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Waiting for the Rain
199325 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Gerard Dolan
Production: Deborah Dolan
Script: Brian Hanington
Produced by Rebus Pictures, Canada Inc. for the Canadian International Development Agency. For purchase, contact the Canadian International Development Agency.
In a relief operation of unprecedented scope, the ten countries of southern Africa have worked together for the past year to survive the worst drought of the century. Amid political upheaval, a global recession and two civil wars, they proved that a united effort can save 19 million people at risk of death by starvation. This video is about the drought, told in the words of a paramedic, a diplomat, a volunteer and a surgeon...four Canadians who cared enough about the future of Africa to do something about it.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AfricaAgriculture, Food and NutritionFamine, Drought and Other DisastersForeign AidInternational Development and Service Agencies
- Health and Medicine > Developing CountriesFood Issues and NutritionMedical Personnel
- Agriculture > Food IssuesForeign CountriesNatural disastersSocial Issues
Credits
- director
- Gerard Dolan
- photography
- Gerard Dolan
- producer
- Deborah Dolan
- script
- Brian Hanington
- sound
- Jean-Claude Caprara
- editing
- Randy Dash