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Awa: A Mother in West Africa (DVD : 28 min. ) [2005]
DVD 7838
Abstract: This is an intimate portrait of a single mother in Burkina Faso who supports her six children through her street-side rice business. Like so many African women, Awa has received no formal education and operates within the informal sector earning, on average, about $3 a day. As Awa narrates her life story, she never pauses in her unending preparation of the rice. Her father forced her to marry his childhood friend, and she bore four children before her husband died. Her husband's three other wives resented this new favorite and would not help her once she was widowed. Sustained by her faith in God, she began a street vending business to survive. Marrying again, this time for love, she was soon abandoned but left with two more children to feed. The film takes us through Awa's arduous 16 hour workday, interspliced with interviews of her children who are grateful for her hard work on their behalf. Here is a glimpse of some of the economic realities faced by women today in urban Africa.
Director: Alexis Curtis Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Burkina Faso, economy, women, marriage
Baara = The Porter (Videocassette : 90 min. ) [1978]
VHS 9314
Abstract: The first feature film ever produced in Mali, Baara (The Porter) is about a young man caught in the growing political and economic tensions of urban Africa. Balla Diarra is a worker in the capital city of Bamako who struggles to survive on his meager income. After his friend is murdered by an unfeeling factory boss, he must confront increasingly violent choices. Set in a modern city rather than a mythical past or traditional village, Baara offers a portrait of African life not often seen on the American screen. In Bambara with English sub-titles.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: Mali, urban life, work, feature film
Bab el-Oued City (Videocassette : 93 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 4619
Abstract: Bab El-Oued is a working class district of Algiers. A young worker commits an act which puts the entire district in turmoil.
Director: Merzak Allaouche Distributor:www.arabfilm.com
Keywords: Algeria, politics, urban life, feature film
Benin: An African Kingdom (DVD : 75 min. ) [2004]
DVD 8380 through 8384
Abstract:
Five part series: 1. Home to the Village (DVD 8380)
Most urban Nigerians retain strong ties to their home villages. Many, like the Izevbigie family, return for planting and harvesting--suitcase farming it's called. This program compares the life of the city-dwelling Izevbigie with that of their country cousins, as well as the games they play.
City Victorious (The) (Videocassette : 55 min. ) [1983]
V. CASS. VHS 660
Abstract: History of and present day life in Cairo as seen in the experience of a young man who migrates to the city from his farming village.
Director: Geoff Dunlop Distributor:Landmark Films, Inc.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, urban migration
Dolly and the Inkspots (Videocassette : 28 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 4833
Abstract: One of the most dynamic singing combinations to emerge in South Africa in the early fifties was Dolly Rathebe and the African Inkspots. They were the toast of Sof'town, getting star billing in musical shows around the country and appearing in feature films such as Jim Comes to Jo'burg, The Magic Garden and Song of Africa. This documentary pays tribute to the talents of these jazz greats who have made such a valuable contribution to the musical heritage of South Africa. Their voices are as enduring and resonant today as they were fifty years ago, which makes them truly living legends.
Director: NA Distributor:Villon Films
Keywords: South Africa, music, history, popular culture, urban life, Dolly Rathebe
Donka (Videocassette : 59 min. ) [1996]
V. CASS. VHS 3799
Abstract: This film follows daily life in the largest public hospital in the Republic of Guinea, Donka Hospital in Conakry. Writer/director: Thierry Michel. Producer: Christine Pireaux.
Director: Thierry Michel Distributor:First Run/Icarus
Keywords: Guinea, medical care, health, social conditions, urban life
Lagos/Koolhaas (Videocassette : 55 min. ) [2003]
V.CASS. VHS 7984
Abstract: A film that follows Rem Koolhaas during his research with the Harvard Design School Project on the City over a period of two years. He and his students wander through the chaotic streets of Lagos in Nigeria, talking with people and recognizing the problems of urban life.
Director: Bregtje M. Van der Haak Distributor:First Run/Icarus Films
Keywords: Nigeria, urban life
Living in bondage (DVD : 163 min. ) [1992]
DVD 9686
Abstract: Lagos businessman Andy Okeke sees his friends getting rich and he is upset that he has no success himself. He is torn between his village ways and the modernity of city life. In an attempt to get ahead, he becomes involved in the occult with tragic results. This movie marked the beginning of the video movie industry in Nigeria.
