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6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6, The 19th Province
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 51 mins
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds....
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The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s s...
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s surrender.
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Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, No...
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 1929-
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Iraq (1970s - Present), International sanctions, Diplomatic missions, Air raids, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, British, Americans, Iraqis, Kuwaitis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001 SW Pictures
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6, A Different Kind of War
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb h...
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The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower....
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower. With Baghdad’s air defence headquarters destroyed and its radar system in chaos, hundreds of Iraq’s fighters couldn’t operate. Only a few struggled into the air. With hundreds of allied aircraft flying, AWACS planes packed with computer equipment helped control the battle. On the first night the coalition armada systematically attacked Iraq’s war machine. The factories that made chemical and biological weapons, the Scud missile plants – in all over 200 different targets were hit. It was a new benchmark in the history of warfare, the first time the world had seen precision bombing on a vast scale. And defying all expectations, only one allied pilot, an American, had been killed. With air superiority established over the Iraqis, the coalition air planners were now confident enough to launch conventional aircraft on massive daylight raids. When Saddam met with his ministers after the first night’s bombing, he had already ordered action he believed would shatter the coalition of Western and Arab countries attacking Iraq. Scud missile launchers hidden in the desert fired at Israel. The Scuds were fired indiscriminately at Israel’s largest city. Saddam calculated the Israelis would retaliate and join the conflict. The Arabs in the coalition would then refuse to fight alongside Israel. The coalition would collapse and so would the war. Soon more Scuds were on the way. Israel’s nuclear forces now went on full alert. Sixty Israeli jets took to the skies. Early warning radar appeared to show Iraqi bombers headed for Israel. In the Pentagon, the defence secretary picked up the hotline to Tel Aviv. Israeli retaliation seemed inevitable. The Israeli Army reported nerve gas in the debris of one of the missiles. Israelis prepared for the worst. Ultimately, none of the eight Scuds that landed proved to have chemical warheads. After some discussion, Baghdad had decided the Israelis might retaliate against a chemical attack with nuclear weapons. The man who would decide what happened next was Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. He and George Bush disliked each other and when Bush telephoned him, Shamir angrily told the president that if America couldn’t stop the Scuds, the Israeli Air Force would. The Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, told us that Bush said to Shamir, pleaded with Shamir, tried to cajole Shamir that Israel not take any military action, that this would be injurious to the allied cause, that in the final analysis, that this would also be injurious to Israel’s cause. Shamir told us what he said to Bush – “It’s very difficult, Mr. President. It’s very difficult. I don’t know what the day of tomorrow will bring, but at this moment, we will act accordingly, accordingly with your concepts.” On February 21st, forty-eight hours before the ground attack was due, Iraq’s foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, arrived in Moscow. Saddam’s admission that he was willing to withdraw from Kuwait had led to some frantic Soviet diplomacy to save their old ally from defeat. Aziz went straight to the Kremlin. The Soviet president was waiting. Aziz told Gorbachev Saddam wouldn’t accept the U.N. resolutions that called for Iraq to recognize Kuwait’s independence and pay it compensation. But, he said, Iraq would withdraw from Kuwait. Gorbachev thought this was good enough. He called the White House. The president summoned his key advisors to discuss the Soviet offer. If Iraq withdrew, it would mean no bloody ground war, but Saddam would walk away unpunished, his war machine undefeated. At dawn the president called Gorbachev to tell him the deal was unacceptable. Bush’s carefully crafted international coalition was fragmenting. The French president, Francois Mitterrand, called to demand more time for diplomacy. As hundreds of oil wells blazed across Kuwait, the president issued a final ultimatum. Saddam ignored the warning. To obey, he believed, would have humiliated him in the eyes of the Arab world. Within a month of the air war, the ground war by the Allies began to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. It was a very short and comprehensive victory.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahm...
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahmoud Hadary, fl. 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Bernard Shaw, 1940-, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
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Iraq (1970s - Present), Escalation (Conflict), Military alliances, Air raids, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Russians, Arabs, Israelis, Iraqis, Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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20 Days in Mariupol
directed by Mstyslav Chernov, 1985-; produced by Mstyslav Chernov, 1985-, Derl McCrudden, fl. 1988, Raney Aronson-Rath, fl. 1997 and Michelle Mizner, fl. 2007-2016, Frontline (Television program), Associated Press, Public Broadcasting Service and GBH Boston (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 1 hour 34 mins
This program contains graphic language and imagery which may not be suitable to all audiences.
The award-winning film from the last international journalists inside the Russian siege of Mariupol. An extraordinary account, seen through the lens of the AP’s Mstyslav Chernov and two colleagues documenting the atrocities and their own escape. DISCLAIMER: This program contains graphic language and imagery whic...
