Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbe, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth and Jodhi May.

A world apart
Butler Media Reserves, DVD 4263
Barnard Media, DVD PN1997 .W675 2005g

Wonders of the African world. Videorecording. Wall to Wall Television for BBC and PBS in association with ITEL ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Nick Godwin, Helena Appio ; executive producer, Jonathan Hewes ; series producer, Ben Goold. -- [Alexandria, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c1999.
About 360 minutes in length (3 videocassettes).

Tape 1: Black kingdoms of the Nile; The Swahili coast -- Tape 2: The slave kingdoms; The Holy Land -- Tape 3: The road to Timbuktu; Lost cities of the South. "This documentary presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world."

Wonders of the African world
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Xala = The curse. [Videorecording] / inspiré du roman Xala de Sembène ; écrite et réalisé par Sembène Ousmane. -- [United Kingdom] : Connoisseur Video, [c1995]
About 119 minutes in length. *** PAL format. In French and Wolof, with English subtitles.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. The cast includes: Thierno Leye, Seune Samb, Younouss Seye, Miriam Niang, Fatim Diagne, and Moustapha Toure. El Hadj Abdoukader Beye is a rich self-made businessman who celebrates his affluence by taking a third wife who is younger than his daughter. His problems begin on his wedding night when he is striken by a "xala", a curse that renders him impotent. His attempts to solve his problem allow for a vivid satirical image of post-independence Senegal, underlining the gap between rich and poor and the inextricable mix of modernity and tradition.

Xala
Barnard Media, VIDEO PQ3989.S46 X31 1995

Yaaba Soore: the path of the ancestors; Dance of the spirits: mask styles and performance in the upper Volta. Videorecording. Yaaba Soore / Filmed and written by Christopher Roy ; producer, Rodney Jensen ; narration, D.A. Parker-Gwilliam -- Dance of the spirits / filmed and written by Christopher Roy ; producer, Steven Henke ; narration, Lee Dennis. Art and death in Africa. -- Iowa City, Iowa : Audiovisual Center, University of Iowa, 1986-1988.
About 43 minutes in length.

Examines the spiritual and social customs of the inhabitants of Burkina Faso in West Africa. The first segment investigates the ways in which masks are used by the peoples of Burkina Faso for death rituals and to control spirits. The second segment explores, through still images and taped performances, the designs and significance of various mask styles and dance performances in Burkina Faso.

Yaaba Soore
Barnard Media, VIDEO NB1255.B92 Y11 1986g

Yeelen = Brightness. Videorecording. Director, Souleymane Cissé. Library of African cinema. -- San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel (distributor), c1987.
About 106 minutes in length. In Bambara, with English subtitles.

DVD version distributed by Kino on Video. Cast includes: Isiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo, Bala Musa Keytta. "Adaptation of an oral epic of the Bambara people. Set in the Mali Empire of the 13th century, Nianankoro is a young warrior destined to destroy a corrupt society, the secret Komo cult, and with it his father, and inevitably himself."

Yeelen
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT551.45 .B35 Y33 1987g
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Yoruba ritual. Videorecording. By Margaret Thompson Drewal. Series: African systems of thought. -- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992.
About 30 minutes in length.

Accompanies text: Yoruba ritual: performers, play, agency, written by Margaret Thompson Drewal, published by Indiana University Press, 1992.

Yoruba ritual
Barnard Media, VIDEO DT515.45.Y67 D752 1992g

You have struck a rock! Videorecording. Written by Deborah May, Diana Boernstein; coproduced by Deborah May, Letta Mbulu, and the United Nations. -- San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, c1981.
About 28 minutes in length.

Black women face political repression in southern Africa.

You have struck a rock
Barnard Media, VIDEO HQ1800.5 .Y68 1981g

Youssou N'Dour: Return to Gorée Videorecording. A production of CAB Productions; a documentary film by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, original music by: Yossou N'Dour and Moncef Genoud. -- New York, NY: Distributed by ArtMattan Productions, 2006.
About 90 minutes in length. In English and French with English subtitles.

Youssou N'Dour returns to Africa, tracking the trail left by slaves and the jazz music they created.

Youssou N'Dour: return to Gorée
Butler Media Reserves, DVD6768

Zan Boko: Homeland. Videorecording. Un film de Gaston J.M. Kaboré ; scénario et réalisation, Gaston J.M. Kaboré. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c1987.
About 94 minutes in length. Credits and titles in French ; dialogue in Môre (Mossi), with English subtitles.

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. Cast: Joseph Nikiema, Colette Kaboré, Celestin N. Zongo, Jean-François Ouedraogo.

Zan Boko
Barnard Media, VIDEO PN1997 .Z35 1988g

Zimbabwe: music with a past. Videorecording. BBC Education & Training. Producer, Michael Raeburn. Under African skies (Television program) -- Princeton, NJ : (distributed by) Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c1997.
About 61 minutes in length.

Features the music of Zimbabwe combining traditional rhythms with a modern African sound. Includes live performances using traditional instruments. Lyrics to many songs, translated into English, provide insights into Zimbabwean culture.

Zimbabwe: music with a past
Music Video, VC337

Zonk. Videorecording. Produced by Ike Brooks Baruch ; directed by Hyman Kirsten. Best of times, the worst of times. -- Vancouver, B.C. : Villon Films, [199-]
About 59 minutes in length.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. In English, Zulu, and other African languages with English subtitles. Cast includes: Sylvester Phahlane, Laura Gabashane, Fiver Kelly, Sam Maile, The Manhattan Stars, Richard Majola. American filmmaker, Lionel Rogosin, teams up with African writers in South Africa to secretly produce an anti-apartheid docudrama. The story centers around Zachariah, an African migrant who comes to Johannesburg in search of work. As a black worker without a permit, Zachariah is subject to arbitrary dismissal and sudden arrest by the white authorities, as well as the violence of the black township. The film explores life in and around the township of Sophiatown, including scenes in a bar or 'shebeen'.

Zonk
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Zulu love letter. Videorecording. JBA Production & Native at Large present a co-production Hollybell (South Africa) ...[et al.]; produced by Jacques Bidou ...[et al.]; a screenplay by Bhekizizwe Peterson, Ramadan Suleman; directed by Ramadan Suleman; director of photography, Manuel Teran; edited by Jacques Comets; music, Zim Ngqawana. -- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2004.
About 100 minutes in length. In English and Zulu, with English subtitles.

Also known as: Lettre d’amour zoulou. It is ten years since the last vestiges of apartheid’s political regime were dismantled. For the average South African, the notion of struggle has been all too quickly relegated to the past. But for Thandi, a journalist suffering from writer’s block, a more profound struggle continues to rage within. Living in a nation that seems too eager to forget its past, Thandi cannot shake the gnawing sense of guilt that continues to alienate her from her own family.

Zulu Love
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Zulu Zion. Videorecording. Produced by Pete Montagnon; directed by Mischa Scorer. -- New York, N.Y. : Time-Life Video ; Ambrose Video Publishing (distributor), c1977.
About 52 minutes in length.

"Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the Black African response to Christianity. Traces the history of religious beliefs in Africa from the arrival of the first Christian missionaries to the current rediscovery of the African religious identity."

Zulu Zion
Barnard Media, VIDEO BL80.2 .L65 1977 no.10