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The African Studies Collection

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The African Studies Collection includes the following titles:

Geologic Journey II - Along the African Rift - imageGeologic Journey II - Along the African Rift

Examines the East African Rift, Ethiopia's Afar Triangle, the Nile Valley and the Dead Sea Rift, places where the Earth's crust is ripping apart as molten rock pushes upwards.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 51 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
Guerrilla Grannies - imageGuerrilla Grannies

Filmmaker Ike Bertels' portrait of three women veterans of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) offers an intimate view of Mozambique's history since its 1975 independence.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 80 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Heart of the Congo - imageHeart of the Congo

Documents the work done, and difficulties faced, by international aid workers in the Congo.

Bullfrog Films | 2005 | 57 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Hissein Habre, A Chadian Tragedy - imageHissein Habre, A Chadian Tragedy

An unprecedented feat in African history: the dictator of Chad, Hissein Habre, was brought to trial.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 82 minutes
Intended Consequences - imageIntended Consequences

In Rwanda, in 1994, Hutu militia committed a bloody genocide, murdering one million Tutsis. Many of the Tutsi women were spared, only to be held captive and repeatedly raped. Many became pregnant. These are their stories.

MediaStorm | 2008 | 15 minutes | 10-12, college, adults
It's My Life - imageIt's My Life

Follows HIV-positive South African activist Zackie Achmat, who refuses to take life-saving anti-retroviral drugs until they are made available by the government.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 72 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Jaguar - imageJaguar

A playful film that finds three African men performing an ethnography of their own culture.

Icarus Films | 1967 | 88 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Kigali Shaolin Temple - imageKigali Shaolin Temple

Kigali Shaolin Temple is a kung-fu club in Rwanda started by a group of orphans from the genocide.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 52 minutes
Kingsley's Crossing - imageKingsley's Crossing

Kingsley's Crossing is the story of one man's dream to leave the poverty of life in Africa for the promised land of Europe. We walk in his shoes, as photojournalist Olivier Jobard accompanies Kingsley on his uncertain and perilous journey.

MediaStorm | 2006 | 20 minutes | 7-12, college, adults
Ladies in Waiting - imageLadies in Waiting

A profile of the Kitambo maternity clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, revealing the pressures of economic forces on health care delivery in poor countries.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 24 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

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