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directed by Mstyslav Chernov, 1985-; produced by Mstyslav Chernov, 1985-, Derl McCrudden, fl. 1988, Raney Aronson-Rath, fl. 1997 and Michelle Mizner, fl. 2007-2016, Frontline (Television program), Associated Press, Public Broadcasting Service and GBH Boston (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 1 hour 34 mins
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The award-winning film from the last international journalists inside the Russian siege of Mariupol. An extraordinary account, seen through the lens of the AP’s Mstyslav Chernov and two colleagues documenting the atrocities and their own escape. DISCLAIMER: This program contains graphic language and imagery which may not be suitable to all audiences.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mstyslav Chernov, 1985-, Derl McCrudden, fl. 1988, Raney Aronson-Rath, fl. 1997, Michelle Mizner, fl. 2007-2016, Frontline (Television program), Associated Press, Public Broadcasting Service, GBH Boston
Author / Creator
Mstyslav Chernov, 1985-
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Speaker / Narrator
Mstyslav Chernov, 1985-
Person Discussed
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 1978-, Vladimir Putin, 1952-
Topic / Theme
Sieges, Bombardment, Death tolls (Casualties), War victims, War casualties, Invasions, Atrocities, Russo-Ukrainian War, 20 February 2014 to present, Ukrainians, Russians
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Copyright © 2023 The Associated Press; WGBH Educational Foundation
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40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010, originally published 2010), 1 hour 27 mins
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian g...
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directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010, originally published 2010), 1 hour 27 mins
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40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian government repressed all memory of this event, and the world looked away.
Based on the research of prominent anthropologist Robert Leme...
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian government repressed all memory of this event, and the world looked away.
Based on the research of prominent anthropologist Robert Lemelson and edited by two-time Academy Award winner Pietro Scalia, this film follows the compelling testimonies of four individuals and their families from Central Java and Bali, as they break their silence for the first time. Told in understated detail, the cumulative effect of their stories is heartbreaking, profound and ultimately redemptive.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Author / Creator
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Sukarno, 1901-1970
Topic / Theme
Emotions and feelings, Family, Human rights, Massacres, Armed forces, Physical abuse, Political parties, Propaganda, Religious beliefs, Violence, Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2008 by Elemental Productions
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731: Two Versions of Hell
produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives t...
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produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
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This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. Th...
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. The second half, using almost the exact same footage, describes Unit 731 from the Japanese revisionist perspective which is largely supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Although its cruel experiments on living people produced thousands of casualties, this activity is still denied by a number of Japanese historians and politicians. Generational change has contributed to the escalating history problem between Japan, China, and the two Koreas. Not only were the majority of Asians born and educated after the war; as a result of the education they received in their own countries, their memories and ideas of the war have become more divergent. Usage of the same shots in both parts of the film ironically demonstrates the potential to misuse film images for political purposes. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James T. Hong
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World H...
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Abdelkrim et la guerre du Rif
directed by Daniel Cling, 1963-; produced by Matthieu de Laborde, fl. 2001, Arte France, ISKRA Films and Real Productions (Ivry-sur-Seine, Île-de-France: Iskra, 2010), 50 mins
Officially, the Rif War was fought from 1920 to 1926, to crush the rebellion towards independence led by AbdelKrim in a remote area of Morocco. This war involved hundreds of thousands of men and considerable resources. The Rif War not only called into question the colonial system, but it also marked the place wher...
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directed by Daniel Cling, 1963-; produced by Matthieu de Laborde, fl. 2001, Arte France, ISKRA Films and Real Productions (Ivry-sur-Seine, Île-de-France: Iskra, 2010), 50 mins
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Officially, the Rif War was fought from 1920 to 1926, to crush the rebellion towards independence led by AbdelKrim in a remote area of Morocco. This war involved hundreds of thousands of men and considerable resources. The Rif War not only called into question the colonial system, but it also marked the place where modern savagery developed.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Matthieu de Laborde, fl. 2001, Arte France, ISKRA Films, Real Productions
Author / Creator
Daniel Cling, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Iskra
Speaker / Narrator
René Gallissot, 1934-, Daniel Rivet, 1942-, María Rosa de Madariaga, 1937-2022
Person Discussed
René Gallissot, 1934-, Daniel Rivet, 1942-, María Rosa de Madariaga, 1937-2022, Abd el Krim, 1883-1963
Topic / Theme
Crimes against humanity, Leadership roles, Violence, War victims, War, French, Spanish
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Copyright © 2010 Iskra
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The Act Of Killing (2012)
directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, 1974-; produced by Singe Byrge Sorensen, Final Cut for Real; performed by Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto and Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949- (Tel-Aviv District: Cinephil, 2012), 2 hours 40 mins
In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends to dramatise their role in genocide. But their idea of being in a movie is not to provide testimony for a documentary: they want to be stars in their favourite film genres - gang...
