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Bullfrog Films
P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
Tel: 610/779-8226
Fax: 610/370-1978
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Community
Micro-credit is transforming the lives of women in Bangladesh.
24 minutes
DVD-R version available
Color
Grade Level: 10-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1996
Copyright Date: 1996
ISBN (VHS): 1-56029-680-1
ISBN (DVD): 1-59458-526-1
Directed by Michael Sheridan
Produced by Oxfam America
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"Swift and upbeat...a case study in global gender and economic equity."
Video Librarian
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COMMUNITY looks at the dramatic story of villagers in Bangladesh who have transformed themselves from beggars to business people with the help of micro-credit loans. At the same time the loans have enabled positive new roles and relationships for men and women to come into being.
One women's group now owns a rice mill, another makes roof tiles, and a men's group runs a fish farm. The money raised is held collectively to benefit the entire group. The video presents a compelling story of positive long-term change that comes with women's participation in community affairs.
The DVD version of this program is recorded on DVD-R which is not compatible with some older DVD players. See the new DVD page for more details.
Awards:
Silver Apple, National Educational Media Competition
Reviews:
"This is a marvelous tape, technically and educationally...Highly recommended for young adult and adult audiences." Library Journal
"The video gives swift and upbeat treatment to a case study in global gender and economic equity..." Video Librarian
"COMMUNITY, which adds to Bullfrog Films' tradition of producing well developed, quality documentary films, is advanced enough to target the college audience, yet simple enough to inform the junior high school and senior high school audience - This film is highly recommended." Belinda L. Robinson-Jones, MC Journal: the Journal of Academic Media Librarianship
Related Subjects:
Asian Studies
Bangladesh
Business Practices
Community
Developing World
Development
Economics
Geography
Globalization
Human Rights
Micro-Credit
Social Psychology
Solutions
Women's Studies
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Cultivating Opportunity: Hard-pressed farmers in the southeast US and in Mozambique find co-ops work.
A Woman's Place - Short Stories (on one tape): Six short films about women and development by local women directors.
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