VIDEOS/DVDs BEGINNING WITH LETTER D
Darfur diaries. Los Angeles, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2006. 1 videodisc (ca. 55 min.)
A brutally honest inside look into the current tragedy befalling the Darfur region. This film seeks to provide space for the victims of atrocities to speak and to engage with the world. Amnesty International will use the film to educate its members. AFR Videodisc 351
Darfur Now: Six Stories, One Hope. Burbank, CA: Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007. 1 videodisc (98 min.)
Follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur. The six - an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of the World Food Program and an internationally known actor - demonstrate the power of how one individual can create extraordinary changes. AFR Videodisc 373
Darwin’s Nightmare. New York, N.Y.: International Film Circuit, Inc., 2004.
1 videodisc (107 min.)
Documentary film that exposes the poverty and misery of the people living on the shores on Lake Victoria in Tanzania who are dependent upon fishing the Nile perch from the lake for their meager earnings. The fish are exported by air to Europe to be sold cheaply and the planes that arrive to transport the fish at first seem to arrive empty, but turn out to carry weapons to Africa and fish away. AFR Videodisc 73
Daughters
of the Dust. New York, NY: Kino International, 1992. 1 videocassette
(113 min.)
Story of a large African American family as they prepare to move North
at the dawn of the 20th century. AFR Video 102
Daughters of the Dust. New York, N.Y.: Kino International, c2000. 1 videodisc (113 min.)
Story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North from the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia at the dawn of the 20th century. AFR Videodisc 143
Dave Chappelle: For What It’s Worth. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005. 1 videodisc (ca. 58 min.)
Performance footage of Dave Chappell’s stand-up comedy act at the San Francisco Fillmore. AFR Videodisc 197
The Death of A Prophet. United States: Miracle Pictures, 2002. 1 videodisc (62 min.)
A documentary showing the life of Malcolm X, his leadership in the Black Muslim movement, and his influence on black Americans and African nations. AFR Videodisc 62
Debt of Dictators. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2005. 1 videodisc (46 min.)
Exposes the irresponsible lending to brutal dictators by multinational financial institutions. Revealing the widespread impoverishment resulting from these debts, the film transports viewers to Argentina, South Africa, and the Philippines, where essential services have been sacrificed in order to repay these illegitimate loans. In each of the cases, the government pays more in servicing the foreign debts than it does on all essential social services combined; Makes a compelling case for the forgiveness of foreign loans accrued by some of history’s worst dictators, debts that exacerbate the suffering of the victims of both the dictators and the institutions that profited from their rule. Participants: Narrator, Terry Carter. Alvin Anthony, Julio Gambina, Jerry Cooradia, Justice Shabalaba, Marjorie Jobson. AFR Videodisc 345
De
Feuilles et de Terre: Architectures Traditionnelles au Cameroun.
Northbrook, IL: Roland Collection of Films and Video on Art, 1992.
1 videocassette (45 min.)
Cameroon is a country where men and women continue to construct their
own habitats according to ancestral methods and in perfect harmony
with the environment in which they live. AFR Video 116
De
Florida a Coahuila [videorecording] oahuila : la historia de los Mascogos.
New York, NY: Distributed in the U.S. by Latin American Video
Archives, 1998. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
Tells the story of the Mascogos, known in the United States as the
Black Seminoles. They came to Mexico in 1850 escaping from the harsh
lilving conditions of the North. They made the long journey from the
peninsula of Florida before arriving to the northern state of Coahuila,
Mexico. AFR Video 522
Democracy Now! Hurricane Katrina Report. New York: Democracynow.org, [2005] 1 DVD (60 min.)
Is the government trying to stem the tide of images from New Orleans by threatening journalists? -- FEMA promotes Pat Robertson charity -- Crisis profiteering : Dick Cheney, Halliburton and Hurricane Katrina -- Democracy now! engineer Mike DiFilippo lends a hand in Alabama and Mississippi.
AFR Videodisc 71
Democracy Now! Hurricane Katrina Report & Jane Goodall Interview. New York: Democracynow.org, 2005 1 DVD (60 min.)
An interview with the renowned primatologist Jane Goodall. Goodall, who is known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees and baboons, turns her attention to the food we eat and how it reaches our tables. In her 2005 book "Harvest for Hope," Goodall examines the danger of corporate ownership of water and the patenting of seeds, the hazards of genetically modified foods and the existence of inhumane animal factories. Also includes a look at the plight of Native Americans in the deep bayous of Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. AFR Videodisc 72
Democracy Now! Monday, January 17, 2005. New York: Democracynow.org, 2005 1 videodisc (60 min.)
This program provides the audio of two of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches: "Beyond Vietnam", and "I’ve been to the Mountain top". The DVD also contains footage form the Civil Rights Movement and brief audio of Robert Kennedy Announcing the assassination of King, on April 4, 1968. AFR Videodisc 215
Democracy Now! The undiscovered Malcolm X: Stunning new info on the assassination, his plans to unite the civil rights and Black Nationalist movements & the 3 "missing" chapters from his autobiography. New York: Democracynow.org, 2005 1 DVD (60 min.) AFR Videodisc 49
Derek
Walcott. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
2001. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
This program presents the biography of the poet, Derek Walcott. He
talks about his childhood, education, and his influences and techniques.
