Burn! 2005, 1969
Marlon Brando, Evaristo Maarquez, Renato Salvatori, Gillo Pontecorvo, Alberto Grimaldi, Franco Solinas, Giorgio Arlorio, United Artists Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Sir William Walker is sent to secure a plantation at a Portuguese colony. While there be befriends Jose and Teddy, and plants the seeds of revolution in their heads. Years later he must go back and stop the revolution that he helped begin. 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA 10-1636 2-41
Chocolat 2001
Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Alain Belmondo, Gérard Crosnier, Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, Franēois Cluzet, Cecile Ducasse, and Mireille Perrier
A young woman returns to Cameroon to trace her past in this enthralling depiction of a family's struggle during the final years of French colonialism in Africa that takes a profound look at the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society. 1 videodisc (106 min.)
MEDIA 10-83
Chronicle 2002, 1992
Jonathan Dent and David Drew
Provides many fascinating and surprising details at excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston; at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, whose slave holdings seem so irreconcilable with his expressed views on human freedom; and at Colonial Williamsburg, which until recently suppressed information about the lives of the slaves, who made up over half the town's population. 1 videodisc (50 min.)
MEDIA 10-128
The couple in the cage a Guatinaui odyssey 200-?
Performance artists Guillermo G©šmez-Pe©la and Coco Fusco travel and appear before the public in four different countries as two "Guatinaui Indians", members of a fictional "newly discovered" tribe who had agreed to be displayed at malls and museums around the world, after the manner of human exhibition in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These performances are intercut with archival footage of humans displayed in cages as freaks and curiosities. Conceived as a "satirical comment on the past", the performances evoke various responses, including huge numbers of people who are convinced they are real and do not find the idea of "natives" locked in a cage objectionable. 1 videodisc (31 min.)
MEDIA 10-5566
Darwin's nightmare c2007
Hubert Sauper, Edouard Mauriat, Celluloid Dreams (Firm), Mille et Une Productions, Coop99 Filmproduktion, Saga film (Firm : Brussels, Belgium), Centre national de la cinaematographie (France), Arte (Firm), Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), and Image Entertainment (Firm)
A look at the Nile perch fishing industry in Tanzania, which is destroying the ecology of Lake Victoria while delivering few economic benefits to the Tanzanian people. A critique of post-colonial exploitation of Africa by the developed world and the forces of globalization. 1 videodisc (105 min.)
MEDIA 10-1494
Edward Said on orientalism 2002
Sut Jhally and Edward W Said
Edward Said's book Orientalism has been influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this interview he talks about the context in which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient.". 1 videodisc (40 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA 10-115 2-3695
Girl beat power of the drum 2005
Suzanne Girot, Renato Frota, Luz do Sol, and Cinema Guild
Profiles members of Banda Didá, an all-girl drumming and vocal group in Salvador, Brazil. Their music grows out of the Portuguese colonial history of the nation, where, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, slaves were brought from Africa for auction to plantation owners. The young musicians of Banda Didá incorporate slave stories into their lyrics, and perform in the same town square where slaves were once sold. Shows visits with several members of the group in their homes, their auditions and rehearsal sessions, plus parade performances and a concert presentation. 1 videodisc (80 min.)
MEDIA 10-1127
Le grand blanc de Lambaraenae The great white man of Lambaraenae 2008?
Bassek Ba Kobhio, Serge Lascar, Hugues Nonn, Andrae Wilms, Marisa Berenson, Alex Descas, Elisabeth Bourgine, Philippe Maury, Anne-Marie Pisani, Marcel Mvondo, Magaly Berdy, Michel Peyrelon, Edembe Gomez, Dany Boon, L.N. Production, CENECI, Films Terre Africaine, Chrysalide Films, Agence de coopaeration culturelle et technique, and California Newsreel (Firm)
"Revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era. ... Shot on the site of Schweitzer's hospital in Gabon, the film reveals a man blinded to the people around him by his own spiritual self absorption and arrogance. For Schweitzer to see himself as a stern but loving father, he had to cast Africans as childlike primitives who needed to be protected from the temptations of modernity. ... For [Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek] Ba Kobhio, the ultimate evil of colonialism was in its inability to value the cultural difference and creative potential in Africans themselves. He represents this through the figure of Bissa, a beautiful concubine the local chief gives to le Grand Blanc, but whom he rejects until the night of his death. Ironically the film's moral comes from a famous remark by Schweitzer himself: "All we can do is allow others to discover us, as we discover them.""--Container. 1 videodisc (93 min.)
MEDIA 10-1961
Halmae kkot Grandmother's flower 2008
Jeong-hyun Mun, PURN Production (Firm), Y?onghwa Chinh?ung Wiw?onhoe (Korea), and Newsreel (Firm)
"When director Mun accidentally discovered the diaries of his late granduncle, who was mentally ill, he unexpectedly learned about his family's secret history. The small mountain village in South Jeolla Province where Mun's family lived, was nursing the wounds from conflicts of class, ideology as well as from the displacement of family members in South and North Korea, and even in Japan. It turned out that the history of his family contained all the tragedies of modern Korean history, a history he had only known through textbooks. This interesting documentary investigates a complex history linking the repercussions of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War to the director's family memories."--publisher web site. 1 videodisc (89 min.)
