noreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:12:16 -0500Blogger http://www.blogger.com22125http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/en-ushttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/09/destruction-in-darfur.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:59:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112622042261525475Click Here For Movie Page 11 MBProducer: Human Rights WatchContact Information: Link Media, Inc.P.0. Box 2008San Francisco, CA 94126-2008http://linktv.org/contact@linktv.orghttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/09/kasavubu-hailed-in-china.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:33:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112622252142548553Click Here For Movie Page 3.6 MBChina rally in Peking in protest of death of Lumumba in Congo, (partial newsreel).Production Company: Universal Studioshttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/09/animated-short-about-pyramids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 8 Sep 2005 20:27:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112622575005766072Click Here For Movie Page 25 MB (streamed)Review states, "The Moving Pyramid is a charming animated short that tells the story of corruption, power and revolution. This short combines traditional, papercut and computer animation and was completed in two years using Softimage software. The making of the Moving Pyramid would not have been possible without the assistance of Industrial Light and http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/09/louis-armstrong-plays-in-congo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:08:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112622099916705887Click Here For Movie Page 11 MBOne reviewer writes, "Brief newsreel clip of Louis Armstrong's historic African tour. Unforunately, Louis's trumpet playing is missing, we do see him arrive in a Congolese stadium carried by a litter and surrounded by an armed guard. There is also a brief clip of Louis playing on stage. Given the tensions of October 1960 (just after the U-2 incident, covered http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/09/report-on-refugee-situation-in-sudan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:52:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112622014968953803Click Here For Movie Page 6.7 MBDirector: Deutsche WelleProducer: Deutsche WelleProduction Company: Link Media, Inc.P.0. Box 2008San Francisco, CA 94126-2008http://linktv.org/contact@linktv.orghttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/09/storyteller-in-yaounde-cameroon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:37:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112559987383109126Click Here For Movie Page 71 MB (streamed)French: Une série de contes fait à Yaounde avec des conteurs camerounais.English: A series of tales makes in Yaounde with storytellers camerounais.Director: Liliane BoucherAudio/Visual: sound, colorKeywords: Contes; Afrique; AfricaContact Information: www.artpartage.orghttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/09/arrest-of-last-mau-mau-leader.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 1 Sep 2005 14:21:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112559917267295578Click Here For Movie 17 MBNews clip that touches on the history of Africa during the Mau Mau Uprising. This was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonial administration from 1952 to 1960. While the uprising did not succeed militarily, it created a rift between the white settler community in Kenya and Home Office in London that set the stage for Kenyan independence in 1963. It ishttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/story-from-south-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:04:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344510491532240Click Here For Movie 6.7 MBClick Here For Movie 2.3 MBIt is an interview with a young South African boy who is asked about race relations in the new South Africa. (He has a great answer when asked about racism in his school.) Further explore ideas about youth and racism internationally at the UN's site.Director: Stephen MarshallProducer: Sarah Aston/Paul McNultyProduction Company: Channel Zero/http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/last-hurrah-in-cameroon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:04:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112478111961090979Click Here For Movie Page 18 MBClick Here For Movie Page 8.2 MBJoin an expat on his last drive around town with some of his buddies in the car. French: J'ai travaille au Cameroun il y a quelques annees. J'ai decide de filmer ma derniere journee au Cameroun. Alors, voici un petit film de la ville de Yaounde.English Translatation: I worked in Cameroun a few years ago. I decided to film my last http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/female-view-of-cameroon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:47:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112465402635215265Click Here For Movie PageWe assume this is a tourists video or volunteers video of their time in Cameroon. Though their title to the movie is a bit pretentious at least they have posted video which allows viewers to get a quick peek at Cameroon. The movie has no talking and rather overlays a pop song for a soundtrack.http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/missionary-perspective-in-rwanda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:28:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112465280054602949Click Here For Movie PageThis is a photo video montage that profiles images taken by a missionary while in Rwanda. The video follows a progressive tone from tragedy to hope for a better future, a common theme of western media profiling Africa.http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/uganda-is-using-ourmediaorg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:12:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112465200057590925Click Here For Movie PageThis video is a promotional video for a beauty pageant contestant in Uganda. It is encouraging to see Uganda utilizing open source software in the U.S. It is also good to remember for western viewers that not all videos about Africa have to be 'deep' or deal with the struggles of life.http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/alexandra-township.