Recherche dans la collection - Biafra: The Birth or Death of a Nation

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

1984-0367

Vidéo

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1968-12-09

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

director, J. Edward Shaw; Kip Kennedy; producer, Larry Zolf; executive producer, Richard Nielsen; photography, Richard Fairchild; editing, Ron Piggott; Larry Brisson; interviewer, Kip Kennedy; host, Norman DePoe

The struggle for independent status of the self-declared republic of Biafra in Nigeria's eastern region is examined in this edition of the "Public Eye". Host Norman DePoe introduces three Biafrans visiting Canada to talk to the government about mediation and eventual independence. Gabriel Onyiuke, Chief Justice of the Biafran Court of Appeal, Hinua Achebe, novelist, and Chief Akpan Bassey, cabinet minister, join DePoe in the studio to watch and discuss excerpts of a film on the situation in Nigeria. Film footage includes: refugee camps in Biafran villages and cities occupied by Nigerian troops; children suffering from malnutrition; and interviews with refugees, a medical missionary, and the Commander-General of the International Red Cross Committee in Lagos. The discussion focuses on: whether the film's message is accurate; possible solutions to the situation; the role of Nigeria's oil resources; food shortages; and the French involvement in Biafra. <30mn>

BIAFRA~CIVIL WAR~INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS~LAGOS ~NIGERIA~POLITICS & GOVERNMENT~SOCIAL CONDITIONS~INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS~ACHEBE, HINUA~BASSEY, AKPAN~DEPOE, NORMAN~ONYIUKE, GABRIEL

English

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V1 8411-0147

GAD 0FD547

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