MEDIA 10-1648
Hijos de la Montańa de Plata Children of the Silver Mountain 2006
Juan S Betancor, Leonardo Díaz, Siddhartha FIlms, and Filmakers Library, inc
The mines of Bolivia date back 1545 to the Spanish conquerors who discovered pure silver in an Inca region dominated by a mountain they named Cerro Rico. At its base the city of Potosi grew, along with the largest mining industry of its time. Four centuries later the mines still produce silver, zinc and lead while the miners work in hazardous conditions that have changed little over the years. The film gives a brief historyof COMIBOLI, the multi-mineral corporation controlled by organized labor which failed to keep pace with modern technology. The film shows the difficulties of the miners lives--long hours that can only be sustained by the chewing of coca leaves. Silicosis is rampant for the miners breathe air laden with silicon particles. Despite these harships, the miners feel a pride in their profession and in the tradition they are maintaining. 1 videodisc (53 min.)
MEDIA 10-1139
The insular empire America in the Mariana Islands : a film c2009
Vanessa Warheit and Horse Opera Productions
Looks at the history American involvement in the Mariana Islands and follows the lives of four indigenous islanders from the Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 1 videodisc (59 min.) :
MEDIA 10-2354
Junoon 2004, 1978
Shyam Benegal, Vanraj Bhatia, Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Jennifer Kendal, Naseeruddin Shah, Shemaroo Video (Firm) , and Film Valas
Movie chronicles the period of 1857 to 1858 when the soldiers of the East India Company mutinied and many smaller kingdoms joined the soldiers in the hope of regaining their territories from the English. The movie is shown from the perspective of one of the leaders of the fight. 1 videodisc (132 min.)
MEDIA 10-1902
The last of the Mohicans 1999
Michael Mann, Christopher Crowe, Hunt Lowry, Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Wes Studi, and James Fenimore Cooper
The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America. 1 videodisc (117 min.)
MEDIA 10-94
The Moroccan labyrinth 2009
Julio Saanchez Veiga, Canal Sur Televisiaon (Andalusia, Spain), Intermedia Producciones (Firm), and Icarus Films
In 1898, after losing Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the U.S., Spain focused its colonial aims on northern Morocco, establishing a Spanish Protectorate in 1912. This documentary deals with a corner of history which until now scarcely has been illuminated. Drawing on first-hand sources as well as the latest research on this area, it thus establishes new information on the Moroccan role in the Spanish Civil War and follows the personal trajectories of some of the remaining survivors. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)
MEDIA 10-1720
My mother's place 2005?, c1990
Richard Fung, Rita Fung, Himani Bannerji, Ramabai Espinet, Art Institute of Chicago, and Video Data Bank
Through interviews, chiefly with his mother, and the use of memorabilia, the producer creates a unique family history and portrait of immigrant and ethnic minority life in colonial Trinidad and Tobago. 1 videodisc (50 min.)
MEDIA 10-2211
On cannibalism 2010?
King Kong meets the family photograph in this provocatively ironic film which explores the West's insatiable appetite for native bodies in museums, world's fairs and early films. A personal narrative about race and identity by an Indonesian-American videographer of Batak-Palembang descent. 1 videodisc (7 min.)
MEDIA 10-5452
One hundred years of silence 2006
Halfdan Muurholm, Casper W Erichsen, Brian Patterson, Filmakers Library, inc, and Turbine Film (Firm)
Documentary film about the near extermination of the Herero people of Namibia by German colonial soldiers in the first years of the 20th century. This history is told through the story of a young present-day Herero woman whose great-grandmother was raped by a German soldier, resulting in Georgina's light skin and eyes. 1 videodisc (39 min.)
MEDIA 10-776
An ordinary person's guide to empire c2004
Ms. Roy talks about her book, An ordinary person's guide to empire. Topics include the recent elections in India, war in Iraq, neoliberalism and the role of non-governmental organizations. She criticizes President George Bush's foreign policy. Following her remarks, Ms. Roy answers questions from members of the audience. 1 videodisc (100 min.)
MEDIA 10-360
Pantomime 1991
Derek Walcott, Paul Kafno, Bernard Kay, Raul Newney, Thames Television, ltd, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)
"This short play by Trinidad's foremost black writer is a metaphorical exploration of relations between black and white in the post-colonial world" -- Container. 1 videocassette (26 min.) DVD
MEDIA 2-6416 10-249
Rudyard Kipling's The man who would be king 1997
John Huston, John Foreman, Gladys Hill, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Doghmi Larbi, Shakira Caine, and Rudyard Kipling
Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnehan leave 19th century India and set out for the isolated, primitive land of Kafiristan, whose people haven't seen an outsider in hundreds of years. Peachy becomes lord of the kingdom's treasury, a huge chamber spilling over with limitless gold and priceless rare jewels. Danny is first crowned king, then, declared a god. 1 videodisc (129 min.)
MEDIA 10-61
Rue Cases-Nčgres Sugar Cane Alley c2004
Euzhan Palcy, Darling Legitimus, Garry Cadenat, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé, Joseph Zobel, SU.MA.FA. Productions, Orca Productions, Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), and New Yorker Video (Firm)
The teenage life and adventures of young José, who lives in a shanty-town on Martinique in the mid-1930s, comprises the body of this film. José lives with his grandmother and is well aware of the French colonial presence. He gets into mischief, learns valuable lessons on living from an old former slave, drinks too much one time, and even sets fire to one of the run-down shanties. Regardless of his pranks, José never neglects his education. 1 videodisc (107 min.)