Director: Chris Obi Rapu Distributor:Nigerian Movies
Keywords: Nigeria, filmmaking, urban life, occult, modernity, feature film
Living the HipLife (DVD : 61 min. ) [2007]
DVD 11338
Abstract: This film is a musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. It follows the birth of Hiplife music in Accra, Ghana, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip hop. Archival footage and hip hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the daily lives of rap artists. We follow Reggie Rockstone, the Godfather of Hiplife in the founding of the musical movement, as well as the Mobile Boys a group of aspiring rap artists as they try to make it in the music business. With humor and personality these characters move across the political and musical landscape of urban Ghana.
Director: Jesse W. Shipley Distributor:Third World Newsreel
Keywords: Ghana, music, urban life, performance, art, economy
Miner's Tale (A) (Videocassette : 40 min. ) [2001]
V.CASS. VHS 8246
Abstract: Joaquim is a migrant laborer with a junior wife in urban South Africa and a senior wife and family in rural Mozambique. He is torn between his responsibilities for both. He is also torn between his understanding of his HIV infection when visiting his home village after being absent for four years and what traditional society expects of him. Joaquim must make a choice since the elders are adamant that it is his traditional duty to father more children with his wife, but Joachim does not want to infect her. Part of Steps for the Future, a unique collection of documentaries and short films from Southern Africa about life in the time of HIV/AIDS (Volume 7).
Director: Gabriel Mondlane Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: South Africa, Mozambique, HIV/AIDS, sexual behavior, migrant labor, kinship, family, Steps for the Future
Petite vendeuse de soleil (La) (Videocassette : 44 min. ) [1999]
V. CASS. VHS 4902
Abstract: 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.
Director: Djibril Diop Mambety Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Senegal, urban life, gender, economy, globalization, feature film
Salut cousin! (Videocassette : 103 min. ) [1997]
V. CASS. VHS 6061
Abstract: In the poor tenements of Paris, a young Algerian hooks up with his cousin Mok, a would-be rap star, pathological liar and an irrepressible guide to the Paris underground scene. Writer/director: Merzak Allouache.
Director: Merzak Allouache Distributor:www.arabfilm.com
Keywords: Algeria, Paris, immigration, urban life, feature film
Song of Africa (Videocassette : 59 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 4560
Abstract: In this all Black production made in the early 1950s and directed by an Afrikaner, a Zulu band leader, Daniel Makiza, returns to his village with a gramophone and musical instruments determined to start a Zulu jazz band. He takes his band to the city where their jazz contest performance constitutes the body of the film. This film, produced at the inception of apartheid, contains many of the clichés and self-delusions that were to make apartheid tenable. Thecosmetic world depicted is completely in harmony with Afrikaner Nationalist philosophy, a mass fantasy indulged by thousands of Afrikaners.
Director: Emil Nofal Distributor:Villon Films
Keywords: South Africa, Zulu, music, popular culture, history, urban life
TemeTTeme (Videocassette : 30 min. ) [1998]
VHS 9348
Abstract: Set in the beautiful drylands region of northern Ethiopia, TemeTTeme is a moving parable about progress and the values of family life. TemeTTeme tells the story of 12-year-old Belete who runs away from his father's desertified farm to pursue an education in the city of Addis Ababa. The story illustrates the African proverb, 'begezza rasu 'bab TemeTTeme', which means, 'by his own doing, he wrapped a snake around himself.' It reveals hope and resourcefulness in the midst of social and economic problems in rural and urban Ethiopia. The young actors in this film and many of the production team are street children in Addis Ababa. This film is dedicated to them and to the thousands of children whose talent and potential lies wasting and unseen on the streets of towns and cities throughout the world.
