Member: Rehad Desai
Producer: Uhuru Productions
Director: Rehad Desai
Year of production: 2008
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 50 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Abdon Yezi
Producer: Yezi Arts Promotions
Director:
Year of production: 2008
Country of production: Zambia
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

The "Battle for Kavalamanja … In Defense of the Nation", documentary captures first hand experiences, diverse testimonies of people who experienced the lethal and wanton air and ground force attacks in a military operation code-named "Operation Turmoil" – in pursuit of freedom fighters from late Nkhomo's Zimbabwe's People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA). The stories are told mainly by the survivors of the war and ordinarily people who have not shared their deep sentiments of the 2-3 days of atrocities.

Zambia's involvement with the liberation movements in the neighboring countries and the anti-apartheid movement in the sub-region was not only a dictate of its geography but the support was a deliberate decision of the founding leadership of independent Zambia. The country, thus, was a home for many
liberation movements in the region. FRELIMO (was active in Tete Province (in the north western Mozambique) which bordered on Zambia's Eastern and Lusaka Provinces. The Zambezi, as a boundary between Zambia and Zimbabwe was not an insurmountable obstacle for the liberation movements in Zimbabwe. SWAPO was active on Zambia's border along the Caprivi Strip. Finally, the boundary with Angola in the northwest had many groups of
liberation movements operating there.

The strides to document Zambia's role in the liberation struggles of Southern Africa is part of efforts to communicate and educate Zambians, and people beyond its borders on this important era in our political history, which spans over the years 1964-1993. It explores the various dimensions of Zambia'scommitments and resolves to contribute to the emancipation of the people of the region, then, from the yokes of colonialism and imperialism – noting, in the process that some of these efforts still impact on the country, post the liberation struggles era which still have a bearing on the perceptions, development
trends and other manifestations on the people of Zambia.

Member: Rehad Desai
Producer: Uhuru Productions
Director: Rehad Desai
Year of production: 2008
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 72 Mins
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

In 1905, the Ntal colony introduces a tax on the heads of all adult men.  Coming close on the heels of land grabs, war and famine, the Poll Tax threatens to destroy African patriarchy and with it, tradition itself.  Many young men are angry and look to chiefs for leadership.  Feeling the might of the colony, African leaders are split over how to respond.

When chief Bhambatha becomesa scapegoat for the British, he has no option but to fight.  From a reluctant young chief, Bhambatha evolves into the spirited leader of an unified African force that challenges the very core of British rule.

Member: Riaan Hendricks
Producer: Riaan Hendricks
Director: Riaan Hendricks
Year of production: 2007
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 48 Minutes
Languages: English Afrikaans
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Xenophobia
Genre: Documentary

South Africa is suffering from a vehement hatred towards black Africans from other countries.

The film is set in Cape Town, a 300 year old colonial city at the point in Africa where hatred towards the other was first expressed as apartheid.  Cape Town has history of racial segregation that still permeates all levels of social interactions in the City.  But now, during its new political dispensation it takes the form of xenophobia resulting in 32 Somalians being killed in one month.

The film sensitively unpeels these hard layers, and through intimate footage expresses aspects its citizens live trying to adjust to a city struggling to move from its painful past-yet confronted with newly emerging aspect of its character-that of killing black Africans from other countries. 

Directors Notes

"The film is a South African contribution towards Neo African Cinema, following in the tradition of the late Ousmane Sembene- a cinema that is in a continual need to reaffirm the evolution, and the process of globalisation."

"As African's, our last great gift from colonialism is poverty- and the proposed colonial masters antidote of capitalism.  Instead of changing the conditions of our continent, our African governments are administering global policies and practices which are politicl tools of our continued oppression".

"The emergence of entrenched xenephobia in South Africa is an expression towards this globalized oppression- and its impact on devaluing the life of our African citizens."

Member: David Max Brown
Producer: David Max Brown
Director: David Max Brown
Year of production: 1993
Country of production: Swaziland
Duration: 24 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Health
Genre: Documentary

This is Swaziland’s answer to family planning. Aware of their limited and overwhelmed natural resources Swazi’s have begun to look up to tradition and general awareness campaigns about family planning.

