I asked my friend Herman Wasserman to unpack Louis Theroux’s (son of Paul) recent visit to South Africa as seen on the BBC: ‘… There he stood, poor Louis Theroux. Thin and civilised, black-rimmed spectacles and shirtsleeves, having to watch how an overweight Afrikaner, dressed in khaki, gets all excited about his daughter felling a [...]
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White stereotypes, black absenses
Posted in documentary films, film, Johannesburg, journalism, money, Not just about Africa, South Africa, television, You can't make this stuff up, tagged Africa, African Hunting Holiday, BBC, Louis Theroux, media, Paul Theroux, South Africa, television on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Michael Massing on ‘Darwin’s Nightmare’
Posted in documentary films, economy, food and drink, tagged Darwin's Nightmare, documentary, film, globalization, Michael Massing on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve seen Hubert Sauper’s Darwin’s Nightmare a few times now and I like it (in fact, another public screening of the film I was partly hosting on Wednesday on the campus where I teach fell through because of a graduate student strike — a strike, btw, which I supported). Darwin’s Nightmare is hardcore filmmaking. That [...]
Documentary about photographer Malick Sidibe
Posted in documentary films, photography, television, tagged African photography, BBC, film, Malick Sidibe, online documentaries, photography on March 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Malian national can be considered one of the twentieth century’s leading photographers. Unfortunately you can only watch it online only if you live in the UK and its available only for another three days. Here’s the link anyway.
BBC on South Africa and Zimbabwe
Posted in documentary films, film, politics, South Africa, tagged BBC, immigration, refugees, South Africa, xenophobia, Zimbabwe on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yet another BBC program on South Africa and Zimbabwean refugees. In the words of a colleague: One cliché after another including those dubious self-policing [South Africans] farmers who deport Zimbabweans back. If you still feel compelled to be disappointed by this “journalism,” see for yourself here (you have to hurry up though as the BBC [...]
Radio Freedom
Posted in documentary films, economy, radio, technology, tagged Benin, communication, documentary films, radio, Radio Bani Ganse, VPRO, Wendy Willems on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In 1990 when the small West African country Benin made the transition from authoritarian to democratic rule, one of the byproducts of the new regime was community radio. Today there are about forty community radio stations in the country, the largest in the region. Owned and operated by local people, these stations play a central [...]
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