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The life and times of Sara Baartman "The Hottentot Venus
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6 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in English and held by 386 libraries worldwide A documentary film of the life a Khoikhoi woman who was taken from South Africa in 1810 and exhibited as a freak across Britain. The image and ideas for "The Hottentot Venus" (particularly the interest in her sexual anatomy) swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by abolitionists to free her from her exhibitors failed. In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality.
Madame Satã
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9 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in Portuguese and held by 224 libraries worldwide Born to slaves in Northern Brazil and sold at the age of 7 by his mother for the price of a mule, João Francisco dos Santos battled all sterotypes on the mean streets of Lapa, Rio de Janeíro. Jailed for 27 of his 76 years, dos Santos was an explosive figure prone to excessive bouts of violence and moments of extreme tenderness the next. His world was filled with violence and raw desire, while desperate dreams spring from poverty and squalor. João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, is one of the most famous drag queen of 1930s.
Woubi chéri
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3 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in French and held by 181 libraries worldwide "Woubi Chéri is the first film to give African homosexuals a chance to describe their world in their own words. Often funny, sometimes ribald, but always real, this documentary introduces us to gender pioneers demanding their right to construct a distinct African homosexuality"--California Newsreel Web site.
Gacaca living together again in Rwanda
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5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 165 libraries worldwide 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.
The price of aid
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3 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 119 libraries worldwide This video discusses U.S. donations of food for famine relief in foreign countries through a case-study in Zamibia, and the complex relationships between international aid, international media, American business and politics, and the impact on local agriculture, public health and international trade relations.
In Rwanda we say-- the family that does not speak dies
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7 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in English and held by 117 libraries worldwide A look at the problem of reconcilliation in a post-genocidal society as killers are returned to their homes to live and work alongside the survivors of their genocide.
The perfumed garden
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2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 90 libraries worldwide Through interviews with men and women of all ages and classes this film explores the myths and realities of sensuality and sexuality in Arab society, a world of taboos, of erotic literature and films. It begins looking at a more permissive history, and ends with the experiences of contemporary lovers from mixed backgrounds. The film discusses pre-marital sex, courtship and marriage, familial pressures, social taboos and issues of language. It also demonstrates how the rich legacy of fantasy in the A Thousand and One Arabian Nights still permeates contemporary Arab culture.
It's my life
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6 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in English and held by 79 libraries worldwide Zackie Achmat is an AIDS activist who refuses to take anti-retrovirals until they are available in public hospitals and clinics. He leads the court battle against the multi-national drug companies and takes on the South African government for its confusing policies around HIV/AIDS. As a leader in the campaign for affordable treatment, Zackie's provocative position is not one all his friends and colleagues support. When Zackie gets ill, everyone wants to know why he refuses to take the medicines that would let him lead a healthier life. Shot over 5 months, personal and public images are interwoven to provide an intimate look at an internationally profiled defiance campaign and the complexities of its leading figure.
6000 a day an account of a catastrophe foretold
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4 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 53 libraries worldwide How the failure of key individuals, prominent NGO's, and governments to act allowed a catastrophe to fester - a catastrophe that undoubtedly could have been avoided. Since it appeared 20 years ago, AIDS has left behind it a trail of destruction. This film answers the question 'why did the world wait so long to react', and dissects the key moments in the global response to the epidemic. By examining this human catastrophe, the film reveals a global rift that helped the disease to spread.
Drowning by bullets
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5 editions published between 1992 and 2001 in English and French and held by 46 libraries worldwide On the evening of October 17, 1961 about 30,000 Algerians, ostensibly French citizens, descended upon the boulevards of central Paris to protest an 8:30 curfew. The curfew was in response to repeated terrorist attacks by Algerian nationalists in Paris and other French cities. They were met by a police force determined to break up the demonstration. Demonstrators were beaten, shot, even drowned in the Seine. This video exposes the massacre, and the cover-up.
Arranged marriages
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2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 35 libraries worldwide Explores attitudes among educated Indian couples, asking them how they met and married their spouses. In India marriages are a family matter often arranged to improve the social standing of the family. This documentary makes a visit to a marriage bureau, where earnest parents look over the qualifications of potential mates for their children; education, caste, religion, profession and physical attribues all figure in the equation.
Royal bonbon
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1 edition published in 2004 in French and held by 12 libraries worldwide "A story of a crazed man who imagines himself to be the reincarnation of King Christoph (the first "king" of Haiti, a former slave who headed the world's first ever black republic after the world's only successful slave revolt), it stands as an allegory of the island's own history of heroic glory followed by dismal poverty"--imdb.com.
Cien horas con Fidel el documental : conversaciones con Ignacio Ramonet
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1 edition published in 2008 in Spanish and held by 5 libraries worldwide Segments from Ignacio Ramonet's interviews of Fidel Castro.
A pig's tale
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2 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide This documentary explores the fall-out from the US backed slaughter of Haiti's Creole pig population in the early 1980s.
In Rwanda we say-- the family that does not speak dies
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1 edition published in 2004 in Kinyarwanda and held by 3 libraries worldwide A look at the problem of reconcilliation in a post-genocidal society as killers are returned to their homes to live and work alongside the survivors of their genocide.
The notebooks of memory
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide
The foreigner
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2 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide Short film tracing the relationship which develops between an immigrant street vendor and a young homeless boy, despite the hostility and aggression directed at the foreigner. It is a chilling indictment of xenophobia.
The hacktivists
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide Summary: This programme looks at the rise of computer hackers in society who use the Internet to promote political and social causes. Also discusses those law enforcement agencies who try to stop Internet hackers.
The life and times of Sara Baartman
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide A documentary film of the life a Khoikhoi woman who was taken from South Africa in 1810 and exhibited as a freak across Britain. The image and ideas for "The Hottentot Venus" (particularly the interest in her sexual anatomy) swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by abolitionists to free her from her exhibitors failed. In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality.
House of love
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1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 1 library worldwide House of love: Explores the lives of sex-workers in the small Namibian harbor of Walvis Bay. The women are dependent for the business on the brief visits of foreign shipping trawlers. They give insights into the choices they have made and why they have made them. Their conflicts center around notions of love, sex, sin, and redemption, while the threat of HIV/AIDS exists only in the background. more
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Africa Baartman, Sarah Biographical films Biography Brazil Brazil--Rio de Janeiro Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Lapa Case studies Civil War (Rwanda : 1994) Côte d'Ivoire--Abidjan Criminal behavior Criminals Developing countries Documentary films Drama Europe Exhibition catalogs Exhibition catalogs Feature films Female impersonators Food relief, American Gay men--Social conditions Gay men--Social life and customs Gays--Social life and customs Genocide Great Britain History Human beings Human body--Social aspects Hutu (African people) Indigenous peoples International relations Khoikhoi (African people) Madame Satã,--1900-1976 Manners and customs Popular culture Racism Racism in anthropology Reconciliation Rwanda Social history Somatotypes South Africa Toleration Transvestites Truth commissions Tutsi (African people) United States Women, Black Zambia
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