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From Congo to Zaire
directed by Olivier Moser and Frederic Tadino (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 2 mins
The Congo, the largest country in Central Africa, was granted its independence from Belgium in 1960. This riveting historical documentary, using a wealth of archival material, illustrates how the legacy of colonialism effected modern Congo, led first by Patrice Lumumba, then by General Mobutu for thirty years. Fro...
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directed by Olivier Moser and Frederic Tadino (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 2 mins
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The Congo, the largest country in Central Africa, was granted its independence from Belgium in 1960. This riveting historical documentary, using a wealth of archival material, illustrates how the legacy of colonialism effected modern Congo, led first by Patrice Lumumba, then by General Mobutu for thirty years. From 1908, when King Leopold II ceded his land grants to the Belgian people, economic development was seen as the first stage of the proce...
The Congo, the largest country in Central Africa, was granted its independence from Belgium in 1960. This riveting historical documentary, using a wealth of archival material, illustrates how the legacy of colonialism effected modern Congo, led first by Patrice Lumumba, then by General Mobutu for thirty years. From 1908, when King Leopold II ceded his land grants to the Belgian people, economic development was seen as the first stage of the process of colonization. A new industrial port, along with road and rail networks, opened up the Congo to overseas trade. The Belgians brought with them an efficient system of administration, education and healthcare. The Congo’s resources – timber, palm oil, diamonds, coffee and rubber – enriched the motherland. By the end of World War II, the relationship between the colonizers and colonized changed. The pace accelerated towards decolonization. However, independence brought its own problems. Two leaders emerged, Patrice Lumumba and General Mobutu, and conflict between them ended with the murder of Lumumba and Mobutu’s seizure of power. From Congo to Zaire takes a fresh look at the Congo’s turbulent history and provides new insights into the problems it faces today. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Larry Belling
Author / Creator
Olivier Moser, Frederic Tadino
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Larry Belling
Person Discussed
Patrice Emery Lumumba, 1925-1961, Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997
Topic / Theme
Decolonization, Heads of state, Imperialism, International relations, National government, Social conflict, Violence, Patrice Lumumba, Assassination, Congo, January 17, 1961, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Red Lines
directed by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002 and Oliver Lukacs, fl. 2013; produced by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Spark Media (District of Columbia: Spark Media, 2014), 1 hour 39 mins
The news from the Middle East worsens daily into a nightmare scenario - one eerily foretold in 2012 as two young, unlikely Syrian activists launch a radical plan for bringing democracy to their country. Under threat of death, they organize when no one else will. Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, of...
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directed by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002 and Oliver Lukacs, fl. 2013; produced by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Spark Media (District of Columbia: Spark Media, 2014), 1 hour 39 mins
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The news from the Middle East worsens daily into a nightmare scenario - one eerily foretold in 2012 as two young, unlikely Syrian activists launch a radical plan for bringing democracy to their country. Under threat of death, they organize when no one else will. Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict taking us from the trenches to geopolitical jockeying and becoming, along the way, a sear...
The news from the Middle East worsens daily into a nightmare scenario - one eerily foretold in 2012 as two young, unlikely Syrian activists launch a radical plan for bringing democracy to their country. Under threat of death, they organize when no one else will. Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict taking us from the trenches to geopolitical jockeying and becoming, along the way, a searing exposé of an ongoing inhumane crisis.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Spark Media
Author / Creator
Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Oliver Lukacs, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Spark Media
Person Discussed
Bashar al-Assad, 1965-
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Political violence, Political demonstrations, Revolutions, Syrian Civil War, 2011-, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Syrians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2014 Spark Media
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Scared Sacred
directed by Velcrow Ripper, 1963-; produced by Tracey Friesen, fl. 2003, Harry Sutherland and Cari Green, National Film Board of Canada and Producers on Davie Pictures (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2004), 1 hour 45 mins
Scared Sacred is a feature documentary that asks the question: can we be Scared into the Sacred? Can we take the trials of extreme historical situations and transform them into a force of awakening? Or will we succumb to groundlessness and fear? The film will take us on a journey to the pivotal 'Ground Zero's' of...
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directed by Velcrow Ripper, 1963-; produced by Tracey Friesen, fl. 2003, Harry Sutherland and Cari Green, National Film Board of Canada and Producers on Davie Pictures (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2004), 1 hour 45 mins
Description
Scared Sacred is a feature documentary that asks the question: can we be Scared into the Sacred? Can we take the trials of extreme historical situations and transform them into a force of awakening? Or will we succumb to groundlessness and fear? The film will take us on a journey to the pivotal 'Ground Zero's' of the world, places like Wounded Knee, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, New York City, and Afghanistan, among the darkest moments of human history....