Member: John Riber
Producer: John and Louise Riber
Director: John and Louise Riber
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Romance


The film is about the sex and love exploits of a teenage boy who lives in the township.

Member: David Max Brown
Producer: David Max Brown
Director: David Max Brown
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Swaziland
Duration: 30 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary


There is an urgent need to create an awareness of the fragile environment in which we live, and to foster the development of an environmentally sustainable future. This film shows how the Swaziland National Trust Commission is working to create such a future.

Member: Arthur Chikuhwa
Producer: Arthur Chikuhwa
Director: Garikayi Chawasarira
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary

T
he talk show focuses on teenage sexuality in the light of HIV/AIDS

Member: Rehad Desai
Producer: Rehad Desai
Director: Rehad Desai
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Tenazio Mwanza
Producer: Tenazio Mwanza
Director: Tenazio Mwnaza
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zambia
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Water Challenges
Genre: Documentary


This video explores reasons that have led to a long history of neglect of the water and sanitation sector of Zambia and what has led to its dilapidated state. The video with its shocking images shows how the water crisis situation has become a dooming element of the concern. The Government has had to liberalise the water sector to allow private driven enterprises to take charge and rectify the situation. The video shows attempts to improve the situation and how people are responding.

Member: David Max Brown
Producer: David Max Brown
Director: David Max Brown
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Water Challenges
Genre: Documentary


Shows innovation and community participation of water harvesting techniques in drought areas.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins, Antje Krog, Ronelle Loots
Director: Dumisani Phakathi
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 52 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary


Filmmaker Dumisani returns to his old neighbourhood and engages with friends to discuss relationships, sex and love. Strong characters like Pumla and Timothy expose their emotions as they talk intimately about the realities of their street and the choices they have been forced to make.

Member: Tenazio Mwanza
Producer: Tenazio Mwanza
Director: Tenazio Mwanza
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zambia
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Tenazio Mwanza
Producer: Tenazio Mwanza
Director: Tenazio Mwanza
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zambia
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: David Max Brown
Producer: David Max Brown
Director: David Max Brown
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Swaziland
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Ingrid Gavshon
Producer: Ingrid Gavshon
Director: Ingrid Gavshon
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


The title means “A person is not a person without other people”.  An education film about HIV/AIDS and how to prevent it. This was the first South African film to have HIV positive people telling their stories. This film is on the FRU’s top 10 best-seller list.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Sechaba Ramotoai
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 8 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


A Soweto school made headlines after 70% of their students were reported to have tested HIV+. Ignorance and fear became the agents for discrimination. Years later, Joyce, an ex-learner shares her experiences of being raped as a young girl and suffering discrimination after testing HIV positive. Having overcome the challenges posed by her HIV status, she provides a source of guidance and encouragement.

Member: Arthur Chikuhwa
Producer: Produced by Capricorn Video Unit
Director: Fiona Lloyd
Year of production: 1991
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 20 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

 
Sixty-five writers, lawyers amd publishers tackle copyright issues at the 1991 Zimbabwe Book-Fair

Member: David Max Brown
Producer: David Max Brown
Director: David Max Brown
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Swaziland
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Health
Genre: Documentary


Before colonisation how did families space their children and avoid unwanted pregnancy? We find out in this film. Now that traditional methods are outdated, what new ways can be used.

Member: Abius Akwaake
Producer: Abius Akwaake
Director: Abius Akwaake
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Namibia
Duration: 22 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Water Challenges
Genre: Documentary


 “This is our water” examines the drought mitigation methodology applied by the Namibia Red Cross. People in the area are working together with the construction teams to ensure safe drinkable water for themselves and their animals. Water is a scarce natural resource in Namibia. People and their livestock depend on this scarce natural resource. When water is found, it elates a jovial mood amongst the people of Kaokoland. Through Maetjituavi’s eyes, we see how the load on women is reduced with the construction of hand pumps. The accent here is on community participation rather that applicable technology and the people of Kaokoland are surely mastering this skill.

