Videos by Title: "T"

Tanzania : the quiet revolution (1964)

This film portrays the geography and people of Tanzania and depicts their struggle with the problems of extreme poverty, illiteracy and racism. It interviews President Julius K. Nyerere who explains his policy on nonalignment and acceptance of help from both communist and noncommunist countries. The frailty of the bond between the state of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is pointed out.

Tanzania : education for self reliance (1978)

In this video a team of educators from the Audio Visual Institute visit a village to show how more permanent houses may be built from mud bricks and aluminum roofs. Discussions, learning new building techniques and confronting government bureaucracy follow. In the end the villagers must take the initiative to build the houses and improve their lives themselves.

Tauw (1971)

African filmmaker Ousmane Sembene follows a young member of a new generation of workers in Senegal to depict the uneducated masses that form the raidly increasing population of cities like Dakar. These workers are most affected by the changes taking place in Africa today. Conditions in Senegal typify those of many emerging nations.

These girls are missing (199-?)

"... in many African countries, fewer than 20% of girls ever enter a classroom, and across the continent, only one woman in three learns to read." "These girls are missing offers small sets of stories, sharp glimpses into a few intimate relationships layered to mirror the complex reality ..."--Container.

They come in peace : a new democratic South Africa (1994)

This video begins when South African President F. W. deKlerk released Nelson Mandela from Robin Island Prison after twenty-seven years of confinement. The video describes why Nelson Mandela had been imprisoned and why deKlerk released him. It then gives background information on both deKlerk and Mandela, and describes the social, political and economic conditions that existed under apartheid.

Tree of survival (1983)

In one of a series of films on UN subjects made by Third World filmmakers, Abdellatib Ben Ammar of Tunisia deals with the Sahel, the region bordering on the Sahara Desert in Africa. The desert sands are marching south at a rate of a meter a month. What can the Sahelians and the international community do to help? The answer lies in the trees that need to be planted and nurtured...the trees of survival.

Triumph over terror (1999)

Three the six parts in this series concern Africa. No. 4 looks at the problem in three different areas of the country, and explores the way denial of inheritance and property rights is forcing growing number of widows to join the ranks of the homeless in the shantytowns of major cities like Lagos. No. 5 is about one of the many terrible cases to come before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. No. 6 evaluates the success of the Guinean government and the UN High Commission for Refugees in protecting the rights pledged this huge African refugee population under the OAU Convention.

Tsoga (2001). Director: Sechaba Ramotoai

Tsoga presents the story about a community confronting a terrible dilemma after 70% of the students of a highly productive community school test positive for HIV. Joyce, who has been positive since she was raped as a school girl seven years ago, talks about discrimination at schools which leads to students dropping out.

Tsotsi (2005). Director: Gavin Hood

A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.

Tusamehe (2005). Director: Josiah Kibira

A story of a successful African immigrant named Bilantanya and his near-perfect marriage to his "African queen" Salome slowly morphs into an eye-opening illustration of the harsh realities of living with AIDS when Bilantanya unknowingly infects his wife (and perhaps their unborn child) with the HIV virus.