Scared Sacred is a feature documentary that asks the question: can we be Scared into the Sacred? Can we take the trials of extreme historical situations and transform them into a force of awakening? Or will we succumb to groundlessness and fear? The film will take us on a journey to the pivotal 'Ground Zero's' of the world, places like Wounded Knee, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, New York City, and Afghanistan, among the darkest moments of human history. Yet this is not a gloomy film. We will seek out the stories of hope, of transformation, of resistance.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tracey Friesen, fl. 2003, Harry Sutherland, Cari Green, National Film Board of Canada, Producers on Davie Pictures, Velcrow Ripper, 1963-
Author / Creator
Velcrow Ripper, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Speaker / Narrator
Velcrow Ripper, 1963-
Topic / Theme
Postwar reconstruction, Disaster relief, Fear, Prayer and meditation, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1993-, United States Intervention in Afghanistan, December 22, 2001-, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Atomic Bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, Yugoslav Wars, 1992-1995, Cambodian Holocaust, 1975-1979, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, India, December 2-3,1984, Political and Social Movements, War an...
Postwar reconstruction, Disaster relief, Fear, Prayer and meditation, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1993-, United States Intervention in Afghanistan, December 22, 2001-, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Atomic Bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, Yugoslav Wars, 1992-1995, Cambodian Holocaust, 1975-1979, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, India, December 2-3,1984, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Humanities
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Copyright © 2004 by the National Film Board of Canada
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A Time There Was: Stories from the last days of Kenya Colony
directed by Donald McWilliams, 1935-; produced by Adam Symansky, fl. 1977-2010 and Marcy Page, fl. 1977-2015, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2009), 1 hour 27 mins
This autobiographical documentary revisits the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s. More than 50 years after the conflict, in which the director participated as a young British soldier stationed in Kenya for his national service, he confronts his past with audacity and unflinching self-inquiry. Combining McWilliams' ow...
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directed by Donald McWilliams, 1935-; produced by Adam Symansky, fl. 1977-2010 and Marcy Page, fl. 1977-2015, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2009), 1 hour 27 mins
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This autobiographical documentary revisits the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s. More than 50 years after the conflict, in which the director participated as a young British soldier stationed in Kenya for his national service, he confronts his past with audacity and unflinching self-inquiry. Combining McWilliams' own photographic record of the times with original animation and archival imagery, A Time There Was crafts a thoughtful account of the Ma...
This autobiographical documentary revisits the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s. More than 50 years after the conflict, in which the director participated as a young British soldier stationed in Kenya for his national service, he confronts his past with audacity and unflinching self-inquiry. Combining McWilliams' own photographic record of the times with original animation and archival imagery, A Time There Was crafts a thoughtful account of the Mau Mau Rebellion – one of the most contentious episodes in Britain’s imperial endgame.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Adam Symansky, fl. 1977-2010, Marcy Page, fl. 1977-2015, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Donald McWilliams, 1935-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Topic / Theme
Rebellions, Africans, Colonization, Decolonization, Mau Mau Uprising, 1952-1960, War and Violence, Imperialism and Colonialism, Gikuyu, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2009 National Film Board of Canada
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The Top Secret Trial of the Third Reich
directed by Jochen Bauer, fl. 1971; produced by First Run Features (New York, NY: First Run Features), 1 hour 16 mins
In August of 1944, Hitler ordered the trial of the “Men of the 20th of July,” a group of resistance fighters who conspired to assassinate the Führer. Under orders from Goebbels, cameras were hidden in the courtroom and the resulting footage was transformed into a propaganda tool. Goebbels released his film...
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directed by Jochen Bauer, fl. 1971; produced by First Run Features (New York, NY: First Run Features), 1 hour 16 mins
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In August of 1944, Hitler ordered the trial of the “Men of the 20th of July,” a group of resistance fighters who conspired to assassinate the Führer. Under orders from Goebbels, cameras were hidden in the courtroom and the resulting footage was transformed into a propaganda tool. Goebbels released his film to the public, but only succeeded in generating sympathy for resistance members, who were sentenced to death by the visibly deranged Na...
In August of 1944, Hitler ordered the trial of the “Men of the 20th of July,” a group of resistance fighters who conspired to assassinate the Führer. Under orders from Goebbels, cameras were hidden in the courtroom and the resulting footage was transformed into a propaganda tool. Goebbels released his film to the public, but only succeeded in generating sympathy for resistance members, who were sentenced to death by the visibly deranged Nazi tribunal judge, Roland Freisler. Having miscalculated the impact of these images, Goebbels ordered the film banned and destroyed. But one print has been found.
