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Blood Diamond
[2006] DVD (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
~ Leonardo DiCaprio
In war-torn
Sierra Leone, a white African diamond smuggler offers to help a fisherman find
his family in return for a precious stone. They are joined in their search by
an American journalist who is covering the diamond conflict. |
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The Last King Of Scotland [2006]
DVD (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
~ James McAvoy
Young Scottish
doctor Nick Garrigan travels to Uganda hoping to do some good. After an
automobile accident, Nick is called in to treat the President Idi Amin's
wounds. His authoritative behaviour impresses Amin, who charms Nick into
becoming his personal physician. Nick embraces his newfound life of luxury, but
he is unable to grasp the reality of the situation. When he does finally
realise the atrocities Amin is inflicting upon his people, the terrified doctor
tries to make a frantic escape before it's too late... |
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Out Of Africa (1985)
VHS (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
Winner of seven Academy Awards, the
story tells of a rich, bored Danish woman who finds love with a free-spirited
hunter in turbulent East Africa. Filmed entirely in Kenya. Based on a book by
Isaac Dinesen and Karen Blixen. |
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I Dream Of Africa
(2000) VHS (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
Starring: Kim Basinger, Vincent
Perez, et al. Director: Hugh Hudson |
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The Africa Collection - Jock of the
Bushveld VHS (amazon.com) - USA
A story of courage and adventure all
set in the Southern Africa bush... Jock has become a folk-hero in South
Africa... watch this and you'll now why! Based on the novel by Fitzpatrick, it
is one of those rare flics where the film is as good as the book. A cultural
tear-jerker of an adventure, with a superb soundtrack to match - curtousy of
Johnny Clegg and Savuka (formally Jaluku). |
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Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the
Apes VHS (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - UK
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Tarzan Escapes
VHS (amazon.com) - USA
Graphically violent (for its time),
and energetically directed, this entertaining entry has Tarzan captured by a
hunter who wants to put him on exhibition in England. This film was completely
reshot and reworked when the original version proved too potent and
blood-curdling for preview audiences; as a result there are some plot holes in
what might have been the best Tarzan movie of all. ( Leonard Maltin's Movie
& Video Guide ) |
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Cry the Beloved Country
VHS (amazon.com) - USA
Simple back-country minister journeys
to Johannesburg in search of his son, while fate links his path with that of a
wealthy, bigoted white landowner. Heart-rending story chronicles racial
divisiveness (and its roots) in South Africa without resorting to
preachiness. |
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Darkest Africa (1936)
VHS (amazon.com) - USA
If you think that it was made in 1936
, with all dificulties then existing, the flying bat man, The Goddes of Jobba
and the performance of the main star Clyde Beatt you must consider that the
result is excellent. I expected to see something extremely naive ...on the
contrary, revisiting my past (because the first time I watched the film I was
10 years old) I was pleasantly surprised with a very well realesed serial
motion picture. ( a viewer from S. José do Rio Preto, SP,
Brazil) |
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Childrens Stories From Africa Vol. 1 (1997)
VHS (amazon.com) - USA
This nice change-of-pace video
focuses on the storyteller instead of snappy animation or effects. Nandi Nyembe
tells six stories on a stage of an African hut. The stories are built around
the age-old tales of African wildlife: wart hogs, monkeys, crocodiles, and the
like. These tales teach simple morals: the dangers of greed, the importance of
picking your friends, following your heart. |
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Children's Stories From Africa Vol. 2
VHS (amazon.com) - USA
A whole new set of friends with
unusual names like Ungwata, Pangolin and Dabula entertain as well as teach.
Charming original songs and delightful African fables as told by Nandi Nyembe
with original dances by children from the Mahlatsi Pre-School in their colorful
African garb. |
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Children's Stories From Africa Vol.
3 VHS (amazon.com) - USA
Charming original songs and
delightful African fables entertain as well as teach youngsters with help from
the likes of SunGuru, Mbawala, Sititunga and many others. Enchantingly told by
Nandi Nyembe with dancers from the Mahlatsi Pre-School in their colorful
African garb. |
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Children's Stories From Africa Vol.
4 VHS (amazon.com) - USA
Charming original songs and
delightful African fables entertain as well as teach youngsters with help from
the likes of Ospecker, Giraffe, the Baby Wildcat & the Fire Bird and many
others. Enchantingly told by Nandi Nyembe with dancers from the Mahlatsi
Pre-School in their colorful African garb. |
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National Geographic's Really Wild Animals:
Swinging Safari VHS (amazon.com) - USA
Come along on a wild African safari
with Spin, National Geographic's animated globe-on-the-go. From the Serengeti
Plain to the Kalahari Desert, experience the amazing ways that animals like
cheetahs, crocodiles, rhinos and elephants survive. You'll learn about life in
a lion pride, what it's like to be a chimp, and much more. |
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Goes to Africa (1997) VHS (amazon.com) - USA |
