The Future of Mud
This is the story of Komusa Tenapo, master mason and heir to the secrets of Djenne architecture, the traditional use of mud in Malian buildings.
View ArticleNorth-South.com
In West Africa many young women, who dream of escaping a life of misery by marrying a rich, white foreigner, surf the Internet for marriage proposals.
View ArticleSeeds of Hunger
A global investigation into the evolving nature of food production, and the crisis it may portend.
View ArticleState of Mind
Therapist Albert Pesso trains mental-health care works in Kinshasa, Congo, in a technique to help genocide survivors overcome the traumas they witnessed and endured.
View ArticleSong of the Soul: Stories of Hospice in South Africa
An inside look at urban and rural hospice centers across South Africa that provide community-based compassionate care in the face of widespread poverty.
View ArticleLadies in Waiting
A maternity clinic in the Democratic Republic of Congo copes with its patients' lack of money while trying to provide the best-intentioned care.
View ArticleFor the Best and for the Onion!
A verite documentary that captures the rhythms of agricultural life in Niger, and how the vagaries of market price and harvest can affect the most intimate personal decisions.
View ArticleCongo in Four Acts
A quartet of short films (on one dvd) that lay bare the reality of everyday life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
View ArticleBehind the Rainbow
An in-depth exploration into the recent internal conflicts of the ANC in South Africa, leading to Jacob Zuma's election as president.
View ArticleBanking the Unbanked
As a team of managers in Gambia try to build a microfinance business, they learn that the loans may be small - but the stakes are very high.
View ArticleElsewhere
An epic journey through voices and sounds from elsewhere. Landscapes, outlooks on the world, outlooks on life: Desert, snow, valley, jungle, ice, rainforest. An homage to humanity at the beginning of...
View ArticleNOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT at IFC Center, NYC
Tickets for NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT are on sale now online, including for the Friday & Saturday 8:10pm shows featuring a Q&A with Patricio Guzman — book now!
View ArticleFold Crumple Crush
A powerful portrait of Africa's most widely acclaimed contemporary artist El Anatsui.
View ArticleWhere Are You Taking Me?
Multifaceted portraits of Ugandans in both public and private spaces. An observational and contemplative documentary.
View ArticleThe Nine Muses
John Akomfrah's remarkable meditation about chance, fate and redemption.
View ArticleBoyamba Belgique
The day before Congo gained independence, the sabre of the Belgian king Baudouin was stolen by a young Congolese. Fifty years later the filmmakers search for him, and discover the meaning of his act.
View ArticleBerlin 1885: The Division of Africa
The story of the first international conference on Africa, which established its division amongst the European powers, and created Congo as a personal possession of the Belgian king.
View ArticleBlack Africa, White Marble
A contemporary David-and-Goliath story that sheds a harsh light on the colonial past and troubled present of The Republic of Congo.
View ArticleJean Rouch: Six Films
A set of six films made in West Africa by legendary ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch.
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