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  1. Water Once a Day (1985)

    aka: Water Once a Day: Town Women of Cape Verde

    Director
    Tamara Wyss
    Subject
    Anthropology; Environmental science; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 46 minutes), £20.00

    In a poor suburb on the outskirts of the capital of Cape Verde, where one standpipe serves 3,000 people, and then only for three hours a day, Balila, who is 53 and blind, sells water. She has had a hard...

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  2. The Politics of Documentary

    Date
    5 Jun 2014, 09:38
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    The Politics of Documentary by Michael Chanan (British Film Institute, 2008), 240 pages, ISBN: 978-1-84457-226-7, £16.99 (paperback); ISBN: 978-1-84457-227-4, £50.00 (hardback) About the reviewer: Dr....

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  3. Cesaria Evora, Morna Blues (2003)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £19.99

    A portrait of Cesaria Evora from Mindelo, Cape Verde, who specialises in melodies of the ‘Morna’', a form of Cape Verdien blues. Her music tells what she believes is the tragic destiny of her country....

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  4. Square Riggers of the 1930s (1993 Video)

    Director
    Gurth Kimber; Alan Villiers; Harold Wigram
    Producer
    Philip Sugg
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 51 min.

    Three archive films from the National Maritime Museum’s collection showing ships of the Ericksen Line before World War 2. SV VIKING was shot by Harold Wigram in 1938, some of it on early colour stock, and...

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  5. You Can’t Live with Your Mouth Shut (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    On the island of Santiago, in the Cape Verde archipelago, lives Mano Mendi, the last player of cimboa, a one-string violin used to accompany the traditional batuque music. Through the portrait of Mano Mendi...

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  6. Children of God (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    An insight into the South Africa police, in which officers talk frankly about their work and their politics. Follows members of the Cape Riot Unit during a time of unrest in Cape Town. Both black and white...

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  7. We Never Give Up (2003)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (70 minutes)

    A tapestry of stories told by ten survivors of apartheid violence, all of whom are still struggling today. These stories represent the harsh experiences of thousands of ordinary South Africans who...

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  8. Architect and the Old Village, The (2006)

    Director
    Catarine Alves Costa
    Subject
    Anthropology; Architecture; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 70 minutes), $195.00

    Álvaro Siza Vieira, a famous visionary Portuguese architect, is called to coordinate the rehabilitation of the monuments and architectonic heritage of Cidade Velha (Old Village) in Santiago, one of the...

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  9. Manenberg (2010)

    Director
    Karen Waltorp; Christian Vium
    Subject
    Anthropology; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 54 minutes), £50.00

    MANENBERG is the debut documentary film by directors and anthropologists Karen Waltorp and Christian Vium, who have lived and done extensive research in Manenberg a suburb outside Cape Town - since 2005. The...

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  10. Siphiwo Mtimkulu: The Final Chapter (1998 Video)

    Director
    Mark J Kaplan
    Producer
    Mark J Kaplan
    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale - see TRIUMPH OVER TERROR, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., See: TRIUMPH OVER TERROR

    Follows the struggle to bring before South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission the case of Siphiwo Mtimkulu, a student leader shot and burned in 1982 by the Security Police.

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