Director: Richard Duplock Distributor:Bull Frog Films
Keywords: Ethiopia, youth, desertification, rural-urban migration, street children, poverty, family
Three Tales from Senegal (Videocassette : 82 min. ) [1990]
V. CASS. VHS 2799
Abstract: The three Senegalese shorts in this brief film anthology adapt the ancient African storytelling tradition to a modern medium and setting. If the novel and its close relative, the feature film, reflect the complex, overlapping narratives of urban life, then these cinematic fables encapsulate the basic beliefs which support ordinary Africans as they try to navigate through a rapidly changing world. Le Franc is a parable about the plight of everyday Africans buffeted by the changing winds of the international monetary system. (Director:Djibril Diop Mambety ). Picc Mi is a story of two destitute boys who escape the predatory demands of adults to spend one day of freedom together. (Director: Mansour Sora Wade). Fary l'ânesse 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.
Director: Mansour Sora Wade, Djibril Diop Mambety Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Senegal, urban settings, narrative, folktales
Wandering Warrior (DVD : 56 min. ) [1996]
DVD 8247
Abstract: This is a unique story of a leap across cultural boundaries as a Maasai warrior from the pastoral valleys of southern Kenya adapts to life on the fast track in suburban Massachusetts. At age nineteen, Maasai warrior Mpeti Ole Surum met an American tourist on a safari in Kenya. This meeting changed his life forever. The American encouraged him to get an education and learn about the world beyond his valley. Changing his name to 'Tom,' he went to school and learned to read and write English. For several years he held different jobs at a resort, where he impressed guests by speaking about the Maasai culture. Possessed of the courage and strength needed to kill lions, he also had the talent of a natural showman. Sent abroad to encourage tourism, Tom quickly became a sought after lecturer, entertainer and talk show guest. Today he has several agents booking his performances at schools and universities across the United States. Even the most complacent high school students sit up and take notice when Tom bellows tribal incantations across the stage while dressed in full hunting regalia. A self-styled cultural ambassador, Tom also shares what he has learned of America with young Maasai. While he partakes of the bounty of American life, including Armani suits, a luxury car, and credit cards, he is still strongly attached to his tribe and its traditions.
Director: Cliff Moskow Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Kenya, Maasai, emigration, tourism
Wariko: Le Gros Lot = Wariko: The Jackpot (Videocassette : 85 min. ) [1993]
V.CASS. VHS 7393
Abstract: A satirical comedy of how African society deals with money, seen through the adventures of a traffic cop who, along with his wife, a market trader, wins the national lottery but then loses the ticket. This film is an attempt to portray contemporary urban Africans, caught in a maelstrom of daily problems and faced with the contradictions between their old beliefs and the new conditions. Starring Allassane Toure, Abiba Kabore, Ahissatou Traore, and Rachel Tehi.
Director: Fadika Kramo-Laciné Distributor:Kramo-Lanciné Productions
Keywords: Ivory Coast, Bambara, modernity, city life, lotteries, feature film
White City, Black Lives (Videocassette : 57 min. ) [1997]
V. CASS. VHS 6163
Abstract: Five residents of White City, a neighborhood in Soweto, South Africa, are given small cameras with which to tell the story of their lives providing a view of black urban life in South Africa.
Director: Teboho Mahlatsi Distributor:First Run/Icarus Films
Keywords: South Africa, Soweto, urban life, photography
Zaire: Cycle of the Serpent (Videocassette : 58 min. ) [1992]
V. CASS. VHS 3270
Abstract: Documents five weeks in Kinshasa, chronicling life in the capital city and revealing the disparities in its social fabric. In addition to bourgeois traders, religious and military figures, we see beggars, transients and social outcasts, and Zaireans grieving for their dead, martyrs to an iron-gloved dictator.
Director: Thierry Michel Distributor:First Run/Icarus
Keywords: Zaire, Kinshasa, history, social conditions, urban life
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Awa: A Mother in West Africa (DVD : 28 min. ) [2005]
DVD 7838
Abstract: This is an intimate portrait of a single mother in Burkina Faso who supports her six children through her street-side rice business. Like so many African women, Awa has received no formal education and operates within the informal sector earning, on average, about $3 a day. As Awa narrates her life story, she never pauses in her unending preparation of the rice. Her father forced her to marry his childhood friend, and she bore four children before her husband died. Her husband's three other wives resented this new favorite and would not help her once she was widowed. Sustained by her faith in God, she began a street vending business to survive. Marrying again, this time for love, she was soon abandoned but left with two more children to feed. The film takes us through Awa's arduous 16 hour workday, interspliced with interviews of her children who are grateful for her hard work on their behalf. Here is a glimpse of some of the economic realities faced by women today in urban Africa.
