COMMUNICATIONS - FILMS AND AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS


The system and the soil
A 50-minute documentary film (1992) on agriculture in Benin. Key issue is the gap between farmers' perceptions and the official approach of the CARDER, a governmental organization trying to modernize agriculture. Farmers seem reluctant to change. Contrary to CARDER's point of view, the farmers cling to their traditional way of farming, in which the oil palm is essential. The film introduces farmer Tadegla Tohouede and his two wives. Step-by-step the film shows Tadegla's reasons for not complying with CARDER, thus focusing on the important role of indigenous knowledge. Two development projects try to bridge the gap between CARDER and the farmers: PEMR, a project oriented towards human resource development; and REMR, a project based on the farming-systems research approach. The film shows the project workers' attitude towards the farmers' knowledge and their oil-palm cropping system. The documentary film gives a highly informative analysis of Beninese agriculture; it provides an independent and in-depth view of the role of local knowledge in rural development. Costs per video tape Dfl 300 (VAT and shipping costs included). Please indicate the television system (PAL, NTSC, or SECAM) and language (French or English) preferred.
For more information and to order tapes, contact:
Peter Linde Video Productions, Klein Brabant 150, 5256 RR Vught, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-73-564704. Fax: +31-73- 570436.

Inuit environmental knowledge
The Inuit Environmental Knowledge (IEK) Display and multi- media presentation are designed to foster a wider understanding of the important role indigenous environmental knowledge plays in the
sustainable development and management of the Inuit's fragile environment and natural resources.
The Inuit Environmental Knowledge display shows an example of an Inuit environmental management system, a research programme that has been recording and analysing Nunavik Inuit environmental knowledge for the last 12 years in northern Quebec.
The multimedia display entitled Inuit Environmental Knowledge in the Service of Mankind involves the marriage of maps and text data with voice, music, graphics, photos, video and satellite images. It describes a model of an IEK management system and how Inuit environmental knowledge is being used in the circumpolar world as well as for mankind in general.
More information can be obtained from:
Ken de la Barre, 417 St. Pierre, Suite 400, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Tel:+1-514-845 7103. Fax: +1-514-845 7446.

Amerindian & Arctic People's film project
This project includes some 50 film and video productions made by indigenous peoples themselves and by others from North and South America as well as from Arctic regions of Canada and Siberia. The purpose of the project is not only to show films, but also to raise consciousness about the cultural achievements, economic and social conditions, and political dynamics of the indigenous peoples' movements for survival. Besides distributing ready-made films the project also fosters the development of new films. A catalogue is available.
Contact: Center for International Media Research, Leonard Henny, Mijnensedijk 74, 3631 NS Nieuwersluis (Utrecht), The Netherlands. Tel: 31-2943-3459. Fax: +31-2943- 1877.

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