Walcott reads selections of his poetry. Filmed on St. Lucia, Walcott's
birthplace. AFR Video 464
Desperate for Love. Queens, NY: Our Stories Productions, 2005. 1 videodisc (22 min.)
A short film about a woman that goes through drama looking for love in all the wrong places only to realize that she needs to love herself first. Participants: Kenya Sollas, Stacey-Ann Thrope, Nadira Buckery, Shelia Cockburn. AFR Videodisc 352
Diaspora conversations: from Goree to Dogon. New York, N.Y.: Third World Newsreel, 2000. 1 videocassette (47 min.)
"Actor Danny Glover and director Manthia Diawara travel through West Africa from Goree to Dogon, creating conversations that link different sides and accounts of the African Diaspora"--Distributor’s Web site. AFR Video 636
Digging
for Slaves: Escavation of American Slave Sites. Princeton, NJ:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences; London: Distributed from
BBC/Lionheart Television, 1992. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
Provides many fascinating and surprising details at excavations of
18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston;
at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, whose slave holdings
seem so irreconcilable with his expressed views on human freedom and
at Colonial Williamsburg, which until recently neglected to show the
lives of the slaves, who made up over half the town's population.
AFR Video 301
A
Discussion of Ethiopia. Wellesley, MA: Calaloux Publications,
1985. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
Selwyn Cudjoe interviews Professor Yemane Zacharias about the reforms
of the Ethiopian government under Mengestu, the nature of life under
Haile Selassie, the droughts that affected Ethiopia, the Eritrean
liberation struggle, the role of women in the Eritrean struggle, and
the strategic importance of Ethiopia. AFR Video 62
Divine
Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti. New York, NY: Mystic Fire
Video, 1998. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
A documentary film about Voodoo by Maya Deren during 1947-1951, and
edited posthumously. AFR Video 366
Dolemite. Dolemite, Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, c2002. 1 videodisc (91 min.)
In prison on a frame-up by Willy Green, Dolemite, the famous nightclub entertainer, is offered an early release on the condition that he help the FBI bring down Green and his henchmen, who are terrorizing the city. Queen Bee joins the fight with her all-girl army of Kung Fu killers. AFR Videodisc 88
Doubles
Japan and America's Intercultural Children.
Hohokus, N.J.: Doubles Film Library, 1995. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
After World War II, despite orders forbidding it, fraternization between
U.S. soldiers and Japanese women resulted in a number of children born
in and out of wedlock. This film focuses on interviews with American
soldiers, Japanese women, and their biracial children thirty years after
the Allies occupied Japan. Includes documentary footage of the allied
occupation between 1945 and 1952. AFR Video 286
Downtown 81. New York: Zeitgeist Video, 2002. 1 videodisc (72 min.)
Fashion-photographer Barolo’s portrait of the New York art scene circa 1981. The main focus is the provocative 19-year-old artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, already known for his excursions into street graffiti art and pioneering electro-beat. Shot as "New York Beat" in 1980-81 but completed for release nearly 20 years later when archival footage thought to have been lost was recovered. Many of the film’s original sound elements were lost during the 20 years it spent in limbo; so much of the dialogue has been re-dubbed. AFR Videodisc 26
Down Yonder. Athens, GA: Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Univ. of Georgia, 1988. 1 videocassette (87 min.)
Three programs are presented on old-time country music and African American Spiritual music. Includes interviews on the past and future of country music, performances showcasing the banjo, fiddle and mandolin and performances by the McIntosh County Shouters. Participants: Consultant and host, Art Rosenbaum. AFR Video 676
The
Dream Becomes a Reality: Nation Building and the Continued Struggle
of the Women of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent
Learning; Los Angeles, CA: Center for Visual Anthropology, 1995. 1
videocassette (43 min.)
Through interviews, the role of Eritrean women in the Eritrean Peoples'
Liberation Front and their hopes for the future of Eritrea is told. AFR Video 282
Dream girls. Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007, 2006. 2 videodiscs (130 min.)
Three young women, Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James Thunder Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie’s brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music business and what they must give up to realize their dreams. Participants: Jamie Foxx, Beyoncâe Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson. AFR Videodisc 321
- Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A historical perspective. Santa Monica,
CA: Xenon Entertainment Group, 1994. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
Uses rare film footage & photographs to show how Dr. King's ideas, thoughts & causes evolved. AFR Video 327 - Drum. United States: Blax Film, [between 2000 and 2005] 1 videodisc (101min.)
In the 1850’s, the conflict over slavery was about to rip America in two. The brutal confrontations between black and white, master and slave, lit the fuse of an explore time on a plantation outside of New Orleans. AFR Videodisc 117
- Dutchman.
San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1992? 1 videocassette (55
min.)
The film deals with an emotionally unstable white woman enticing, then humiliating and finally knifing a black man while they ride a subway train in New York City. It makes explicit the hatred, terror and psychology of racial prejudice. AFR Video 145