MEDIA 10-803
Aboliçăo Abolition 1988
Sozimo Bulbul, Reinaldo Cozer, Edmar Morel , Luís Carlos Prestes, Muniz Sodré, Beatriz do Nascimento, Joel Rufino, Thereza Santos, Gilberto Freyre, and Correia Leite
An examination of the history of slavery in Brazil and the current racial situation of Black Brazilians on the 100th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Examines the contemporary political, economic, social and cultural issues faced by Black Brazilians through interviews with musicians, politicians, activists, people in government, ambassadors, social workers, sport stars, actors, street kids, farmers and others. 1 videocassette (150 min.)
MEDIA 2-5036
About the United Nations decolonization 1990
Lelei Lelaulu
Follows the progress of decolonization since 1945 and the role the United Nations has played in promoting it. 1 videocassette (18 min.)
MEDIA 2-1908
Africa in the 21st century: 3: Zimbabwe & South Africa still far from coexistence 2002?
Kazuta Hioki, Stuart Varnam-Atkin, NHK Joho Nettowaku, Nihon Hoso Kyokai, and Filmakers Library, inc
Zimbabwe still reels from the after effects of independence. Former colonials are blamed for failing to work out compensation and land reallocation, and violence against whites is on the increase. South Africa emerged from the evils of Apartheid more than a decade ago, and today faces an expanding gap between the rich and poor, increasing interracial conflict, a rising crime rate, and an AIDS epidemic that is decimating the mostly black population. 1 videocassette (49 min.)
MEDIA 2-6524
The Africans. Program 4, Tools of exploitation 1986
Ali Al'Amin Mazrui
This program traces the colonial economic legacy, the development of slavery, and European control of Africa's natural resources, with special attention to the roles played by Belgium and Great Britain. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-1167
The Africans. Program 5, New conflicts 1986
Ali Al'Amin Mazrui
Urbanization, warrior traditions, European-created national boundaries, the Islamic jihad tradition, and nationalist movements are problems of Africa's post-colonial period, examined in this episode. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-1168
Afrique, je te plumerai Africa, I'm going to fleece you 1992
Jean-Marie Téno, Narcisse Kouokam, Marie Claire Dati, Essindi Mirdja, Aboubakar, and Ange Guetouom
Examines how Cameroon's French colonizers have been replaced by a dictatorial indigenous regime which still plunders the land and silences the authentic expression of its people. 1 videocassette (ca. 89 min.)
DANA 382
Aimé Césaire poet and statesman c2002
Aimé Césaire, Susan Wilcox, Ann Armstrong Scarboro, and Cinema Guild
Césaire speaks about his love for the French Caribbean landscape, his student days in Paris, the connection between his inner journey and the process of writing, his fight against the ravages of slavery and French policies in the colonies. The video also includes interviews with the Martinican artists who speak of Césaire's influence on their work, Victor Anicet and Luc Marlin, and ends with a two minute reading by Césaire. 1 videocassette (42 min.)
MEDIA 2-6375
Battle of Algiers 1988
Gillo Pontecorvo, Brahim Haggiag, and Jean Martin
Dramatization of the conflict between Algerian nationalists and French colonialists that culminated in Algeria's independence in 1962. 1 videocassette (125 min.) DVD
DANA. MEDIA MEDIA 326 2-706 10-346
The Bible and the gun ; This magnificent African cake 1984
Basil Davidson
Program 5 looks at the succession of Europeans who came to Africa: explorers, missionaries, and empire builders. Program 6 deals with the 30-year "scramble to Africa" when nearly the entire continent became subject to European colonial rule. 1 videocassette (114 min.)
MEDIA 2-383
Brazil an inconvenient history 2000
Phil Grabsky and Sean Barrett
Brazil was the largest participant in the slave trade, and the last country to officially abolish slavery. This film charts Brazil's history of slavery. 1 videocassette (47 min.)
MEDIA 2-5461
Burn! 2005, 1969
Marlon Brando, Evaristo Maarquez, Renato Salvatori, Gillo Pontecorvo, Alberto Grimaldi, Franco Solinas, Giorgio Arlorio, United Artists Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Sir William Walker is sent to secure a plantation at a Portuguese colony. While there be befriends Jose and Teddy, and plants the seeds of revolution in their heads. Years later he must go back and stop the revolution that he helped begin. 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA 10-1636 2-41
Cecilia 199-?
Humberto Solas, Humberto Hernández, Daisy Granados, Imanol Arias, Raquel Revuelta, Cirilo Villaverde, Impala (Firm), Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, and Marakka 2000, Inc
The story of Cecilia, a mulatta, and her relationship with a white man provides an intimate and stark portrayal of colonial Cuba. 2 videocassettes (165 min.)
