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DOLE
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| VHS, DVD and 35mm, 80 minutes, Gabon, 2001, in French with English subtitles |
| A dramatic look at city life, rap, High school, delinquency and dysfunctional families as experienced by African youth and in Gabon. MORE... |
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EVERYONE'S CHILD
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| DVD, 90 minutes, Zimbabwe, 1996 |
| A feature film examining the plight of Africa's 10,000,000 children orphaned by AIDS. MORE... |
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HOXIE: THE FIRST STAND
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DVD, 56 minutes, 2003,  |
| Documents the first battle to implement the Brown vs. Board of Education school desegregation decision fought in the small, rural town of Hoxie, Arkansas. MORE... |
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KEITA: THE HERITAGE OF THE GRIOT
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DVD, 94 minutes, Burkina Faso, 1995, in French and Jula with English subtitles
Facilitator Guide Available |
| A young boy and his distant ancestor engage in parallel quests to understand their destinies and to know the meaning of their names. In so doing, Keita makes the case for an "Afrocentric" education, where African tradition, not an imported Western curricula is the necessary starting point for African development. MORE... |
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MONDAY'S GIRLS
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| VHS and DVD, 50 minutes, United Kingdom / Nigeria, 1993 |
| The conflict between modern individualism and traditional society is seen through the eyes of two young Niger Delta women involved in a five-week long women's initiation ceremony. MORE... |
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THE OTHER EUROPE
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| DVD, 58 minutes, 2006, English |
| Immigration is a hot button issue in Europe, as it is in the United States. The Other Europe is a penetrating study of the economics and politics behind the immigration debate with revealing parallels to our own country. MORE... |
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PIECES D'IDENTITES
(Pieces of Identity)
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VHS, DVD and 35mm, 93 minutes, Congo / Belgium, 1998, in French with English subtitles
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| The fable of an old African king and his wayward daughter is updated to present day Brussels to make provocative points about racism, tradition, class struggle, cultural identity and corruption. MORE... |
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RALPH BUNCHE: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY
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| DVD, 117 minutes, 2001 |
| Ralph Bunche was a statesman, peace negotiator, and the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Bunche overcame racial prejudice and poverty in America to become Undersecretary General of the United Nations. MORE... |
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REVOLUTION '67
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DVD, 90 minute version and 83 minute PBS version on one DVD, 2007, closed caption (PBS version only)
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| An illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history - the Black urban rebellions of the 1960's. Focusing on the six-day Newark, N.J. outbreak on July 12, 1967, the film reveals how the disturbance began as spontaneous revolts against poverty and police brutality and ended as fateful milestones in America's struggles over race and economic justice. MORE... |
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