Member: Prudence Uriri
Producer: Prudence Uriri
Director: Prudence Uriri
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 57 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary


Examines the legal system in Zimbabwe, how it affects women, tradition, gender, politics – the role of women’s organisations and female empowerment.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Madoda Ncayiya and Ouida Smit
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 11 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Set in rural KwaZulu Natal, this poignant short film shows a young girl struggling to cope with her grief and confusion after losing her mother to AIDS.

Member: David Max Brown
Producer: David Max Brown
Director: Tom Zubrycki
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 52 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary


The film tells the story of one of the most successful military operations against apartheid in South Africa

Member: Licinio Azevedo
Producer: Licinio Azevedo
Director: Licinio Azevedo
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Mozambique
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: David Max Brown
Producer: David Max Brown
Director: David Max Brown
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 20 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary


Six training programmes to introduce and explain the workings of the new LRA. A documentary, 3 dramas, an animated episode and a quiz show. Useful for countries battling for an equitable LRA, and a series extremely well received in South Africa.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Siyabonga Makhatini
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 8 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary


It is the moment just before penetration… People from different backgrounds share their most personal thoughts about courtship and sexual behaviour in this funny and honest film.

Member: Bridget Thomson
Producer: Bridget Thomson
Director: A.A. Said
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Tanzania
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary


This half-hour documentary explores the musical legacy of Siti Binti Saad, an extraordinary ‘tarab’ perfomer from Zanzibar. Siti Binti Saad died in 1950 but from the time of her first recordings made in the 1920’s in bombay until her death in 1950 she had a major impact on tarab music. Her songs and influence once are alive in the lives of Zanzibar women today.

Member: Tenazio Mwanza
Producer: Tenazio Mwanza
Director: Tenazio Mwanza
Year of production: 1999
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 22 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary


The film carries a detailed analysis of the phenomenon of “Prostitution” the oldest form of human trade of the flesh. The film shows how mankind has wrestled between the pleasure of the flesh and money, and the moral right and how prostitution has manifested change in character of human behaviour in this high-tech world.

Member: Rethabile Matsoso
Producer: Laurence Dworkin
Director: Don Edkins
Year of production: 1997
Country of production: Lesotho
Duration: 74 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary


This feature documentary follows the process of the beginnings of land reform in South Africa. As people start claiming back land that was originally theirs, the film takes us on a compelling and evocative journey across rural South Africa.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Sasha Wales-Smith
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 7 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


In Zimbabwe President Mugabe has said that bay people are “worse than pigs or dogs”. To be HIV positive on top of that is even more shameful in the eyes of society. Acceptance is the theme of this inspiring film about a young drag queen. Life with HIV can still be celebrated, he tells us, as long as you acknowledge sexuality and love the virus.

Member: Arthur Chikuhwa
Producer: Produced by Capricorn Video Unit
Director: Produced by Capricorn Video Unit
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zambia
Duration: 26 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Farida Nyamachumbe
Producer: Maneno Mengi
Director: Farida Nyamachumbe, Lars Johansson, Verene Knippel
Year of production: 1999
Country of production: Tanzania
Duration: 25 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles: Cut from material from the Baraza TV series, the film was made to inspire to the use of local television in urban planning. Funded by Sida. Swahili with English subtitles. 
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary

Member: Natalie Mc Askill
Producer: Produced by CVET and New Africa Theatre
Director: Natalie Mc Askill
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary


A video adaptation of a stage production on child abuse, written and directed by new Africa Theatre.

Member: Arthur Chikuhwa
Producer: Produced by Capricorn Video Unit
Director: Produced by Capricorn Video Unit
Year of production: 1989
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 25 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary


A look at the effects of land redistribution, new agricultural policies and donor support in Zimbabwe.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Beverly Palesa Ditsie and Nicky Newman
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 52 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary

This recounts the lives of two giants in the South African gay and lesbian liberation movement, Simon Nkoli and the filmmaker herself, Bev Ditsie. The story is narrated by Bev, both as a personal statement and a political history. Through good and bad times, their relationship is viewed against a backdrop of intense political activism and the HIV/AIDS crisis. Their converging and diverging lives, culminating in Simon’s death, are revealed in this heartfelt testament using a mixed format of interviews and archive footage.