MEDIA 2-6641
Chef! Chief. La tête dans les nuages = Head in the clouds 1999
Jean-Marie Téno
Chef!: The filmmaker locates the roots of Africa's authoritarian regimes in the patriarchal family, reinforced by traditional kingship and the colonial experience. He made a visit to his ancestral village, Bandjoun, in the Ghomala speaking region of Western Cameroon, where he planned to film dances dedicating a monument to King Kamga Joseph II, the filmmakers' great grand uncle, but the ceremony soon turned into a celebration of one-man rule, in particular Cameroonian President Paul Biya's. La tête dans les nuages: Teno investigates the ties between unaccountable government and an unproductive economy. The government controlled formal sector, like its colonial predecessor, is essentially parasitical. An informal sector has emerged parallel to it which increasingly supplies the daily subsistence needs of the people. 1 videocassette (96 min.)
MEDIA 2-5274
Chinua Achebe 1989
Gail Pellett and Bill D Moyers
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe discusses the impact of colonialism on his culture and relates that he began writing in reaction to stereotypes in western literature. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 785 2-1362
Chocolat 2001
Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Alain Belmondo, Gérard Crosnier, Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet, Cecile Ducasse, and Mireille Perrier
A young woman returns to Cameroon to trace her past in this enthralling depiction of a family's struggle during the final years of French colonialism in Africa that takes a profound look at the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society. 1 videodisc (106 min.)
MEDIA 10-83
Chronicle 2002, 1992
Jonathan Dent and David Drew
Provides many fascinating and surprising details at excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston; at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, whose slave holdings seem so irreconcilable with his expressed views on human freedom; and at Colonial Williamsburg, which until recently suppressed information about the lives of the slaves, who made up over half the town's population. 1 videodisc (50 min.)
MEDIA 10-128
The colonization of North America: French settlements c2003
Ned Rodgers, Greg Heimer, Full Circle Entertainment, Goldhil Home Media International (Firm), and Goldhil Video (Firm)
This program focuses on New France, the French designation for North American territories, reasons why the French immigration was not as successful as the English, the importance of fun trade, and the role that Native Americans played in New France. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
MEDIA 2-7186
The colonization of North America: Spanish settlements c2003
Ned Rodgers, Greg Heimer, Full Circle Entertainment, Goldhil Video (Firm), and Goldhil Home Media International (Firm)
Explores the reasons behind Spanish colonization of Santa Fe in 1610. Traces the path of Spanish incursions into South and Central America, Mexico, and finally into the North American Southwest. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)
MEDIA 2-7188
The colonization of North America: The first settlement c2003
Ned Rodgers, Greg Heimer, Full Circle Entertainment, Goldhil Video (Firm), and Goldhil Home Media International (Firm)
Explores the story of St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest settlement in North America and how it came to be settled by the Spanish. Follow Ponce de León as he lands in what is now Florida in 1513, looking for riches. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
MEDIA 2-7187
Darwin's nightmare c2007
Hubert Sauper, Edouard Mauriat, Celluloid Dreams (Firm), Mille et Une Productions, Coop99 Filmproduktion, Saga film (Firm : Brussels, Belgium), Centre national de la cinaematographie (France), Arte (Firm), Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), and Image Entertainment (Firm)
A look at the Nile perch fishing industry in Tanzania, which is destroying the ecology of Lake Victoria while delivering few economic benefits to the Tanzanian people. A critique of post-colonial exploitation of Africa by the developed world and the forces of globalization. 1 videodisc (105 min.)
MEDIA 10-1494
Les derniers colons The last colonials 1995
Thierry Michel and Christine Pireaux
Visits with the last of the white population living in Zaire. They are managers, missionaries, businessmen and land owners who have chosen to settle in the heart of Africa, and who remain there in spite of the violence and danger. They reminisce on the "good old days of the colonial era" and reveal shattered dreams in a country they thought might have been the new El Dorado. 1 videocassette (ca. 61 min.)
DANA 673
Drifters, 1929 (49 min.) / written directed, and edited by John Grierson -- Industrial Britain, 1933 (21 min.) / written, photographed, and directed by Robert Flaherty -- Song of Cevlon, 1934 (39 min.) / directed, photographed, and edited by Basil Wright 1992
John Grierson
Drifters is about the herring industry, and looks back to turn-of-the-century British actualities which regularly depicted work processes. Industrial Britain displays a wide variety of labor processes. The filmmakers used frequent low angle close-ups to heroicize the workers, their patience and toil. Song of Ceylon looks at a British colony from an orientalist perspective. The island provides the British with tea and the filmmakers with exotic, apparently timeless images, that match commentary written by British explorer Robert Knox, over 150 years earlier. 1 videocassette (109 min.)
MEDIA 2-1986
Edward Said on orientalism 2002
Sut Jhally and Edward W Said
Edward Said's book Orientalism has been influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this interview he talks about the context in which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient.". 1 videodisc (40 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA 10-115 2-3695
Emitai 1971?
Ousmane Sembčne, Pierre Blanchard, Robert Fontaine, and Michel Remaudeau
Dramatically depicts the confrontation and resistance that ensued between the French colonial goverment and the Diola people in Senegal. The colonial goverment's conscription of young Diola men to fight for France in World War II and their demand for food from the women and old men set the stage for the clash between the Diola and the French. 1 videocassette (105 min.)