Director: Alexis Curtis Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Burkina Faso, economy, women, marriage
Baara = The Porter (Videocassette : 90 min. ) [1978]
VHS 9314
Abstract: The first feature film ever produced in Mali, Baara (The Porter) is about a young man caught in the growing political and economic tensions of urban Africa. Balla Diarra is a worker in the capital city of Bamako who struggles to survive on his meager income. After his friend is murdered by an unfeeling factory boss, he must confront increasingly violent choices. Set in a modern city rather than a mythical past or traditional village, Baara offers a portrait of African life not often seen on the American screen. In Bambara with English sub-titles.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: Mali, urban life, work, feature film
Bab el-Oued City (Videocassette : 93 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 4619
Abstract: Bab El-Oued is a working class district of Algiers. A young worker commits an act which puts the entire district in turmoil.
Director: Merzak Allaouche Distributor:www.arabfilm.com
Keywords: Algeria, politics, urban life, feature film
Benin: An African Kingdom (DVD : 75 min. ) [2004]
DVD 8380 through 8384
Abstract:
Five part series: 1. Home to the Village (DVD 8380)
Most urban Nigerians retain strong ties to their home villages. Many, like the Izevbigie family, return for planting and harvesting--suitcase farming it's called. This program compares the life of the city-dwelling Izevbigie with that of their country cousins, as well as the games they play.
2. The Present, Benin's People (DVD 8381)
Osaigbovo and Adesuwa are anxious to get home from school because they are having a birthday party. We observe the preparations--getting dressed, cooking food--and join in the celebration while discovering that life in Benin City today is a mixture of the modern and the traditional, Western and Nigerian.
3. Traders, the City, and Men from Over the Sea (DVD 8382)
There is still a king or Oba of Benin today, and he still dispenses justice to his people. He lives in a very traditional world but has received a British university eduction. Contrasts like these are commonplace in modern Nigeria; the children shop in the tumult of a traditional market and go to a supermarket to buy plastic toys made in China. Overseas trade is not new to Benin; it was taking place long before the white man arrived.
4. Emotan and the Fugitive Prince (DVD 8383)
The dance drama retells the legend of how Prince Ogun was banished and his brother usurped the throne. With the help of a widow, the loyal Emotan, he manages to regain his rightful throne to rule his people wisely and well. This tale of magic and revenge is firmly based in history.
5. Crafts and Crafts People (DVD 8384)
Adesuwa, aged 10, and Akugbe, aged 11, are going to have new party dresses made. They choose a tie-dyed fabric, and we learn how it is made. We also learn how the famous bronzes were cast. Today's chief bronze caster narrates the dance drama that explains how the bronze casters became the most important craft guild in Benin.
Director:
Ben Onwukwe, Deborah Isaacs
Distributor:Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Keywords:
City Victorious (The) (Videocassette : 55 min. ) [1983]
V. CASS. VHS 660
Abstract: History of and present day life in Cairo as seen in the experience of a young man who migrates to the city from his farming village.
Director: Geoff Dunlop Distributor:Landmark Films, Inc.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, urban migration
Dolly and the Inkspots (Videocassette : 28 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 4833
Abstract: One of the most dynamic singing combinations to emerge in South Africa in the early fifties was Dolly Rathebe and the African Inkspots. They were the toast of Sof'town, getting star billing in musical shows around the country and appearing in feature films such as Jim Comes to Jo'burg, The Magic Garden and Song of Africa. This documentary pays tribute to the talents of these jazz greats who have made such a valuable contribution to the musical heritage of South Africa. Their voices are as enduring and resonant today as they were fifty years ago, which makes them truly living legends.
Director: NA Distributor:Villon Films
Keywords: South Africa, music, history, popular culture, urban life, Dolly Rathebe
Donka (Videocassette : 59 min. ) [1996]
V. CASS. VHS 3799
Abstract: This film follows daily life in the largest public hospital in the Republic of Guinea, Donka Hospital in Conakry. Writer/director: Thierry Michel. Producer: Christine Pireaux.