Through authentic footage of the trial, the film details the various attempts to assassinate Hitler—from the bomb in Munich's Bürgerbräukeller to Claus von Stauffenberg's explosive attack on the Wolfsschanze—and sheds light on the anti-Nazi resistance. Featuring previously unavailable film and sound documentation of the National Committee for a Free Germany, a German resistance group in a Russian camp, Top Secret Trial of the Third Reich also unearths new information about members of the Kreisau Circle and the White Rose.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
First Run Features
Author / Creator
Jochen Bauer, fl. 1971
Publisher
First Run Features
Person Discussed
Joseph Goebbels, 1897-1945, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, 1907-1944
Topic / Theme
Propaganda, Executions, Trials and litigation, Rebellions, Assassination plots and attempts, World War II, 1939-1945, Adolf Hitler, Assassination Attempt, Rastenburg, East Prussia, July 20, 1944, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of First Run Features.
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Ukraine on Fire
directed by Igor Lopatonok, 1968-; produced by Claire M. Stein, fl. 2016 and Igor Lopatonok, 1968-, Another Way; interview by Oliver Stone, 1946- (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2016), 1 hour 34 mins
Ukraine's 2014 Maidan Massacre helped oust President Yanukovych with Russia painted as the perpetrator. Oliver Stone interviews Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yanukovych, and others exposing the role the U.S. played in destabilizing the region.
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directed by Igor Lopatonok, 1968-; produced by Claire M. Stein, fl. 2016 and Igor Lopatonok, 1968-, Another Way; interview by Oliver Stone, 1946- (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2016), 1 hour 34 mins
Description
Ukraine's 2014 Maidan Massacre helped oust President Yanukovych with Russia painted as the perpetrator. Oliver Stone interviews Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yanukovych, and others exposing the role the U.S. played in destabilizing the region.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Claire M. Stein, fl. 2016, Igor Lopatonok, 1968-, Another Way, Lex Lang, 1965-
Author / Creator
Igor Lopatonok, 1968-, Oliver Stone, 1946-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Speaker / Narrator
Lex Lang, 1965-
Person Discussed
Vladimir Putin, 1952-, Robert Parry, 1949-2018, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, 1963-, Viktor Yanukovych, 1950-
Topic / Theme
Mass killings, Political demonstrations, Political alliances, International relations, Propaganda, World War II, 1939-1945, Orange Revolution, Ukraine, 2004-2005, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Ukrainians, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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World in Action, Geopolitik: Hitler's plan
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1942), 22 mins
Hitler planned to dominate the world. A major factor in his thinking was the geopolitical theory of Karl Haushofer. (Released under the title Hitler's Plan in the World in Action series.)
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directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1942), 22 mins
Description
Hitler planned to dominate the world. A major factor in his thinking was the geopolitical theory of Karl Haushofer. (Released under the title Hitler's Plan in the World in Action series.)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Date Published / Released
1942
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
World in Action
Person Discussed
Karl Ernst Haushofer, 1869-1946, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
War, Military campaigns, Political events, Heads of state, Nazism, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, Germans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1942 National Film Board of Canada
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World in Action, Food: Secret of the Peace
directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1945), 13 mins
Made at the end of WWII, this short film shows scenes of food queues, hunger riots and famine in liberated Europe, pointing out the political danger that lies in starvation conditions. Causes of food shortages and measures taken by the Allies to solve these problems are described.
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directed by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988; produced by Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1945), 13 mins
Description
Made at the end of WWII, this short film shows scenes of food queues, hunger riots and famine in liberated Europe, pointing out the political danger that lies in starvation conditions. Causes of food shortages and measures taken by the Allies to solve these problems are described.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Date Published / Released
1945
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
World in Action
Speaker / Narrator
Gregory Clark, Stuart Legg, 1910-1988
Person Discussed
Gregory Clark
Topic / Theme
Postwar reconstruction, Food supply, Starvation, Famine, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2013 by National Film Board of Canada
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World in Action, Spotlight on the Balkans
produced by National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada), 11 mins
A look at the history of the Balkan countries, and their post-World War II problems and concerns.
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produced by National Film Board of Canada, in World in Action (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada), 11 mins
Description
A look at the history of the Balkan countries, and their post-World War II problems and concerns.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
National Film Board of Canada
Date Published / Released
1945
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Series
World in Action
Topic / Theme
Peace processes, Cultural change and history, Postwar reconstruction, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
© 1945 National Film Board of Canada
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