MEDIA 2-2220
Ethiopia 1987
Bernard Odjidja, J. Edward Milner, John Matshikiza, Kofi Ayernor, and Percy Patel
Using contemporaneous newsreels and press reports and interviews with historians and eyewitness survivors traces the history of Ethiopian independence and national sovereignty beginning with the defeat of Italian colonial domination in 1896. Also examines Ethiopia's role in advancing anti-colonialism and the struggles for independence throughout Africa. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-3127
Experience early America! Colonial America learning resources kit : enslaved 2000
4 videocassettes (150 min.) sd., col. ; 1/2 in. +
DANA E441 .E9 2000 E441.E9 2000
Extra bitter the legacy of the Chocolate Islands 2000
Derek Vertongen, Paul Hargrave, and Paul Carvalho
Filmed on the two formerly Portuguese colonies, São Tomé and Principe (also known as the "Chocolate Islands") and in Portugal, archival film and interviews with historians, writers and the inhabitants create a portrait of a little-known country and its history. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
MEDIA 2-6022
Fort Mose a new chapter in American history 1992
Bill Suchy
Tells the story of the first legally sanctioned settlement for free Africans in America, providing important evidence that African-American colonial history extended far beyond slavery and oppression. This program traces the kidnapping of Africans, their sale as slaves in the "New World" and their escape to Spanish Florida and freedom. 1 videocassette (16 min.)
DANA 1056
Fortunes in furs 1992
David Steven Cohen, Louis Presti, Celeste Holm, and Bob Szuter
Survey of the settlement of New Jersey from the founding of the Dutch colony of New Netherland to the establishment of English power in 1664. Covers the significance of the fur trade, relations with Delaware Indians, political events and social life of the colony. 1 videocassette (27 min., 33 sec.)
MEDIA 2-2421
Frantz Fanon 1995
Frantz Fanon, Isaac Julien, Mark Nash, and Colin Salmon
Depicts the life of Frantz Fanon from his birth in 1925, in Martinique, his medical training in France and his disillusionment which resulted in Black Skin, White Mask which was recognized as a bible of the decolonization movement. Includes interviews with family members, friends and colleagues. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 608 2-2617 2-3281
Generations of resistance 1979
Peter Davis and Motlatsi Motsoasele
Uses archival photographs, newsreel footage, and interviews to chronicle the quest by Black South Africans for economic viability and individual freedom. 1 videocassette (52 min. 21 sec.)
MEDIA 2-6494
Ghana's independence and its contribution to African unity and world peace 1985
Chola M Mapoma and James Victor Gbeho
Discusses Ghana's struggle for independence. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
DANA 120
Girl beat power of the drum 2005
Suzanne Girot, Renato Frota, Luz do Sol, and Cinema Guild
Profiles members of Banda Didá, an all-girl drumming and vocal group in Salvador, Brazil. Their music grows out of the Portuguese colonial history of the nation, where, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, slaves were brought from Africa for auction to plantation owners. The young musicians of Banda Didá incorporate slave stories into their lyrics, and perform in the same town square where slaves were once sold. Shows visits with several members of the group in their homes, their auditions and rehearsal sessions, plus parade performances and a concert presentation. 1 videodisc (80 min.)
MEDIA 10-1127
The great encounter 1991
Peter Crawford, George Page, and Steve Nicholls
Witness the struggles of the early English colonists of Roanoke Island, the Chesapeake Bay area, and the Pilgrim settlements of Massachusetts as they fought to establish dominion over the land. Then contrast the European wilderness encounters with the spiritual beliefs of the Cherokee and Powhatan Indians who recognized seasonal rhythms and respected wildlife . 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-4198
Halmae kkot Grandmother's flower 2008
Jeong-hyun Mun, PURN Production (Firm), Y?onghwa Chinh?ung Wiw?onhoe (Korea), and Newsreel (Firm)
"When director Mun accidentally discovered the diaries of his late granduncle, who was mentally ill, he unexpectedly learned about his family's secret history. The small mountain village in South Jeolla Province where Mun's family lived, was nursing the wounds from conflicts of class, ideology as well as from the displacement of family members in South and North Korea, and even in Japan. It turned out that the history of his family contained all the tragedies of modern Korean history, a history he had only known through textbooks. This interesting documentary investigates a complex history linking the repercussions of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War to the director's family memories."--publisher web site. 1 videodisc (89 min.)
MEDIA 10-1648
Hijos de la Montańa de Plata Children of the Silver Mountain 2006
Juan S Betancor, Leonardo Díaz, Siddhartha FIlms, and Filmakers Library, inc
The mines of Bolivia date back 1545 to the Spanish conquerors who discovered pure silver in an Inca region dominated by a mountain they named Cerro Rico. At its base the city of Potosi grew, along with the largest mining industry of its time. Four centuries later the mines still produce silver, zinc and lead while the miners work in hazardous conditions that have changed little over the years. The film gives a brief historyof COMIBOLI, the multi-mineral corporation controlled by organized labor which failed to keep pace with modern technology. The film shows the difficulties of the miners lives--long hours that can only be sustained by the chewing of coca leaves. Silicosis is rampant for the miners breathe air laden with silicon particles. Despite these harships, the miners feel a pride in their profession and in the tradition they are maintaining. 1 videodisc (53 min.)
MEDIA 10-1139
La hora de los hornos 1968
Fernando E Solanas and Octavio Getino
A documentary film which deals with violence, neo-colonialism, and liberation of the peoples of Argentina in the period 1967-1968. 3 film reels (120 min.)
