Crossroads = Het kruispunt / HM Films presenteert in co-productie met Directie Voorlichting ; Nederlandse Programma Stichtin ; een film van Hillie Molenaar [and] Joop van Wijk.
Publisher:
First Run/Icarus Films,
Copyright Date:
1997
Description:
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
"The location is a crossing of roads leading from Uganda into Tanzania and from Kenya via Rwanda to Zaire. Some years ago, Mama Shillingi started her "hotelli" at the crossroads. She offered food and shelter to truck drivers. Until, in 1994, thousands of dead bodies came floating down the nearby Kagera river. Shortly thereafter, the refugees came across the border. Within a few days, half a million people had settled there. Around a hamlet of four houses, a boom town arose called Benaco"--Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)38180638
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.