Afro@Digital begins with a provocative question: Why speak of new technologies on a continent which wakes up and goes to sleep to the terrorism of poverty? In other words, how can Africa escape the logic of poverty and unequal development by making sure the digital technology doesn't pass it by, become an agent of neocolonialism or marginalize it still further? As Nigerian filmmaker Ola Babogun warns: we must ask what is the purpose of this technology and what type of technology is most appropriate to us?...Technology is not a value in it itself. Website Information 2003, 52 minutes, Congo/French

In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan lies a shocking secret that a few desperate men will stop at nothing to keep hidden from the world. At last, the truth of THE COVE comes to the fore in an act of covert filmmaking that turns a documentary into a gripping action-adventure thriller... and a heart-pounding call for help from the world's oceans. In the 1960s, it was Ric O'Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation "Flipper." One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures so beautifully adapted to life in the open ocean must never be subjected to human captivity again. This film is a provocative mix of investigative journalism, eco-adventure and arresting imagery that adds up to an urgent plea for hope. The Cove Website 2009, 90 minutes

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