MEDIA D-171
Kenya 1987
Bernard Odjidja, J. Edward Milner, John Matshikiza, Kofi Ayernor, and Percy Patel
Uses early newsreels, missionary films, and interviews with Kenyan activists to trace the history of Kenya's opposition to white rule beginning with the arrival of the first European settlers in the 19th century. Focuses on the Mau-Mau rebellion of the early 1950s and the key roles played by the Kikuyu people and their leader Jomo Kenyatta. 1 videocassette (53 min.)
MEDIA 2-3128
The last of the Mohicans 1999
Michael Mann, Christopher Crowe, Hunt Lowry, Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Wes Studi, and James Fenimore Cooper
The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America. 1 videodisc (117 min.)
MEDIA 10-94
The Last Tasmanian extinction 1980
Tom Haydon, Leo McKern, and Rhys Jones
Tells the story of the British colonization of Tasmania and the ultimate fate of the Tasmanian people. 1 videocassette (63 min.)
MEDIA 2-2000
Liberia America's stepchild c2002
Nancee Oku Bright, Jean-Philippe Boucicaut, Arnoud Hekkens, Grain Coast Productions, and WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
From Haitian slave revolts and the American Colonization Society to the 1997 election of Charles Taylor to the presidency and his corrupt administration, this program looks at events leading up the founding of Liberia and its history up through the twentieth century. 1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.)
DANA 116
Life after Île Ste-Croix c2006
Leo Aristimuńo, Ronald Rudin, and National Film Board of Canada
"Île Ste-Croix, a tiny island with 400 years of history, sits between Canada and the United states. In June 2004, commemorative events on this island brought together three cultures claiming history and a stage. Acadians use the commemoration to celebrate 400 years of Francophone culture. Anglophones use the event to promote a tourist destination that they hope will revive their local economy. Forgotten, abandoned and driven from their Canadian lands, the Passamaquoddy use this event to demand official recognition and Native rights from the government of Canada. Life After Île Ste-Croix documents the stories behind the commemorative events. It shows the human face of history by presenting the compelling stories of people who engage with their history, with the stories of their pasts, in order to improve their lives in the present."--Container. 1 videodisc (63 min.)
DANA 362
Lost city of the Aegean 1993
John Rhys-Davies
Archaeologists excavate the Minoan colony of Akrotiri on the island of Thera, showing how the BC 1628 volcanic eruption reshaped the island and forever changed the world, and suggesting the possibility of this being the lost civilization of Atlantis. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
DANA 387
A luta continua The struggle continues 1973
Robert F. van Lierop
Presents historical background on Portuguese colonialism and Africa. Focuses on how Frente de Libertaçăo de Moçambique provides health, education, and social services to people living in the liberated areas. 1 reel, 32 min.
MEDIA MEDIA 5-302 D-134
The Madness of King George 1995
Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Alan Bennett, Nicholas Hytner, Stephen S Evans, and David Parfitt
When George III loses the colonies in the American Revolution, his eccentric behavior becomes nothing less than mad. With Parliament battling for increased power and the Prince of Wales plotting his own rise to the throne, King George's unpredictable behavior sets the stage for a thrilling game of betrayal, politics and palace intrigue. 1 videocassette (110 min.)
MEDIA 2-2824
Le malentendu colonial 2004
Jean-Marie Téno, California Newsreel (Firm), and Films du Raphia (France)
The filmmaker looks at European colonialism in Africa through the lens of Christian evangelism as the model for the relationship between Africa and western countries today. The history of German missionaries in Namibia in the 19th and 20th centuries is discussed by African and German historians and theologians, revealing how colonialism destroyed African beliefs and social systems and replaced them with European ones. 1 videocassette (73 min.)
MEDIA 2-7354
Mandingo 1991, 1975
Richard Fleischer, Dino De Laurentiis, Norman Wexler, James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Ken Norton, and Kyle Onstott
Shows the true brutalizing nature of slavery, which made victims of both owner and slave. 1 videocassette (121 min.)
MEDIA 2-3832
Mémoire : des souvenirs = remembering memory 1997
Lara Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Yale, and Joan Woods
Hélène Cixous is one of the world's most intriguing modern theorists, critics, and authors. Inspired by Cixous' autobiographical writings, this intimate program explores her literary universe by tracing her genealogy, beginning with her family's immigration to colonial Algeria and ending with her own immigration to France as a teenager. 1 videocassette (54 min.)
MEDIA 2-5113
Memories of pain and sorrow: Prince Henry Chukwuani a pilot project of the Atlantic slave trade and its legacy in Southeastern Nigeria 2005
Carolyn A Brown, Anayo Enechukwu, Rutgers University, and Office of Print and Electronic Communications
Collection of oral histories of the slave trade in the 19th and 20th century in Igboland. This video contains valuable information about Prince Henry Chukwuani, a slave dealer from 1860 to the end of the 19th century. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
MEDIA 2-6914--2-6930
Mirch Masala Spices 1990
Maurice Kanbar, Ketan Mehta, Shafi Hakim, Smita Patila, Nasseruddin Shah, Om Puri, Sureshi Oberoi, and Dipti Navala
Set in the 1940's, this film explores an Indian community's reaction to an oppressed, impoverished woman's plight involving British colony tax collectors. 1 videocassette (98 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2662 2-5059
The mission 1991
Robert Bolt, Roland Joffé, Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam, Robert De Niro, and Jeremy Irons
This film is a powerful epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjegation by 18th century colonial empires. 1 videocassette (125 min.)