Member: John Riber
Producer: John Riber
Director: John Riber
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 71 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary


This is the story of guitarist, singer and songwriter Oliver Mtukudzi who has been a towering figure in the Zimbabwean music scene over the last three decades. Affectionately known as Tuku, he has been a household name in Zimbabwe since he recorded his first hit single Dzandimomotera in 1976. Since then he has recorded 43 original albums. Tuku is well known for humorous and witty social commentary and his dynamic stage performances with his band, the Black Spirits who he has performed with since the late 1970s.

Member: Simon Wilkie
Producer: Enerst Steynberg
Director: Simon Wilkie
Year of production: 2002
Country of production: Namibia
Duration: 40 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


“Remember Eliphas” tells the story of a soldier in the Namibian Defense Force who is informed that he is HIV positive. Eliphas is perplexed as to the direction his life should take. We see his conscience debating the pros and cons of various choices until Eliphas realizes that the most important thing for him to do would be to inform his wife. But does he have enough courage to actually do it?

Member: Prudence Uriri
Producer: Prudence Uriri
Director: Prudence Uriri
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 26 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary


A historically informative film seen through the journey of two youths Busi and Jimmy. It reveals generation gap challenges, music, health issues and culture, religion and cultural diversities within a nation.

Member: Tenazio Mwanza
Producer: Tenazio Mwanza
Director: Tenazio Mwnaza
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zambia
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Ingrid Gavshon
Producer: Ingrid Gavshon
Director: Sharon Cort
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 51 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary


Artists explore Die Stem and Nkosi Sikelel’iAfrica and give accounts from both composers’ grandchildren. It includes the exploration that led to Sontonga’s grave, Dikeni’s poetry and Professor Khumalo’s explanation of how the combined anthem was shortened. We see how South Africans feel about the current anthem.

Member: Rethabile Matsoso
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Don Edkins
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Lesotho
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Licinio Azevedo
Producer: Licinio Azevedo
Director: Camilo De Sousa
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Mozambique
Duration: Not available
Languages:
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Joao Miguel das Chagas
Producer: Joao Chagas
Director: Joao Chagas
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Angola
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Carla Hofman
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Namibia
Duration: 7 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Cathy, who is from Namibia, relates her experience as an HIV positive mother who lost her baby due to lack of access to treatment. Her message to other HIV+ women is cautionary, yet life affirming. Not afraid of death, Cathy is an inspiration for life.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Licinio Azevedo
Year of production: 2002
Country of production: Mozambique
Duration: 52 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


The young women wake up in the afternoon, when the trucks starts arriving in Moatize Town in northern Mozambique, near the border with several other countries. The women –now dressed and made up – go to work, disappearing into drivers’ trucks. As the night unfolds, chatting, arguing and hustling, they reveal their individual stories of pregnancy, the search for a husband, unrequited love, violence and resignation.While women are aware of the dangers of HIV, sex is just a commodity they negotiate. At dawn the trucks pull out and the women wander home together.

Member: John Riber
Producer: John and Louise Riber
Director: Godwin Mahuru
Year of production: 1992
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 103 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary


Patrick and Neria through shared hard work and resourcefulness, have built a comfortable home, good life and family in the city. But when their loving and equal partnership ends with the tragic death of Patrick, Neria’s nightmare begins. Patrick’s brother, Phineas, helps himself to their car, bankbook, furniture and house. Neria watches helplessly at first but later decides she must fight back. In desperation she seeks legal justice and intelligently fights for her rights.

Member: Simon Wilkie
Producer: Steve Felton
Director: Simon Wilkie, Steve Felton
Year of production: 2002
Country of production: Namibia
Duration: 25 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Nelao Martin relocates to attend high school in Windhoek. Life in the city brings changes and she falls pregnant and only to find out that she and her baby are HIV positive. She now talks openly about the experience to her peers.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Farai Matambidzanwa
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 13 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Set in a remote village in Zimbabwe, the film depicts the impact of HIV/AIDS on the traditional practice of wife inheritance. Mai Tawanda, an HIV+ widow, is instructed by her elders to choose a new husband. Faced with the reality of being ostracized and blamed for her husband’s death, she is challenged with the choice of breaking tradition.

