Videos by Title: "E" and "F"

East Africa, pathway to growth (1999)

Documentary film covering the economic recovery in the East African countries of Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda

Education: the hope of the developing world (1987)

This program looks at projects in Kenya, East Africa, and Macao, the Portuguese territory in China, where missioners are helping both teachers and students open new doors to education.

Education: a basic human right (1992)

Examines the educational crisis in South Africa where the apartheid regime has for decades maintained two separate and unequal educational systems, one white and one black, with the consequent miseducation of successive generations of black youth and the destruction of untold human potential.

Educating Lucia (c2000). Directors: Charlotte Metcalf, Kirsten Brathen and Sean Smith

Part 25 of a series on how the globalized world economy affects ordinary people. Focuses on the story of three African sisters who want to graduate to secondary school but are more likely to receive no formal education, working as seasonal laborers on one of Zimbabwe's large tobacco farms. They're being raised by their grandmother who can only afford school fees for one girl. In African countries such as Zimbabwe, Uganda and Benin the odds are dramatically against girls getting an education.

End of the Dialogue: Apartheid in South Africa 1970 (2003). Producers: Antonia Caccia, Chris Curling, et al.

The documentary presents the stark contrast between the quality of life of whites and blacks of South Africa under apartheid in 1970, with minimal narration. Made by a small group of South African exiles and film students based in London.

The Face of Decent Work (c1999). Directors: Miguel Schapira and Karen Naets

The face of decent work is an exposé of the world's most deadly professions and workplace hazards: mining, agriculture, factory fires, to name but a few. It shows primitive forms of labor that have remained unchanged in their methods for nearly a thousand years. It shows the victims of the pressure to produce in an increasingly competitive and global economy: ... from the world's deepest coal mine in India where men still extract coal by hand, ... to the charcoal fields of Brazil where families are enslaved in a hellish landscape of smoldering ovens, ... to the chemical factories of Africa where innocent children are scarred for life by the fallout of industrial disaster.

Facing the Truth with Bill Moyers (1999)

Bill Moyers describes the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), providing footage of TRC hearings and interviews with apartheid victims and others

Fathers (c2000). Directors: Ermias Woldeamlak (The Father), Celine Gilbert, (Surrender) & Amaka Igwe (A Barber’s Wisdom)

Each of these three films offers a critical look at the relationships between fathers and their children in contemporary Africa. In the Father, the patriarch in question is ultimately the military dictatorship which terrorized Ethiopia in the '70s and '80s. Surrender shows the traditional face of paternal tyranny, a father controlling his son's life. A Barber's Wisdom shows a modern father who compromises his children in his relentless pursuit of money.

Female Circumcision: Human Rites (1998). Producer: Marion Mayer-Hohdahl

Documents the ritual of female genital mutilation (female circumcision), practiced among some African groups. This video also explores its roots in myth; and discusses movements underway to ban the practice.

Fighting on Both Sides of the Law: Mandela and His Early Crusade (2003). Director: Dominic Allan

Against the backdrop of another busy day for Nelson Mandela, this program traces his biography up to the point when he was convicted of treason and began serving a life sentence in a South African jail. Among many exclusive interviews are Walter Sisulu, the colleague and African National Congress leader who spotted Mandela's tremendous potential; George Bizos, Mandela's defense lawyer and friend; and Fidel Castro, who supported Mandela and the ANC in their struggle against the apartheid regime.

Forgotten Children: The Legacy of Poverty and AIDS in Africa (c2001). Director: Donna Woolf

A documentary on the lives of children orphaned by AIDS and left to fend for themselves on the streets of Zambia.

Forbidden Fruit (2000). Director: Sue Malawa Bruce

This docu-drama examines long held taboos about sexual identity and lesbian love in African society.

From Iron Ore to Iron Hoe: Smelting Iron in Africa (2005). Producer: Christopher Roy

Describes the process of the smelting of iron in a clay furnace in the village of Dablo, in northern Burkina Faso, Africa. Discusses the history of smelting iron in West Africa as well as the tools used in the process.

From sun up (1987)

This film documents the daily life of Tanzanian women as they seek to take their place in their society, as it is influenced through education and the impact of Western civilization.

Fruit of fear (1965)

This film documents and contrasts the two societies existing in South Africa today: the black majority and the ruling white minority.

Fulani: Art and Life of a Nomadic People (2007). Producer: Christopher Roy

"The Fulani are a diverse people who live across West Africa from Dakar to Lake Chad. They herd cattle, sheep, goats and camels, and live from the milk from their cows. They create very beautiful art, including hairstyles, dress, mats, architecture, song, music and dance. This video features three Fulani peoples: the Gowabe, Jelgobe, and Wodaabe. The video includes scenes of daily life, interiors and exteriors of their homes, cattle, milking, making butter, weaving mats, and the spectacular dances of the Wodaabe Fulani in Niger, the Geerewal and the Ruume. Young men paint their faces red with clay and butter, and put on beautiful costumes of beads, white cloth, and ostrich feathers. They dance in long lines to show off their sex appeal. The competitions are judged by beautiful young women from the opposite clan, and the winners' names are remembered for years to come"-- www.createspace.com/243089