MEDIA 2-5566
The Moroccan labyrinth 2009
Julio Saanchez Veiga, Canal Sur Televisiaon (Andalusia, Spain), Intermedia Producciones (Firm), and Icarus Films
In 1898, after losing Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the U.S., Spain focused its colonial aims on northern Morocco, establishing a Spanish Protectorate in 1912. This documentary deals with a corner of history which until now scarcely has been illuminated. Drawing on first-hand sources as well as the latest research on this area, it thus establishes new information on the Moroccan role in the Spanish Civil War and follows the personal trajectories of some of the remaining survivors. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)
MEDIA 10-1720
One hundred years of silence 2006
Halfdan Muurholm, Casper W Erichsen, Brian Patterson, Filmakers Library, inc, and Turbine Film (Firm)
Documentary film about the near extermination of the Herero people of Namibia by German colonial soldiers in the first years of the 20th century. This history is told through the story of a young present-day Herero woman whose great-grandmother was raped by a German soldier, resulting in Georgina's light skin and eyes. 1 videodisc (39 min.)
MEDIA 10-776
An ordinary person's guide to empire c2004
Ms. Roy talks about her book, An ordinary person's guide to empire. Topics include the recent elections in India, war in Iraq, neoliberalism and the role of non-governmental organizations. She criticizes President George Bush's foreign policy. Following her remarks, Ms. Roy answers questions from members of the audience. 1 videodisc (100 min.)
MEDIA 10-360
Outremer Overseas 1992
Brigitte Roüan, Serge Cohen Solal, Nicole Garcia, and Marianne Basler
For three beautiful sisters, the lush and privileged life of French colonial Algeria creates an oasis in the center of a harsh desert when revolution and dramatic social change erupts around them. 1 videocassette (96 min.)
MEDIA 2-2667
Pantomime 1991
Derek Walcott, Paul Kafno, Bernard Kay, Raul Newney, Thames Television, ltd, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)
"This short play by Trinidad's foremost black writer is a metaphorical exploration of relations between black and white in the post-colonial world" -- Container. 1 videocassette (26 min.) DVD
MEDIA 2-6416 10-249
Para perintis kemerdekaan Pioneers of freedom 1999?, c1980
Asrul Sani, Andi Azhar, Hamka, Mutiara Sani, Marlia Hardi, Cok Simbara, PT. Tati & Sons Jaya Film, and Between Three Worlds Video
Set in the 1920's, this film tells the story of one women in a complex political world, where issues of religious reform and women's rights are connected with anti-colonialism and social revolution. 1 videocassette (121 min.)
MEDIA 2-6785
Puerto Rico 1975
Jesús Díaz and Fernando Pérez
Part I presents a socio-economic analysis of present day Puerto Rico. Part II uses archival footage, re-enactments of historic events, and interviews with participants to recount the long history of U.S. involvement in Puerto Rico and the anti-colonial struggle. 2 film reels (85 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA D-370
La raiz olvidada The forgotten roots 2001
Rafael Rebollar
"Details the history of Mexico's often-overlooked African populations. Drawing on interviews and archival imagery, the film takes us from the slavery of the colonial era to today's Afro-Mexican communities in Guerrero, Oaxaco, Campeche, Morelos and Veracruz. 1 videocassette (49 min.)
MEDIA 2-5810
"Remember the Maine" the roots of the Spanish-American war 1998
Hugh Purooll and Jack Roberts
Using archival footage, newspaper excerpts, and historical documents, this program traces the roots of the Spanish-American War to Spain's quest to preserve its flagging empire, American imperialism, and the genuine desire on the part of Cubans to shake off the yoke of Spanish domination. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
MEDIA 2-3715
The Rise of nationalism ; The Legacy 1984
Basil Davidson
Program 7 charts the major struggles for African independence in Ghana, Kenya, Algeria, and the Belgian Congo. Program 8 looks at Africa in the aftermath of colonial rule, as the continent seeks ways to come to terms with its diverse inheritance. 1 videocassette (114)
MEDIA 2-384
The Road to war in the Persian Gulf 1992
This video is designed to give an understanding of the historical causes of the Persian Gulf War. It begins with the period just after World War I, when Britain and France, the main European victors, divided most of the Middle East between them. It goes on to describe how the oil resources of Iraq and Kuwait have shaped their history--first by attracting colonial powers and then by providing wealth for their own development. 1 videocassette (24 min.)
