With regard to R. Hess' query about films on the European presence
in Africa, there is of course the standard Basil Davidson series
"Africa" in addition to the Ali Mazuri series "The Africans." Icarus
films is distributing a documentary called "My Beloved Country",
which looks at South Africa from the viewpoint of an Afrikaaner
extremist ( Telephone 800-876-1710). Films for the Humanities and
Sciences distributes "The Dutch in South Africa", "The Paths of
Colonialism", "The Orange River", "Stanley and Livingstone", and
"Trading in Africans." Some of the aforementioned are only 12
minutes in length. Others are 30 min to 60 min. The telephone number
for Films for the Humanities is 800-257-5126.