Member: Abius Akwaake
Producer: Abius Akwaake
Director: Abius Akwaake
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Namibia
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins, Antje Krog, Ronelle Loots
Director: Jane Thandi Lipman
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 44 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


The film depicts the lives of two HIV positive pregnant women who have been on trial for the mother to child transmission prevention. As they approach the delivery of their babies, their exceptions, hopes, and inevitable fears concerning not only the health of their babies, but the trauma around the disclosure of their status to their families and partners as well.

Member: John Riber
Producer: John Riber, Louise Riber
Director: Isaac Mabhikwa
Year of production: 1992
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 90 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Thandi is only a teenager, ready for anything and ripe enough for love. She is a girl flirting with womanhood and the township beckons. The video shows what happens to a township girl when she realises that falling in love is not so simple. The dangers involved are not just unwanted pregnancies. In a time of AIDS, it is about life itself.

Member: Dr Augustine Hatar
Producer: Augustine Hatar
Director: Augustine Hatar
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Tanzania
Duration: 30 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Kelly Kowalski
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Namibia
Duration: 8 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Master Positive makes cheap coffins for the poor. It’s a new business, but he thinks there’s a viable market considering Namibia’s growing AIDS-related deaths. This short film follows Master Positive as a constructs a prototype paper-mache coffin and makes his first sale. Dealing with death in his job and confronting his own HIV status, Master Positive explains through humour and courage how he has become a true master of positive living.

Member: Licinio Azevedo
Producer: Licinio Azevedo
Director: Orlando Mesquita
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Mozambique
Duration: 70 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Wildlife Conservation
Genre: Documentary


Mariana Mpande, a traditional healer and leader is a remote Mozambican village, goes to the United States to publicise the experience of community management of natural resources that has changed the life of the region where she lives, an area rich in wild life. Extrovert and communicative, Mariana captivates audiences of intellectuals in Washington, New York, Berkeley. The spirit that governs her healing activities, Koro, the monkey, enters into communion with Indian spirits, in a reservation in Northern California, and with Hawaiian spirits in the crater of a volcano. The bear, the dragon, the lizard, representatives of cultures completely different from her own, become Koro’s brothers. Mariana carries with her the moon, hope. In parallel with Mariana’s physical and spiritual journey to America, Matias, a wildlife warden and her companion on this trip to the other side of the globe, makes another “voyage” into the secret depths of Africa, in search of the truth about the death of a friend.

Member: Ingrid Gavshon
Producer: Ingrid Gavshon
Director: Ingrid Gavshon
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 23 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

A portrait made for the South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town. Festivals include: The 2001 Brighton Jewish Festival, The Toronto Jewish Film Festival and the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival 2002.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Robyn Hofmeyr
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 55 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Here is incredible story of a fifteen-year old’s journey to take control of her life. Abandoned by her mother when she felt pregnant, even before testing positive for HIV, she must depend on the help of extended family and friends. Life starts to look up when Busi is chosen both for mother-to-child drug trial and to be the subject of a TV documentary.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Khalo Matabane
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 26 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


At a boisterous and urban party Khalo Matabane recounts to his friends an apparently innocent story about how he met a beautiful woman, chatted her up and started going out with her on dates. When a woman discloses her HIV status, Khalo does not see her again. This film is an honest account of how the already complex nature of relating takes on new meaning in a time of sickness.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Sithunyiwe Gece
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 8 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


The film reflects prevailing attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in the townships of Cape Town by a filmmaker who lives there. It looks at young people’s perceptions of HIV/AIDS and the challenges they face in practising safer sex.

