Product: National Geographic - Africa [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 5.0
Two Thumbs Up (...and the Big Toes Too...)
I just treated myself to this DVD collection and didn't quite know what to expect. I must confess that it's well worth every penny I spent on it and I highly recommend the collection. The visuals and the sound are great, the stories are well-chosen and varied, and the narration is beautiful.Usually documentaries about Africa (and Africans) are all too predictable, too stylized, too hackneyed. Not this one. Whether it's the story of the dreams of the Ethiopian shoeshine boy, or that about the budding love of the Sahelian Tuareg girl and his herder boyfriend, there's a universality in the themes the various stories cover which most viewers will relate to.A word of caution though: some of the stories are tear-jerkers, and so have some Kleenex handy or else your macho cover will be blown.