Africa Movie Reviews Samples For Students

Introduction

“Invictus” is a film that shows an inspirational story of how Nelson Mandela united his fellow countrymen by using rugby team as a catalyst, subsequent to the end of apartheid. During this time Mandela was serving his term as president and as he campaigned to host the Rugby World Cup in 1995, he used this opportunity to unite divided nation. After the apartheid, the white minority fears vengeance while the black majority seeks revenge. The movie portrays the racial trapping that prevailed in South Africa through the almost all-white rugby team, Mandela’s security and the divided nation to narrate ...

Invictus (2009) film

The film talks about the inspiring life of Nelson Mandela and how he worked in unison with the captain of the rugby team of South Africa to bring the country together. The new president knows that his country is in a state of disintegration because of the discrimination and all forms of apartheid. He believed that he could use sports to unite his people in the Rugby World Cup Championship tournament.

Mandela is released from the dungeons of prisons and his rise to power to become the president of South Africa indicates a form of radical change. Because of apartheid, the ...

In this documentary film, Art historian Gus Casely-Hayford travels to Africa to explore the fascinating history of the great kingdom of Zimbabwe. Produced by BBC in 2010, Great Zimbabwe is the third season of the Lost Kingdoms of Africa documentaries, which were being aired by BBC Four. Directed by Sarah Howitt and Ian Lilley, the film has a runtime of 51 minutes, with the narration part solely done by Gus Casely-Hayford. Casely is among the many historians, archaeologists and researchers of the recent past who have devoted their efforts to unravel the history of Africa and its incredible preserved treasures ...

In the film “Different but Equal”, Basil Davidson introduces Africa with an Afro-centric view of history and colonial oppression. Different but equal, Basil studies African cultures in the early days. Notably, the information presented in the film is based on artifacts and art from caves, pyramids, and tombs from Meroe and Egypt in ancient Sudan. His main focus is Meroe. He begins by demystifying the fabled notions of the stereotyped continent. He identifies certain historical credentials fabricated by Western philosophers and explorers. Basil stresses that these individuals from Europe did not understand Africa at all. Instead, they made assumptions ...

Hotel Rwanda is the portrayal of a violent disagreement between the radical nationalist Hutus, who waged war on the Tutsis. The Tutsis were considered a minority but had still been granted power over the area by the Belgian colonies when they departed. The film follows this disagreement in power and how it brings about discriminations and prejudice, eventually leading to ruthless acts of violence such as genocidal massacres. The film also follows one man, Paul Rusesabagina. He is a Hutu and a successful hotel manager who is doing well for himself and his family. His wife, Tatiana, is a Tutsi. She spends parts of ...

South Africa in the 20th century had many words to describe it but none were flattering. Words like hate, suffering, anguish, separation, ignorance and apartheid. Apartheid is best described as government institutionalized racism and is Afrikaans for apartness. The South African government disfranchised black voters and non-white citizens. An American example that is similar is the Jim Crow laws in the south While there was wide spread racism in South Africa for several years before that, it was made into law in 1948. It took the resolve of Nelson Mandela to guide the country in a new direction.
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Foreign aid is still the largest external source investment for most economies. At the recent UN convention on least developed countries in 2011, there were calls from several quarters to increase this type of investment . Has foreign aid encouraged (under)development in Africa? With over a half century since the aid model of foreign investment was introduced in a largely post-colonial Africa, the continent has nothing to show for it economically . An estimated $1 trillion has been injected into the African economy in the period, but the ultimate result has been that the economic situation of African nation is getting worse ...

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The United States Agency for International Development and the World Bank hosted a debate concerning the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The debate had the following proposition “Behavior change in generalized epidemics has not reduced new HIV infections and is an unwise use of HIV prevention resources.” Panelists supporting the proposal had a number of reasons that they presented. They argued that the individuals carrying out behavior change implementation had not done a thorough evaluation of their work. For this reason, there are many unknowns in this strategy. For instance, scholars involved have not been able to come up with a behavior change model. Such a model ...

The earth as we see it is composed of different components that make up the earth we know day. These components vary from the physical elements that are seen by the human eye to strange and unexplained forces that are in the visible elements of the earth. This has triggered the scientists to devise ways in which they will understand fully what happens on earth and why it is in the shape it is today. The scientists through governments have sent into space different space satellites that are able to help them get the desired knowledge of the different ...

The film, ‘Apocalypse Now' is a 1979 American movie, which bases its settings In the Vietnam War. The film draws its plot and characters from the book Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, an explorer of the Congo, who puts down his experiences in the heart of Africa. The film and the novel both emphasize on the native savages depicting the latter as objects rather than human beings whose character deserve an exploration just like other characters. This essay reviews the ‘Apocalypse Now' film based on the differences and similarities between the film and the novel on which it ...

The motherland family, a movie by John Marshall, that was set to show the challenges of particular communities in Africa, using a concrete example of the South African-Namibian community, the Ju/'hoans.The film represented a 50-year stretch if difficulties and misery. It was prepared for the year 1951 to 2000 (Gordon n.p).this movie was set to narrate and even show the lives of the most marginalized communities in the core of Africa. It was a movie that apparently succeeded in showing the kind of love these communities had for their motherlands. Through the wars that these people had to ...

