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District 9

South African sci-fi movie about an extraterrestrial race forced to live in a refugee camp.

Neill Blomkamp | USA/New Zealand | 2009 Set in a futuristic Johannesburg, where aliens first made contact with the earth 30 years previously. The aliens were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 while the world’s nations decided what to do with them. District 9 cunningly invokes South Africa’s past through its political subtext of exploitation and xenophobia.

www.d-9.com
www.africa-in-motion.org.uk

Length: 2.22 mins

Between Joyce and Remembrance

Documentary about the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Mark Kaplan | South Africa | 2003 22-year-old student leader and activist Siphiwo Mtimkulu and his friend Topsy Madaka were shot and burned in 1982 by the feared and brutal Security Police under the former apartheid government. Filmmaker Mark Kaplan documented the case for three years, expertly portraying the complex nature of reconciliation and forgiveness.

www.africa-in-motion.org.uk

Length: 2.51 mins

Soundtracks and Comebacks

Music video: Soundtracks and Comebacks by Goldfish. Animated by Mike Scott.

Fort Knox by Goldfish, featuring Sakhile Moleshe. From their latest album; 'Perceptions of Pacha'. Animation by Mike Scott
Photography by Ross Hillier

www.goldfishlive.com
www.africa-in-motion.org.uk

Length: 3.33 mins

Christian Aid in DRC

Suranne Jones and Sally Lindsay see Christian Aid's work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Christian Aid Week (10-16 May)

Length: 1.25 mins

Co-operation & Democracy

Education officer Erica Kyere explains what is unique about the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative in Ghana.

Her job entails going out into the villages, meeting the farmers and trying to find out what problems they face at a village level. With 45,000 farmers – democracy is important to the Kuapa Kokoo co-operative to make sure everyone gets their voice heard. One man one vote, sharing equitably, she teaches the farmers these values.

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Length: 5.59 mins

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