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Africa calling appeal for understanding
Title
Africa calling [electronic resource (video)] : appeal for understanding / Octapixx Worldwide (Firm)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2008], c2004.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (57 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Sept. 04, 2008.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Portions are in other languages with English subtitles.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Mental images of storybook adventures and stereotyped people, on the one hand, and genocides and pandemics, on the other, make it practically impossible for Westerners to see Africa as it really is: a place with generational conflicts, cultural misunderstandings, and power struggles-just like anywhere else-plus the added dilemma of how to deal with the tension between tradition and modernity as the already rapid pace of progress continues to accelerate. Bringing together segments from other episodes in The Call of Africa series, this program strives to build bridges of genuine understanding about human rights, political power structures, the environment, public health, marriage customs, emigration, and many other vital topics through the views of real people living in the real Africa.
Variant and related titles
Appeal for understanding
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Octapixx Worldwide (Firm), 2008
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
The Call of Africa: The Voice of a Continent
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
12 & up.
Contents
Prelude: Today's Africa (4:14)
AIDS: Scourge of Africa (4:25)
Women in Africa (4:48)
Polygamy in Africa (2:50)
Arranged Marriages in Africa (3:22)
Women's Views of Arranged Marriages (2:48)
African Women and Prostitution (4:02)
Mutilation of Women in Africa (3:34)
Female Mutilation: Ancestral Tradition (1:56)
Male/Female Relationships in (3:28)
Western Beauty Standards in Africa (3:20)
Homosexuality in Africa (5:12)
Polio in Africa (5:56)
African Emigrants in Search of a Dream (4:23)
Videorecording number
39445s Infobase
39458 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Octapixx Worldwide (Firm)
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