The movie ‘second hand lions’ revolves around the life of a shy young boy, Walter. It is set in the countryside of Texas in the year in the year 1962. It reflects upon the growth and development of the boy as he tries to adapt to changing lifestyles, norms and cultures at different phases of his life. The movie is directed by Tim McCanlies and focusing on this young boy who is brought by his mother to live with his two great uncles Hub and Garth who have recently come back home after a forty year absence. These two old ...

One lucky elephant is an American film that was directed by Lisa Leeman. This film is about the human-animal relationship and focuses on the story of the founder of Flora animal circus Mr. David Balding- and an endangered young elephant from Africa. David names this elephant Flora, and the story unfolds about their journey to find a good ad nurturing home for Flora the elephant. David had rescued the animal when it was very young and decided to keep it in his circus where he used it as the star attraction. He had brought up that animal that he sometimes ...

in the Movie “Vénus Noire” by Abdellatif Kechiche

Abstract

Sarah Baartman is not the name known by every person, only a few are aware of the facts about her ordinary but at the same time, tragic life. Among the different sources of getting to know the biography of Sarah Baartman, there is a fabulous feature film "Vénus Noire", which exposes “the Hottentot Venus period” of life of this woman till her death. The film review presented in this paper was influenced by the Africa study. Although the world cinematography covers a wide variety of films dedicated to the race discrimination "Vé ...

Ethiopia was mainly ruled by Emperors till 1974, where a military coup overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie from power. The documentary looks at some of the major sites that had been built by former emperors and their significances. One of the outstanding things in this documentary is the form of architecture and cosmopolitan-ship by the look of the buildings. In addition, different emperors are isolated, which helps in preserving culture among the Ethiopians. It is crucial to note that most emperors believe that their power was from God and that some Ethiopians fell under King Solomon’s lineage. Given that Ethiopia ...

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In “The New Rules of the Game” episode of the “Commanding Heights,” it asserts that trade in the context of globalization is uncontrollable. It said that the governments in the third world countries should adapt to the fast developments or else their economies will collapse. The documentary made it appear that after the fall of communism, capitalism flourished through free trade that caused governments’ economies to thrive. Although it presented that the system has further widen the gap between the rich and the poor, it did not suggest solutions that will control the unpredictable ...

Synopsis

The movie ‘Casablanca’ is set in the World War II setting. One of the main characters Rick owns a makeshift café in the northern Africa town of Casablanca in Morocco. He refuses to take sides in the war despite his long standing opposition to the Nazis. The movie revolves around Rick and his relationship with a young woman named Ilsa. His short association with her causes him great resentment, even derailing his insurgency against the Nazis. The story runs from a time they were having a good time in Paris. The lived and chose not to reveal too much about each to one ...

Awareness about Justice

The Video “Nelson Mandela: 1918-2013” is a tribute to Mandela by various religious comunities after his demise on December 5, 2013. The things I learnt about justice are:
- Justice can be achieved by peace and non-violence.
- Nations can be won without hating and seeking revenge.
- Mandela got justice to the Apartheid community and turned them into black majority to achieve multi-racial democracy.
- He joined African National Congress to provide justice to the Apartheid community for which he was sentenced to life prison.
- As an idol of peace that he was, ...

This is a series of six films documentary which elaborates the origin of the industrial revolution. The movie gives the reasons why the island on the coast in the mainland of Europe became a great industrial center while the most promising regions like China lagged behind. The movie initially shows the worst and the best aspects of industrial revolution .the movie goes deeper into many years and millenniums ago in showing the trend of the factors which led to industrial revolution. The movies tries to answer the parable of what the industrial revolution is and when it started as well as ...

The Butler based upon the true story Eugene Allen of a man who served eight American Presidents over the course of his employment as a butler in the White House. Over the course of 34 years working in the White House, the fictional Gaines and the real Allen served as eyewitness of the sweeping changes to civil rights law and attitudes. Some of Allen’s life events are fictionalized for the movie. The real Eugene Allen’s parents did not suffer the same abuses that Gaines’s did in the movie, however the fictional version uses these iconic events to portray ...

INVICTUS (2009)

Introduction

Nelson Mandela unites with the Springboks captain Francois Pienaar in an attempt to unite the South African country a country that due to apartheid is divided across racial and economical aspects. The two presume the roles of the heroes in the movie Invictus in an endeavor that they end up uniting the country through the love of sport. The entire movie has employed Campbell’s concepts and ideas of how a hero comes to being, how he is nurtured, designed and prepared to be termed as a hero in society. As it will be noted in this discussion, the journey ...

Introduction

In his book, Pathway to Bliss, Joseph Campbell talks about the journey that a hero must go through before he or she can be considered to be a true hero. According to Campbell, a hero’s journey is comprised of 12 stages. These stages test the strength, ability and motivation of the hero/heroine and it is only at the final stage that the hero gets rewarded for his struggle and attains ultimate success.

Question 1

In the movie Invictus, the hero is Nelson Mandela. There are several scenes that depict his heroic journey in this movie. Having just been released from, Nelson Mandela faces ...