VIDEOS/DVDs BEGINNING WITH LETTER G
Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait United States: Criterion Collection, 2002. 1 videodisc (90 min.)
In 1974 a film crew followed Idi Amin Dada, dictator of Uganda, interviewing him and filming him as he worked. Provides a candid portrait of a notorious figure. AFR Videodisc 42
- Generations
of Resistance. San Francisco, CA: Southern Africa Media Center,
1980. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
Uses archival photographs, newsreel footage, and interviews to chronicle the quest by Black South Africans for economic viability and individual freedom. AFR Video 44 - La
Genese. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1999. 1 videocassette
(102 min.)
Genesis is given a new spin which recasts a famous story by relocating it in the nation of Mali and using a cast of African actors. Covering Chapters 23-37, it recounts the story of Esau whose birthright is stolen by his brother Jacob in exchange for a plate of beans. This allegorical tale combines an accurate interpretation of the Biblical story with relevant allusions to African history and culture. AFR Video 431 - The
Girl from Chicago. Chicago, IL: Facets Video, 1987. 1 videocassette
(69 min.)
A mystery melodrama about a young secret service agent who gets romantically involved with a pretty young school teacher. AFR Video 165 - Gloria
Naylor: Conversation with Gloria Naylor. San Francisco, CA: California
Newsreel, 1992. 1 videocassette (21 min.)
Writer Gloria Naylor speaks on the influence of other black women writers, the influence of a southern background, early involvement with religion, learning to articulate one's experience, writing in different voices, and writing to explore one's beliefs. AFR Video 155 - The
Glories of Ancient Benin. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities
& Sciences, 1992. 1 videocassette (15 min.)
Tour of some of the treasures -- textiles, gourds, tusks, tombs, great carved doors of the royal palace -- in Porto-Novo, Benin; along with scenes of ceremonial drumming and dancing, including the ritual masks of the dancers. AFR Video 111 - The
Gods Must be Crazy. New York, NY: CBS/Fox Video, 1990. 1 videocassette
(109 min.)
A comedy about Xi, an African bushman who tries to return a Coca Cola bottle to the gods. The plot revolves around his encounters with a micro-biologist, a school teacher, a band of terrorists, and a roving rhinoceros. AFR Video 85 - The
Gods Must be Crazy II. Burbank, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Video,
1990. 1 videocassette (98 min.)
Xixo the Bushman must once again enter the "civilized" world to find his children who are accidental stowaways on a poacher's truck. Along the way he encounters some very odd people: an attractive New York lawyer and a handsome zoologist stranded by a plane crash; and two enemy soldiers who take turns taking each other hostage. AFR Video 94 - Goin'
to Chicago. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1994. 1 videocassette
(70 min.)
A group of longtime Chicago residents returns to Greenville, Mississippi for a reunion with family and friends. Participants talk about their lives and their reasons for moving north. Includes historical footage of Mississippi and Chicago. AFR Video 192
Good
Fences. United States: Showtime Entertainment, 2003. 1 videodisc
(119 min.)
In the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what
he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak." When his
winning of a high-profile case thrusts him into the limelight, he decides
to move his family out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into
the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut. The upscale and uptight
residents of Greenwich aren't sure how to deal with their new neighbors.
AFR Videodisc 20
The Great White Hope. The Great white hope, Beverly Hills, Calif.: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004. 1 videodisc (102 min.)
Based on the life of boxer Jack Johnson, this fictional account of his rise to fame chronicles the battles that the flamboyant champion fought in and out of the ring. Refusing to live within the boundaries deemed acceptable by society, this renowned hero and the woman he loved chose to live their lives the way they wanted -- something that evoked great fury from a narrow-minded world. AFR Videodisc 114
Guess
Who's Coming to Dinner: Culver City, CA: Columbia TriStar Home
Video, 1998 (1967 release). 1 videodisc (108 min.)
When the daughter of well-to-do liberal parents plans to marry a black
doctor, both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's
level of intolerance. AFR Videodisc 13
- Le
grand blanc de Lambarene = The great white man of Lambarene. San
Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1995. 1 videocassette (89 min.)
Set on the site of Albert Schweitzer's hospital in Gabon, the film casts the famous humanitarian in an unfavorable light, depicting him as a patronizing tyrant, more interested in his own spiritual development than in the well-being of the Africans he presumes to care for. AFR Video 314
Ghosts
of Rwanda. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 2004. 1 videodisc (120
min.)
Chronicles the Rwandan genocide of 1993, one of the worst atrocities
of the 20th century. Includes interviews with key government officials,
diplomats, and eyewitnesses accounts. AFR Videodisc 30
Great
Women Writers. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities &
Sciences, 1999. 1 videocassette (24 min.)
Rita Dove, S.E. Hinton, and Maya Angelou reveal the roots of their passion
for writing. AFR Video 453
Great
Zimbabwe: Mystery City of Black Africa. Huntsville, TX: Educational
Video Network, 1993. 1 videocassette (13 min.)
The continent of Africa is made up of many unique cultures and has an
interesting history. Learn about one southeastern portion of Africa
called Zimbabwe and the past and progression of one of its great cities.
AFR Video 372
- Griots
of imagery: a comment on the art of Romare Bearden & Charles White.
New York, N.Y.: Praisesong on a Shoestring, 1993. 1 videocassette
(28 min.)
Based on a 1993 exhibition of the art of Charles White and Romare Bearden, this video documents the similarities and dissimilarities of the lives of these two Afro-American artists. Highlights the influences on their artwork and the development of their creative styles. AFR Video 99 - Griottes
of the Sahel: Female Keepers of the Songhay Oral Tradition in Niger.
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, Audio Visual Services,
1991. 1 videocassette (12 min.)
Narration of the importance of Griottes (women storytellers) to the social aspects of oral tradition in Niger. AFR Video 15 - Guimba:
un tyran, une epoque. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel,
1995. 1 videocassette (93 min.)
This epic in the legendary past of Mali (West Africa) provides an allegory of present-day African politics. This is the story of the downfall of Guimba the tyrant. AFR Video 309