Director: Thierry Michel Distributor:First Run/Icarus
Keywords: Guinea, medical care, health, social conditions, urban life
Lagos/Koolhaas (Videocassette : 55 min. ) [2003]
V.CASS. VHS 7984
Abstract: A film that follows Rem Koolhaas during his research with the Harvard Design School Project on the City over a period of two years. He and his students wander through the chaotic streets of Lagos in Nigeria, talking with people and recognizing the problems of urban life.
Director: Bregtje M. Van der Haak Distributor:First Run/Icarus Films
Keywords: Nigeria, urban life
Living in bondage (DVD : 163 min. ) [1992]
DVD 9686
Abstract: Lagos businessman Andy Okeke sees his friends getting rich and he is upset that he has no success himself. He is torn between his village ways and the modernity of city life. In an attempt to get ahead, he becomes involved in the occult with tragic results. This movie marked the beginning of the video movie industry in Nigeria.
Director: Chris Obi Rapu Distributor:Nigerian Movies
Keywords: Nigeria, filmmaking, urban life, occult, modernity, feature film
Living the HipLife (DVD : 61 min. ) [2007]
DVD 11338
Abstract: This film is a musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. It follows the birth of Hiplife music in Accra, Ghana, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip hop. Archival footage and hip hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the daily lives of rap artists. We follow Reggie Rockstone, the Godfather of Hiplife in the founding of the musical movement, as well as the Mobile Boys a group of aspiring rap artists as they try to make it in the music business. With humor and personality these characters move across the political and musical landscape of urban Ghana.
Director: Jesse W. Shipley Distributor:Third World Newsreel
Keywords: Ghana, music, urban life, performance, art, economy
Miner's Tale (A) (Videocassette : 40 min. ) [2001]
V.CASS. VHS 8246
Abstract: Joaquim is a migrant laborer with a junior wife in urban South Africa and a senior wife and family in rural Mozambique. He is torn between his responsibilities for both. He is also torn between his understanding of his HIV infection when visiting his home village after being absent for four years and what traditional society expects of him. Joaquim must make a choice since the elders are adamant that it is his traditional duty to father more children with his wife, but Joachim does not want to infect her. Part of Steps for the Future, a unique collection of documentaries and short films from Southern Africa about life in the time of HIV/AIDS (Volume 7).
Director: Gabriel Mondlane Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: South Africa, Mozambique, HIV/AIDS, sexual behavior, migrant labor, kinship, family, Steps for the Future
Petite vendeuse de soleil (La) (Videocassette : 44 min. ) [1999]
V. CASS. VHS 4902
Abstract: 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.
Director: Djibril Diop Mambety Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Senegal, urban life, gender, economy, globalization, feature film
Salut cousin! (Videocassette : 103 min. ) [1997]
V. CASS. VHS 6061
Abstract: In the poor tenements of Paris, a young Algerian hooks up with his cousin Mok, a would-be rap star, pathological liar and an irrepressible guide to the Paris underground scene. Writer/director: Merzak Allouache.
Director: Merzak Allouache Distributor:www.arabfilm.com
Keywords: Algeria, Paris, immigration, urban life, feature film
Song of Africa (Videocassette : 59 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 4560
Abstract: In this all Black production made in the early 1950s and directed by an Afrikaner, a Zulu band leader, Daniel Makiza, returns to his village with a gramophone and musical instruments determined to start a Zulu jazz band. He takes his band to the city where their jazz contest performance constitutes the body of the film. This film, produced at the inception of apartheid, contains many of the clichés and self-delusions that were to make apartheid tenable. Thecosmetic world depicted is completely in harmony with Afrikaner Nationalist philosophy, a mass fantasy indulged by thousands of Afrikaners.
Director: Emil Nofal Distributor:Villon Films
Keywords: South Africa, Zulu, music, popular culture, history, urban life
TemeTTeme (Videocassette : 30 min. ) [1998]
VHS 9348
Abstract: Set in the beautiful drylands region of northern Ethiopia, TemeTTeme is a moving parable about progress and the values of family life. TemeTTeme tells the story of 12-year-old Belete who runs away from his father's desertified farm to pursue an education in the city of Addis Ababa. The story illustrates the African proverb, 'begezza rasu 'bab TemeTTeme', which means, 'by his own doing, he wrapped a snake around himself.' It reveals hope and resourcefulness in the midst of social and economic problems in rural and urban Ethiopia. The young actors in this film and many of the production team are street children in Addis Ababa. This film is dedicated to them and to the thousands of children whose talent and potential lies wasting and unseen on the streets of towns and cities throughout the world.
