COLORADO-BASED FILM & VIDEO RESOURCES
Denver Film Society

Address: 1725 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80202

Tel: 303-595-3456   Fax: 303-595-0956   Email: dfs@denverfilm.org

 http://www.denverfilm.org/

The Denver Film Society is dedicated to the celebration and cultivation of film as art. The Society presents film-related programs and special events throughout the year, including the Starz Pan African Film Festival in April and Starz Denver International Film Festival in October.
 

International Film Series

            University of Colorado Muenzinger Auditorium

Address: Campus Box 283, Boulder, CO 80309-0283

Tel: 303-492-1531   Email: kjolsetp@colorado.edu

http://www.colorado.edu/FilmStudies/ifs/

Boulder's Art House Cinema since 1941 - Showing over 100 films a year

 

Media for Development International

Contact: Sally Smith

Address: 184 Crescent Lane, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Tel: 970-384-1190   Fax: 970-384-1191   Email: sales@mfdi.org 

http://www.mfdi.org
MFDI, an American non-profit agency, works with Zimbabwean sister organization Media for Development Trust (MFD) in film production and the distribution of African social message films and videos. New films available include SHANDA, DUARA, Life Must Continue, and Naliaka is Going.  Some other key productions include; Consequences, It's Not Easy, Neria, More Time, Everyone's Child, and Yellow Card.
 

Pamoja Productions

            Contact: Alison Picher

            Address: 345 Manhattan Drive, Boulder, CO  80303

            Tel: 303-554-5996   Email: apicher@mindspring.com

Pamoja means “togetherness” in Swahili and that is what I strive to do.  I connect people across the world through videos.  I lived in Africa for nine years working freelance as a video producer making educational programming and fundraisers for African institutions and the United Nations.

           

Pan African Arts Society/Denver Pan African Film Festival

Address: Hue-Man Brownstone, 911 Park Ave West, Denver, CO 80205

Tel: 303-298-8188   Fax: 303-298-8804   Email: palmwine21@hotmail.com

http://www.panafricanarts.org/   **see website for more special events

The mission of the Pan African Arts Society is to cultivate the palate of a young urban audience as well as provide sustenance for the arts connoisseur of Black art forms, and to include cinematic expression in that universe as a valid form of social art. It is our hope that these seeds will be nurtured and will yield increased possibilities for public engagement, professional, spiritual, and personal development, and preservation and perpetuation of cultural heritage.

 


 

ONLINE FILM & VIDEO RESOURCES

Film and Video Distributors and Libraries
  • Africa film & TV  
    Online directory on the African TV, film, and video industry. Includes information on film news, film festivals, news on satellite TV in Africa and TV production.
     
  • African Connections
    Audio, video, internet and multimedia productions aimed at educating and building  viewer awareness of Africa and The African Diaspora.
  • African Family Film Foundation
    African Family Film Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to bringing uplifting images of African peoples to schools, community groups, public and alternative media. Our film projects are dedicated to providing the public with positive, enlightening and real portraits of Africans and their cultures.
  • The African Script Development Fund  
    "Assists the training of African writers to develop professional standard film and television screenplays" and assists with marketing and distribution. Sponsors workshops for African writers from several countries. Information on applying to the workshop is provided. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe
  • African Studies Videos - U.C. Berkeley
    An annotated list of the Africa-related videos and audiocassettes in the Univ. of California, Berkeley Media Resource Center.
  • American Friend Service Committee
    Audio Visual Resources for Social Change Library has a large collection of current videos, films and slide shows, primarily on southern Africa with a few others on human rights and development issues in Africa. Material is rented at nominal fees.
  • ArtMattan Productions
    Distribute films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean.
  • Boston University. African Studies Center. Outreach Program. 
    Audio visual resources available at the Outreach Center.
  • California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema  
    Educational video documentaries and films on African American life and history, Africa, race and diversity training, media and society, campus life, labor and workplace issues.
  • Cinema Guild, Inc.
    Films and videos primarily on historical and political issues. Material is for rent or sale.  Series include "No Easy Walk" on the independence struggle in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, a video portrait of Chinua Achebe, films on South Africa, Liberia, Namibia, Eritrea, Mozambique, Angola, the Gambia, and other topics.
  • Development Through Self-Reliance Inc. (DSR)
    Produce and distribute dramatic and social-message films in Africa on issues such as AIDS, teenage pregnancy, womens' rights, general health, etc. We carry 80+ titles and have most all videos in stock and ready to ship.
  • Documentary Educational Resources
    A non-profit which produces ethnography films/videos, includes films on the !Kung Bushman.
  • Filmlinc
    The film Society of Lincoln Center. Has a searchable database with good links to African Flm festival information.
  • Harvard University, African Studies Videos 
    List, with some annotations, of Africa-related videos at Harvard University.
  • Indiana University, African Studies Program - Outreach  
    One  of the largest video libraries. Loans to the public as well as educators
  • Maryknoll World Media
    Films and videos produced by Maryknoll World Ministries are concerned with a variety of issues from a Christian perspective. Many of the films have actually been produced by African teams and express local views. Material is for sale a quite reasonable prices.

     

  • National Audiovisual Center
    Films, videos, slide, audiotapes and multimedia kits on a wide range of subjects. Material is for sale or in some cases for rent.
  • New Yorker Films
    Films and video produced primarily in Africa. Most titles are non documentary cinematic films, although some documentaries are available also. Material is for sale or rent.
  • National Film Board of Canada  
    Distributes films about Africa. Use the Search Engine.
  • National Anthropological Archives -
    Has a guide to the collections (includes fieldnotes, manuscripts recordings, photographs), with brief descriptions of collections. There is a guide to their film archives and links to other ethnographic archives.