Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 73 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Contents |
Jackson and Dominion Farms -- Silva and the slum upgrading project |
Summary |
UN Habitat promises better housing to residents of the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Meanwhile in the Kenyan countryside, Dominion Farms, a private U.S. company, hopes to elevate the local standard of living by converting pastures and farmland into rice fields, but they must flood land used by over 500 families. By taking their camera directly to the communities affected by these two ambitious development projects, the filmmakers discover what these do-gooder institutions can't seem to, why their presence is unwelcome by the very people they are trying to help |
Notes |
Container incorrectly lists running time as 64 minutes |
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Contains the original documentary and an educational version in two parts |
Credits |
Camera, Landon Van Soest, Alexander Stikich ; editor, Jeremy Levine ; original music, T. Griffin |
Notes |
No rating given |
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DVD-R; NTSC; widescreen; stereo |
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In English, and Swahili and Dholuo subtitled in English |
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Shown during the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, 2009 |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
United Nations Human Settlements Programme. Slum Upgrading Facility.
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Dominion Farms Limited.
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Economic development projects -- Social aspects -- Kenya.
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Slums -- Kenya -- Kibera.
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Poor -- Kenya -- Kibera.
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Pastures -- Kenya.
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SUBJECT |
Kibera (Kenya) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063029 -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Social problem films.
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Video recordings.
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Author |
Van Soest, Landon.
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Levine, Jeremy.
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Transient Pictures (Firm)
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Filmakers Library, inc.
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