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Sun, 7 Aug 2005 16:01:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344491451779173Click Here For Movie 16 MBClick Here For Movie 6.6 MBThis video was taken on a South African 'ghetto tour' of a township called Alexandra. The tours are marketed towards backpacking hostels, and they take foreigners into some of the poorest areas of South Africa. Some visitors are uncomfortable with the idea of putting poverty on display in this way. However, the tours devote a percentage of thehttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/wheels-across-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:03:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344504135512314Click Here For Movie 43 MBClick Here For Movie 15 MBBelow are some reviews posted on the Archive by curious viewers:"Travelogue that doesnt appear not a bit too long as a caravan of 4 people plus 2 Dodge trucks rumble across the African continent! I liked this one, as it's early (1936) travelogue approach and it's equal treatment of the natives there were positives for me. The caravan goes http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/women-of-burkina-faso.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:02:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112465500568387218Click Here For Movie PageThis video in Italian interviews a photographer discussing a photography project that has profiled the women of Burkina Faso. This small country found in the Upper Volta sits above Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. Each year several hundred thousand Burkinabe migrate to these lower countries in search of paid labor.http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/central-african-safari-docudrama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:00:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344485284777604Click Here For Movie 131 MBClick Here For Movie 58 MBThis 1930s docudrama profiles the journey of two white men into the 'dark heart' of Africa. The tone of the movie stays light, jovial, and racist, illustrating a typically colonial outlook about Africa. The protagonists seem to be on a boyish adventure and joke (sometimes offensively) about the natives' attitudes and customs. Also, the movie's http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/samba-and-genie-of-river.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:45:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344759842373213Click Here For Movie 12 MBFrench: Legende africaine tourne a Nigadoo. Ce film a ete produit lors de la Kino Karavane. English: Turned African Legende with Nigadoo. This film was produced at the time of Kino Karavane.Author:Kino KaravaneContact:Radhanath Gagnon pourquoirg@yahoo.comhttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/coca-cola-in-north-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:33:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344680986021237Click Here For Movie 25 MBClick Here For Movie 11 MBThis video is a tour of a Coca-Cola bottling plant in North Africa, Egypt. It is in arabic and is unique. It is an extended advertisment from a bygone era. Christine Henninng reviews it saying, "we find out that polite, well-heeled folks in this country enjoy going out to nightclubs in the evening and drinking Coca-Cola while singing along to http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/08/arrest-of-lumumba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:59:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344478898507589Click Here For Movie 4.MBClick Here For Movie 1.9MBLumumba was the first Prime Minister of the the Congo after the country gained independence from Belgium. He only ruled for 67 days, but he left a legacy that still exists today. He rose from a beer salesmen to lead his country; but internal strife and the outside influence of foreign goverments lead to his arrest, downfall, and eventual murderhttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/07/montage-of-historical-events-in-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:15:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344606971964046Click Here For Movie 14 MBNews clip that touches on the history of Africa during the turmoil of the 1960s i.e. Algerian independence, apartheid in South Africa, and division in the Congo. This was a time when the continent was being divided along the politcal lines off pro-capitalism or pro-communism. Many dictators survived and were even supported by Western powers as long as they thwarted the http://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/07/abuse-of-mandrax-in-south-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:02:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112344497106045015Click Here For Movie 10 MBThis video clip gives a brief background about the abuse of Mandrax, a drug that can be highly addictive. The filmmakers also visit with several men in a public housing area as they get high.Director: Stephen MarshallProducer: Sarah Aston/Paul McNultyProduction Company: Channel Zero/Psychedigitalhttp://lookingglasslandvlog.blogspot.com/2005/07/ghanas-independence-day-event.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LookingGlassLand.com)Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:57:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14196537.post-112261330147169837 Click Here for Movie 7.2 MB This video clip allows you to watch some of the celebrations on the day Ghana gained it's independence. Ghana was the first African colony to do so. Learn more.