Member: Prudence Uriri
Producer: Prudence Uriri, Don Edkins
Director: Prudence Uriri
Year of production: 1999
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: 26 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes:
Genre: Documentary

Independence in Zimbabwe in 1980 meant an end to many forms of oppression. Yet soon after the celebrations, another war started in Matebeleland. Why another war, asks a former guerilla fighter, when they had fought for freedom and justice and thought they had won? The filmmaker’s quest takes her to meet a member of the 5th Brigade which had undertaken the massacres on behalf of the newly formed Zimbabwean government. His deeds still torment him although he has tried the channels of official restitution.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins, Antje Krog, Ronelle Loots
Director: Antje Krog, Ronelle Loots
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 26 Minutes
Languages: English
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Genre: Documentary


The film centres around a dialogue between two women, an Afrikaner and an African. One has been a victim of the apartheid system, the other has reported on the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Richard Pakleppa
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 26 Minutes
Languages: English
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Genre: Documentary

Out of the experience of a bitter war with South Africa, the film’s voices tell of war crimes committed by Namibia’s liberation movement, SWAPO.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Karen Boswall
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Mozambique
Duration: 26 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Water Challenges
Genre: Documentary



Set in a small village called Ilha Josina in the south of Mozambique, this film gives us a window on so some of the ways the villagers are working towards healing the wounds of the past. The film follows people who have fought on both sides of the war and who suffered at the hands of both.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Marriane Gysae
Director: Don Edkins
Year of production: 1998
Country of production: Lesotho
Duration: 30 Minutes
Languages: English
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Themes: Water Challenges
Genre: Documentary


The people of Lesotho have, over generations, developed a system of protecting their environment. The land is owned and used communally, and provides for most of their needs. It is cultivated and grazed, it provides medicine and materials for the home, and nourishes their culture. Now a massive dam is being built in this area at Mohale, and large parts of the river valleys will be flooded. In this documentary the mountain people explain how they have managed their natural resources until now.

Member: John Riber
Producer: John Riber
Director: Faustin Misan
Year of production: 1991
Country of production: Uganda
Duration: 46 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Video about HIV/AIDS

Member: Rehad Desai
Producer: Rehad Desai
Director: Rehad Desai
Year of production: 2002
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 52 Minutes
Languages: English
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Genre: Documentary


A personal journey to Austria for Rehad Desai to find out whether his son, who is presently living in Mozambique with his mother, would fit in with the Austrian life. His separated wife, Victoria, is planning to move back to Austria, where she grew up. This documentary explores the political situation in Austria and the personal feelings of people close to the family.

Member: Don Edkins
Producer: Don Edkins
Director: Karen Boswall
Year of production: 2001
Country of production: Mozambique
Duration: 42 Minutes
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: AIDS
Genre: Documentary


Set in rural Mozambique, where traditional gender roles and poverty influence the fight to contain the spread of AIDS. Antonietta is HIV positive and works as an AIDS counsellor in the city but she takes her healthy daughter to remote village for initiation into sexuality, lessons of how to please a man. Consequently the daughter will be put at risk to contract HIV. Antoinetta struggles with the contradictions of maintaining traditional customs while adapting to the reality of the modern world.

Member: Film Resource Unit
Producer: Produced by Zimmedia
Director:
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration: 52 Minutes
Languages: English
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Genre: Documentary


Why SADC was initially formed and its early achievements

Member: John Riber
Producer: John Riber
Director: Olley Maruma
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Zimbabwe
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Documentary


Rita is 16 years old, living in a high density area of Africa. She has as lot going for her – she is bright, talented, and has a steady boyfriend. She is soon to graduate from secondary school with plans to go on to university. For Rita, life is at its peak … until the day she discovers she is pregnant. The consequences are staggering. This popular mini-feature with a message was designed for an African adolescent audience, and has probably been seen by more people in Africa than any other film.

Member: Vincent Moloi
Producer: Vincent Moloi
Director: Vincent Moloi
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: South Africa
Duration:
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: Drama

Member: Licinio Azevedo
Producer: Licinio Azevedo
Director: Licinio Azevedo
Year of production: 2000
Country of production: Mozambique
Duration: Not available
Languages: English
Sub-Titles:
Themes: Rural Development
Genre: