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Traces the life of Malcolm X, from Harlem street hustler and prison inmate to militant Muslim convert, to self-made world leader who, before his suspicious death in 1965, found himself increasingly at odds...
The only documentary about Dr Martin Luther King Jr produced by African-Americans, it chronicles the American civil rights movemenet of the 1950s and 1960ss and examines King’s role in its events.
1 (1986, 55 min): Reviews the life and work of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, with footage of events of the civil rights movement, interviews with his family, friends and associates, and music by Joan Baez,...
The story of the US civil rights movement from 1954 to 1965, when the struggle for social justice became a mass movement that transformed American society. The films use news footage and interviews to...
An account of events in a Senegalese repatriation camp just before the end of World War 2, based on a historical episode. Soldiers from all over Africa who fought for the Franch and the Allies were interned...
A dramatised biography of Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie, filmed in Zimbabwe. Traces Mandela’s shift in philosophy from passive resistance to armed struggle.
Part 1 uses archival newsreel footage and interviews to trace the history of Ethiopia from 1896, when the Ethiopian army defeated the Italians, to the post-war setting up of the Organisation for African...
Deals with a series of inter-related themes: first, the negative effects on Africa of the slave trade; second the interior exploration of Africa by Europeans; third the missionary factor in African...
Illustrates and discusses some of Africa’s historic trading systems internal and external, with special reference to the traditional trans-Saharan caravan trade and to the maritime trading circulations of...
For over four centuries the continent of Africa was ravished by the slave trade. Our response to Africa and its history has been distorted by this and confused by modern day racism. Basil Davidson begins the...
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