Director: Richard Duplock Distributor:Bull Frog Films
Keywords: Ethiopia, youth, desertification, rural-urban migration, street children, poverty, family
Three Tales from Senegal (Videocassette : 82 min. ) [1990]
V. CASS. VHS 2799
Abstract: The three Senegalese shorts in this brief film anthology adapt the ancient African storytelling tradition to a modern medium and setting. If the novel and its close relative, the feature film, reflect the complex, overlapping narratives of urban life, then these cinematic fables encapsulate the basic beliefs which support ordinary Africans as they try to navigate through a rapidly changing world. Le Franc is a parable about the plight of everyday Africans buffeted by the changing winds of the international monetary system. (Director:Djibril Diop Mambety ). Picc Mi is a story of two destitute boys who escape the predatory demands of adults to spend one day of freedom together. (Director: Mansour Sora Wade). Fary l'ânesse 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.
Director: Mansour Sora Wade, Djibril Diop Mambety Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Senegal, urban settings, narrative, folktales
Wandering Warrior (DVD : 56 min. ) [1996]
DVD 8247
Abstract: This is a unique story of a leap across cultural boundaries as a Maasai warrior from the pastoral valleys of southern Kenya adapts to life on the fast track in suburban Massachusetts. At age nineteen, Maasai warrior Mpeti Ole Surum met an American tourist on a safari in Kenya. This meeting changed his life forever. The American encouraged him to get an education and learn about the world beyond his valley. Changing his name to 'Tom,' he went to school and learned to read and write English. For several years he held different jobs at a resort, where he impressed guests by speaking about the Maasai culture. Possessed of the courage and strength needed to kill lions, he also had the talent of a natural showman. Sent abroad to encourage tourism, Tom quickly became a sought after lecturer, entertainer and talk show guest. Today he has several agents booking his performances at schools and universities across the United States. Even the most complacent high school students sit up and take notice when Tom bellows tribal incantations across the stage while dressed in full hunting regalia. A self-styled cultural ambassador, Tom also shares what he has learned of America with young Maasai. While he partakes of the bounty of American life, including Armani suits, a luxury car, and credit cards, he is still strongly attached to his tribe and its traditions.
Director: Cliff Moskow Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Kenya, Maasai, emigration, tourism
Wariko: Le Gros Lot = Wariko: The Jackpot (Videocassette : 85 min. ) [1993]
V.CASS. VHS 7393
Abstract: A satirical comedy of how African society deals with money, seen through the adventures of a traffic cop who, along with his wife, a market trader, wins the national lottery but then loses the ticket. This film is an attempt to portray contemporary urban Africans, caught in a maelstrom of daily problems and faced with the contradictions between their old beliefs and the new conditions. Starring Allassane Toure, Abiba Kabore, Ahissatou Traore, and Rachel Tehi.
Director: Fadika Kramo-Laciné Distributor:Kramo-Lanciné Productions
Keywords: Ivory Coast, Bambara, modernity, city life, lotteries, feature film
White City, Black Lives (Videocassette : 57 min. ) [1997]
V. CASS. VHS 6163
Abstract: Five residents of White City, a neighborhood in Soweto, South Africa, are given small cameras with which to tell the story of their lives providing a view of black urban life in South Africa.
Director: Teboho Mahlatsi Distributor:First Run/Icarus Films
Keywords: South Africa, Soweto, urban life, photography
Zaire: Cycle of the Serpent (Videocassette : 58 min. ) [1992]
V. CASS. VHS 3270
Abstract: Documents five weeks in Kinshasa, chronicling life in the capital city and revealing the disparities in its social fabric. In addition to bourgeois traders, religious and military figures, we see beggars, transients and social outcasts, and Zaireans grieving for their dead, martyrs to an iron-gloved dictator.
Director: Thierry Michel Distributor:First Run/Icarus
Keywords: Zaire, Kinshasa, history, social conditions, urban life
September 16, 2008: Geoffrey Nyarota
