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1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 min. 52 sec.) ; 302772358 bytes |
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Albino United tells the story of businessman Oscar, who is singlehandedly combating the brutal treatment of people with albinism in Tanzania. Over the last year, more than 40 albinos have been murdered in Tanzania, some as young as six months old. Many more have been attacked with machetes and their limbs cut off while alive. Their body parts are used by witchdoctors in potions and remedies. They are believed to bring wealth and success in business. The extremes of wealth and poverty in Tanzania have created a desperation and search for any solution. Many fishermen believe that having the hairs of an albino in your net will bring you more fish, while the primitive gold and diamond miners camped out on the side of hills, who experience frequent falls and deaths, believe that having a powder made of the crushed bones of an albino will bring you more gold. The situation has become so bad that Oscar, a respected Tanzanian businessman, has decided to do something about it. He does not have albinism, but does have a vision for those who do, and wants Tanzanians to recognise that albinos are human beings like everybody else. He decided that this message could best be spread by example and exposure - and in a world fuelled for so many by football, what better way than a football team with albino players?Produced by multi award-winning filmmaker Nick Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney). (From the US in English) (Documentary) CC WS |
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Broadcast 2010-06-10 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Albinos and albinism.
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Mass murder.
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Offenses against the person -- Prevention.
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Pigmentation disorders.
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Witchcraft.
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Tanzania.
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Streaming video
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Broomfield, Nicholas, director
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Coyote, Peter, cast
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Hoeferlin, Marc, director
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Myers, John, contributor
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Reina, Juan, director
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Shukuru, Nazzaro, contributor
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Varnado, Victor, contributor
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