MEDIA 2-1887
Roanoak 1986
Jan Egleson, Victor Garber, Will Sampson, and Tino Juarez
Three-part drama about the Roanoak Voyages, the first prolonged encounters between the English and the Indians on American soil. Follows the general outline of the history of the voyages with sets and costumes based on artistic and literary sources. 3 videocassettes (175 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-871 cassette 1 2-872 cassette 2 2-873 cassette 3
The Roots of war ; The First Vietnam war, 1946-1954 1987
Judith Vecchione
A short history of the century during which France dominated Vietnam under the colonial tradition leads up to the rise of Ho Chi Minh. Tells how, in the last days of World War II, the tiny country was the scene of chaos, great-power rivalries, and a power vacuum. 1 videocassette (120 min.) ;
MEDIA 2-575
Royal rule and religious revival 1993
David Steven Cohen, Louis Presti, Celeste Holm, and Bob Szuter
Explores the political, social, and religious conditions of colonial New Jersey under royal rule, including property disputes between the proprietors and occupants of the newly-unified colony and the effects of the widespread religious revival known as the Great Awakening which swept the colonies at the time. 1 videocassette (26 min., 20 sec.)
MEDIA 2-2423
Rudyard Kipling's The man who would be king 1997
John Huston, John Foreman, Gladys Hill, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Doghmi Larbi, Shakira Caine, and Rudyard Kipling
Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnehan leave 19th century India and set out for the isolated, primitive land of Kafiristan, whose people haven't seen an outsider in hundreds of years. Peachy becomes lord of the kingdom's treasury, a huge chamber spilling over with limitless gold and priceless rare jewels. Danny is first crowned king, then, declared a god. 1 videodisc (129 min.)
MEDIA 10-61
Rue Cases-Nčgres Sugar Cane Alley c2004
Euzhan Palcy, Darling Legitimus, Garry Cadenat, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé, Joseph Zobel, SU.MA.FA. Productions, Orca Productions, Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), and New Yorker Video (Firm)
The teenage life and adventures of young José, who lives in a shanty-town on Martinique in the mid-1930s, comprises the body of this film. José lives with his grandmother and is well aware of the French colonial presence. He gets into mischief, learns valuable lessons on living from an old former slave, drinks too much one time, and even sets fire to one of the run-down shanties. Regardless of his pranks, José never neglects his education. 1 videodisc (107 min.)
MEDIA 10-803
Sentimental imperialists America and Asia 1992
Al Levin, Marc Levin, and Peter Coyote
Shows how U.S. missionairies, politics, culture and business attempted to dominate the Philippines and China in the 19th and 20th centuries. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-2212
The Shadow of hate a history of intolerance in America 1995
Charles Guggenheim and Julian Bond
A historical overview of religious, ethnic, and racial intolerance in the United States, beginning with colonial times and continuing to the present day, and focusing on such atrocities as the 19th century massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee, the World War Two internment of Japanese-Americans, and the Leo Frank lynching in Georgia in 1913. 1 videocassette (40 min.)
MEDIA 2-2638
Slave ship c2001
Richard Rivera, Noah Morowitz, Alfre Woodard, Matter/Rivera Productions, Discovery Channel (Firm), Films for the Humanities (Firm), Discovery Channel University, and Raitre/Format (Firm)
"Over 150 documented mutinies occurred aboard slave ships between 1699 and 1845; only once, in the case of the Amistad, did slaves successfully return to Africa. Using that remarkable and anomalous incident as a focus, this program takes an in-depth look at the slave trade"--Container. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
MEDIA DANA 2-6810 1094
Stories my country told me with Eqbal Ahmad 2000
Eqbal Ahmad and H. O Nazareth
Eqbal Ahmad, a leading authority on colonialism and nationalism, travels Pakistan's and India's Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Lahoue, commenting on the history and politics of the subcontinent. Having personally experienced, as a child, the partition into India and Pakistan, he speaks movingly of the evil effects of nationalism and sectarian hatred. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
DANA 1408
Through African eyes 1995
Aminatta Forna, Sokari Douglas Camp, Josef Herman, Kirk Varnedoe, Henry Louis Gates, Cornel West, Susan Vogel, Grace Stanislaus, Nigel Barley, and Samba Thiahi
"When first seen in the Western world in 1900, African art was viewed as strange and exotic. Yet these works, the booty of colonial wars, would influence Picasso, Matisse, and Modigliani and change the course of 20th century art. This film, while recognizing this impact, introduces noted experts who explain the importance of reappraising African art within its own cultural context. Then local Malian inhabitants in a Bamana village and the walled city of Djenne comment on the function of art and the role of the artist in their society"--Container. 1 videocassette (47 min.)
DANA 1485
Trobriand cricket an ingenious response to colonialism 1976
Jerry W Leach
An ethnological study of the changes made by the Trobriand Islanders to the game of cricket, which was introduced to them by Methodist missionaries. The game as adapted becomes a tribal rite. 1 videocassette (54 min.)
MEDIA MEDIA DANA D-26 6-86 202
Under one sky-- Arab women in North America talk about the hijab 2000
Jennifer Kawaja and Roula Said
Presents the history of Arab womanhood, from the days of early colonial missions to the post-Gulf War era. Informed, articulate Arab women living in North America describe the ideologies behind the veil and tear away the labels imposed by both East and West. 1 videocassette (44 min.)
MEDIA 2-246
Zimbabwe 1987
Bernard Odjidja, J. Edward Milner, John Matshikiza, Kofi Ayernor, and Percy Patel
Traces the struggle of the Zimbabwean people for independence from European colonists from the defeat of the first armed rebellion in 1896 through the guerrilla war in the 1970s. Includes interviews with Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Ian Smith, and other Zimbabweans, black and white . 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-3129