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A revealing documentary compilation from historic footage shot by the National Institute of Cinema in Mozambique which looks at the rehabilitation of former colonial government collaborators by the government of Samora Machel (former president of Mozambique).
A panel debate on the term "Black" or "African American". The panel features Kwame Ture, Leon Winters, J. Bruce Llewellyn, and Ramon Edelin.
Mwalimu Julius Nyerere on the East African Federation (1966)
A Luta Continua explains the military struggle of the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) against the Portuguese. Produced and narrated by American activists Robert Van Lierop, it details the relationship of the liberation to the wider regional and continental demands for self-determination against minority rule. It notes the complicit roles of foreign governments and companies in supporting Portugal against the African nationalists. Footage from the front lines of the struggle helps contextualize FRELIMOs African socialist ideology, specifically the role of the military in building the new nation, a commitment to education, demands for sexual equality, the introduction of medical aid into the countryside, and the role of culture in creating a single national identity.
Credit To: WGBH Archives
After winning independence in 1961 from the British, President Julius K. Nyerere set to instill ideas of self-development, self-governance and social justice in Tanzania. This short film describes the idea of African Socialism aka. "Ujamaa" as a response to the challenge of development in terms of the pressures under which newly emerging nations labor and emphasizes the strength of working together for the benefit of their nation.
Credit To: Minerva Films and McGraw-Hill Book Company
Adam Clayton Powell Jr - "A New Breed of Cats" (1968)
Angela Davis - What it means to be a Revolutionary (1972 Interview)
BBC's Simon Dring's film focuses on the EPLF, Eritrean People's Liberation Front, which is battling Ethiopian forces. The film includes interviews with Ali Sayed, EPLF head of foreign missions, and Mohammed Ramadan Nour, General Secretary.
From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department. Digitized 2013.
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