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directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, 1974-; produced by Singe Byrge Sorensen, Final Cut for Real; performed by Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto and Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949- (Tel-Aviv District: Cinephil, 2012), 2 hours 40 mins
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In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends to dramatise their role in genocide. But their idea of being in a movie is not to provide testimony for a documentary: they want to be stars in their favourite film genres - gangster, western, musical. They write the scripts. They play themselves. And they play their victims. This is a cinematic fever dream, an...
In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends to dramatise their role in genocide. But their idea of being in a movie is not to provide testimony for a documentary: they want to be stars in their favourite film genres - gangster, western, musical. They write the scripts. They play themselves. And they play their victims. This is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass - murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.
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Film
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949-
Contributor
Carlos Arango de Montis, Lars Skree, Singe Byrge Sorensen, Final Cut for Real, Simon Thamdrup Jensen
Author / Creator
Joshua Oppenheimer, 1974-, Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Cinephil
Person Discussed
Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Genocide, War, Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966, War and Violence, Himself 1, Himself 2, Himself 3, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2012 Film Platform
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The Activist
produced by National Geographic (District of Columbia: National Geographic, 2006), 4 mins
A story on genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Shots include archival footage of genocide in history, recent images of Darfur, interview with Mark Hanis from the Genocide Intervention Network, and narration on the situation in Darfur now.
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produced by National Geographic (District of Columbia: National Geographic, 2006), 4 mins
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A story on genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Shots include archival footage of genocide in history, recent images of Darfur, interview with Mark Hanis from the Genocide Intervention Network, and narration on the situation in Darfur now.
Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
National Geographic
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
National Geographic
Person Discussed
Mark Hanis
Topic / Theme
Massacres, Area Studies
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Copyright © 2013 by National Geographic
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Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson, Episode 8, The Legacy
directed by John Percival, 1937-2005; presented by Basil Davidson, 1913-2010; produced by John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television and Monarda Arts, in Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson, Episode 8 (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: ArtHaus Musik, 1984), 52 mins
This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of...
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directed by John Percival, 1937-2005; presented by Basil Davidson, 1913-2010; produced by John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television and Monarda Arts, in Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson, Episode 8 (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: ArtHaus Musik, 1984), 52 mins
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This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of modern Africa - the story is unfolded on location all over the continent with the help of archive film, carefully illustrated eye-witn...
This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of modern Africa - the story is unfolded on location all over the continent with the help of archive film, carefully illustrated eye-witness accounts, interviews with statesmen and leaders, dramatic reconstructions, and specially-shot film of festivals, ceremonies, and life there today.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television, Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
John Percival, 1937-2005, Basil Davidson, 1913-2010
Date Published / Released
1984
Publisher
ArtHaus Musik
Series
Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson
Person Discussed
Jean-Bedel Bokassa, 1921-1996, Idi Amin, 1925-2003
Topic / Theme
War, Poverty, Urbanization, National government, International relations, Economic development, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, Imperialism and Colonialism, Europeans, Africans, Nigerians (Nigeria)
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Copyright © 1984 Arthaus Musik
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Africa in the 21st Century, Somalia: The Neglected Civil War
produced by NHK International Inc., in Africa in the 21st Century (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 50 mins
Independent since 1960, Somalia has seen virtually constant political upheaval. Chaos still reigns in the capital, Mogadishu, and throughout Somalia. Some eighty percent of the nation is under the power of guerrillas and local warlords. Taking advantage of the chaos, Islamic fundamentalist groups such as al Qaeda...
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produced by NHK International Inc., in Africa in the 21st Century (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 50 mins
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Independent since 1960, Somalia has seen virtually constant political upheaval. Chaos still reigns in the capital, Mogadishu, and throughout Somalia. Some eighty percent of the nation is under the power of guerrillas and local warlords. Taking advantage of the chaos, Islamic fundamentalist groups such as al Qaeda frequently infiltrate. Suspected to be the main financial source for al Qaeda, all assets in the al Barakaat bank, the country’s main...
Independent since 1960, Somalia has seen virtually constant political upheaval. Chaos still reigns in the capital, Mogadishu, and throughout Somalia. Some eighty percent of the nation is under the power of guerrillas and local warlords. Taking advantage of the chaos, Islamic fundamentalist groups such as al Qaeda frequently infiltrate. Suspected to be the main financial source for al Qaeda, all assets in the al Barakaat bank, the country’s main bank, were frozen and remittances from workers abroad to their families at home were stopped, which aggravated the confusion and deepened poverty in the nation. Finally, Somalia has become a target in the post-Afghanistan "war" against terrorism. College Adult
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
NHK International Inc.
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Africa in the 21st Century
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, War, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Humanities, Somali, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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