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The African Studies Collection

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The African Studies Collection includes the following titles:

Banking the Unbanked - imageBanking the Unbanked

As a team of managers in Gambia try to build a microfinance business, they learn that the loans may be small - but the stakes are very high.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 56 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Barcelona or Die - imageBarcelona or Die

Madou, a Senegalese fisherman, risks his life on an illegal boat to Europe.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 52 minutes
Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa - imageBerlin 1885: The Division of Africa

The story of the first international conference on Africa, which established its division amongst the European powers, and created Congo as a personal possession of the Belgian king.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 84 minutes | 11-12, College, Adult
Between Joyce and Remembrance - imageBetween Joyce and Remembrance

A hard-hitting look at one of the many heinous crimes that came before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Bullfrog Films | 2005 | 68 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Black Africa White Marble - imageBlack Africa White Marble

Through the conflict over raising a monument to honor the Italian explorer Petro di Brazza, BLACK AFRICA WHITE MARBLE shines a harsh light on central Africa's colonial past and troubled present.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 86 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Bloodline: AIDS and Family - imageBloodline: AIDS and Family

AIDS and Family is Kristen Ashburn's intimate portrait of African mothers, fathers and children being crushed by AIDS. Ashburn's work connects us to these people deeply; we learn that only through such connection is hope possible.

MediaStorm | 2006 | 12 minutes | 10-12, college, adults
Burning in the Sun - imageBurning in the Sun

An inspirational portrait of a young West African man who starts a business building solar panels from scratch and selling them to rural customers in Mali.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 83 minutes | 7 - 9, College, Adults
Can Condoms Kill? - imageCan Condoms Kill?

Investigates the Catholic Church's allegationthat condoms are unreliable and ineffective in preventing the transmission of HIV.

Bullfrog Films | 2005 | 45 minutes | College, Adult
Chronicle Of A Genocide Foretold - Part 1 - imageChronicle Of A Genocide Foretold - Part 1

Shot over three years, CHRONICLE OF A GENOCIDE FORETOLD follows several Rwandans before, during, and after the 1994 genocide. (Part 1 of 3)

Icarus Films | 1996 | 63 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Chronicle Of A Genocide Foretold - Part 2 - imageChronicle Of A Genocide Foretold - Part 2

Shot over three years, CHRONICLE OF A GENOCIDE FORETOLD follows several Rwandans before, during, and after the 1994 genocide. (Part 2 of 3)

Icarus Films | 1996 | 44 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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