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Portrait of Homai Vyarawalla, a pioneer of documentary photography. She began by taking photographs in the 1930s with her husband and went on to produce some of the key images of the Indian independence...
A history of 20th century in 26 parts as seen from the point of view of ordinary people who have lived through the events. Includes interviews and extensive archive footage. 13 (producer: Jennifer Clayton):...
Using footage of Hanoi and the surrounding area, explores the Vietnamese history and the impact of conflict from French colonialism to the present day and examines the impact of economic restructuring on the...
Uses battle reconstructions from the film ZULU DAWN, further reconstructions and re-enactments, dramatised eye-witness accounts, and 3-D mapping techniques to tell the story of the slaughter at Isandlwhana,...
Introduces the ways in which the culture and history of the French colonies have been represented to a western European audience since the turn on the 19th century through an interview with Joseph Adande....
Poets James Berry, David Dabydeen and Jackie Kay discuss the varied traditions of poetry in the Caribbean. The programme looks at two distinct strands of poetry - the oral and the literary - and discusses...
Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants. 1: The diary of slaver Thomas Thistlewood provides a view of the British in the Caribbean...
Born in the 1740s, Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped by slavers in West Africa and subsequently spent many years in the British Navy, before eventually buying his freedom and becoming famous through his...
Shot in India, the programme looks at the British-Indian relationship from an Indian perspective, tracing the history of one Indian poem, ‘Radhika Santwanam’, from the 18th century to Independence. In...
A drama/dance adaptation of a collection of poems by Grace Nichols. By drawing on elements of African culture such as music, sorcery and magic, it tells of a spiritual journey of an African woman taken in...
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