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metropolis tv
I recently discovered Metropolis TV, a project of the Dutch public television station, VPRO. An online project with 50 correspondents (a mix of film makers and video bloggers) from around the world, it...
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slum citizens
Filmmakers Chris Nizza and Dara Kell have been in South Africa since mid-April on their first production shoot for the feature documentary film ‘Dear Mandela’ (the feature expands on a short film they...
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nina simone sells music videos
I am not sure what to make of this video for a brand campaign for Channel O, an African-based MTV-clone. The advertising executives behind the campaign, stripped Nina Simone’s 1968 charged anthem,...
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politics and hip hop in senegal
While making the documentary, “African Underground: Democracy in Dakar,” which “… explores the transformative role of hip-hop on politics in Senegal, West Africa during the February 2007 presidential...
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‘miss fat booty’
J Dilla remixed Mos Def’s “Miss Fat Booty.” This is a remix of the Dilla remix by DJ Soul (the latter remix was on the now legendary 2007 mixtape, “Assorted Donuts Mixtape: A Tribute to J Dilla.” If...
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100% Naija
“100% Naija” is a show on Channel O, the (South African) satellite based music channel, M-Net (which dominates satellite TV on the continent). The show basically consists of interviews with...
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340ml (in a taxi)
From the South African Taxijam series (something like the French and British versions). More about the series here and more about the band here.
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why Shell agreed to settle with Nigeria’s Ogoni
Britain’s Channel 4 News–hardly raving anti-globalizers–reports on the rationale behind multinational oil company Shell’s decision to pay a “humanitarian” settlement to Nigerian activists who sued the...
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Youssou N’Dour
Senegalese-born N’Dour talks about his career and “I Bring What I Love“, the new documentary film about his music, on Canadian TV program, Studio Q. (I went to see the film earlier tonight at the...
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