VIDEO TITLE

CALL NUMBER

Children and Youth

AFRICA CLOSE-UP

Maryknoll World Productions, 1997. 28:00

M

This video is divided into two 14 min. segments. The first segmented is narrated by an Egyptian teenager who introduces Egyptian culture by describing her daily life in Cairo. The second segment examines the problems of desertification, unclean water and national unity in Tanzania through the narration of a village teenager.

IA FS 154

AFRICAN JOURNEY

Wonderworks. 174:00. 1990.

M

Luke is a high school student from Canada and Themba is an Zimbabwean youth. Separated by vastly different cultures, these two young people seem to have nothing in common, when a series of adventures in Zimbabwe enables them to discover how alike they really are. This video series may be shown in parts without showing the whole. Each part is 30 minutes. It is accompanied by an excellent teaching guide.

Vol. I:

Part four: Chasing a Dream
Part five: A Deadly Business
Part six: One World to Share

IA FS 81

Vol. II:

Part One: Under the Sun
Part Two: Brother
Part Three: Price of a Bride

IA FS 82

CHILDREACH

Plan International

Three short videos based on the efforts of Plan International's Childreach program, a "foster parents plan" implemented in African communities.

Sanata Video

IA FS 107

"A Letter to our Foster Parents" Louga, Senegal

IA FS 109

"See Me, Share My World"

IA FS 115

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Beacon Films From the "Many Voices" series 1992, 15:00.

M

Isa, a young girl from Senegal, finds it frustrating to be different from other kids in her Canadian school. When she fasts for the Muslim month of Ramadan, her friend Ashley makes light of it, causing a distance the two girls try to bridge.

IA FS 120

*** GEORGINA WILLIAMS OF GHANA

United Learning, (Children of Other Lands Series), 1995. 15:22

Elementary

This video explores the life of children in Ghana by following Georgina Williams, a nine-year old Ghanaian girl, as she goes through her daily activities. Viewers get to know Georgina as she does her household chores, attends school, hangs out with her friends and goes shopping with her mother.

IA FS 138

*** KENYAN YOUTH: PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

Maryknoll World Video Library 28:00

A young athlete, a budding artist and a family of young musicians tell their stories of determination, hard work and dreams of a bright future.

IA FS 85

*** MA JOURNEE EN FRANÇAIS

PICS. French. 30:00

Elementary - HS

This video contains six 5-minute sections on Benin, Senegal, and Reunion in Africa, as well as Lebanon, Martinique, and Corsica. Each segment is narrated by a child who describes a typical day in his or her country. Narrated in simple French with a written transcript and lesson plan provided.

IA FS 149

A TOY IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT

UNICEF: 25:00

Age 6 and up

This video was filmed primarily in Kenya. Lively and engaging, it features vignettes of family and school life in both urban and rural settings. It focuses primarily on children at play and making their own toys.

Narrated by Liv Ullmann.

* Only the first half on rural Kenyan children is appropriate for elementary school children.

IA FS 131