Title Descrip. Shelf Number Level Length
Africa Rising
Hope and Healing
Catholic Relief Services has been working in Africa for more than 50 years. The Africa campaign, Africa Rising, Hope and Healing, is a CRS initiative to provide an opportunity for the U.S. Catholic community to learn more about Africa and to put thier faith into action, working in solidarity with the people of Africa. 3067 Adult 16 min
Africa Speaks to the World At the U.N. a new spotlight has been turned on Africa, but this time by Africans themselves. Acknowledging their mistakes, yet affirming their strenghts, they now ask the world's governments and churches to work with them in a new spirit to develop further the many nations on the continent. African leaders from government and church engage in this new dialogue, and discuss the progress being made, with video input from Tanzania and Zimbabwe. 3035 Adult 28 min
Consuming Hunger
Part 2
If the Vietnam conflict was a "television war," then the starvation in Ethiopia was a "television famine." Our thoughts and feelings about it and responses to it have been completely shaped by television images. Consuming Hunger nalyzes how these images became our reality.
Part 2 - Shaping the Image
What happened to the images of starving Africans once they became part of our television culture?
3052 Adult 29 min
Field Afar, The Tape 08
-Shinyanga Tanzania
Shinyanga Tanzania
Ernest Brunelle, a Maryknoll priest from Avon, Mass., faces the dilemma of the life-and death struggle of the Sukuma people in th emidst of a severe drought. Why must the innocent suffer? Ernie'sf aith does not offer him simple answers. Still, with down-to-earth compassion and creativity, he uses whatever is at hand, from seeds to scrap metal, to help. In young catechist Hohn Mabula, Ernie encounters the tireless hope of the African people.
2946 Jr. High High School Adult 26 minutes
Field Afar, The Tape 11
-Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
On a continent where over twenty million people are HIV positive, Charlotte Cook, a Maryknoll lay missioner from Philadelphia, Penn., works with Benta Aoko, a Luo woman from a local Christian community, to accompany people in the slums living with AIDS. With the disappearance of traditional cultural supports in the city, they try to fill the gap so no one dies alone, finding strength in the African belief that death is part of life
2949 Jr. High High School Adult 26 minutes
Journey to Understanding Tape 01
-Facing the Future
Facing the Future
Traditional values make a comeback in Africa when western technologies prove more expensive and less reliable than the time-honored ways of working and living. Modern amenities can be a trap, as this ancient culture begins to realize.
1445 Intermediate Jr. High High School 15 min.
Journey to Understanding Tape 02
-Understanding Each Other
Understanding Each Other
An exploration of the diverse geography, topography, cultures and religions of Africa is undertaken in an attempt to break down misconceptions of this ancient civilization.
1446 Intermediate Jr. High High School 15 min.
Karibu ("Welcome" in Swahili) The family is probably the most important social unit in East Africa. However, as urbanization draws young people away from their villages to big cities, the strength and support their families offered is lost. Parishes in Nairobi, Kenya, are trying to become welcoming families for newcomers. 539 Adult 28 min
Needle's Eye, The This video stars Ron Howard (Happy Days) as a young man who is struggling with his call to serve the poor as a doctor in a poor African village. It is highly recommended for sessions on ministry or social justice. 777 Jr. High High School Adult 27 min.
Positively Speaking Over 70% of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world are in Africa. People in Africa who live with HIV face many challenges in their communities. HIV positive parents struggle to earn money for food and shelter. Communities are overwhelmed when they try to care for orphans whose parents have died from AIDS. Despite all of this, there is still hope. Positively speaking integrates the inspiring stories of people living with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe and Uganda with questions and reflections from youth in the U.S. as they learn about the hope and challenge of living with HIV/AIDS 3069 Jr. High High School 16 min
Tiger and the Big Wind, The UMOJA means 'Unity' in Swahili. This clever African folktale combines rustic but effictive animation with sing-song poetic narration to weave a good 'yarn'. Incredible odds can be overcome by a group of God's creature who are willing to work together. You might consider showing this one to your Pastoral Council or any other group where cooperation/team ministry is important... a good children's story is still one of the most effective ways to reach adults. 1830 Primary Intermediate Adult 8 min.