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Documentary. The first sound movie made entirely in Africa, CONGORILLA chronicles Martin and Osa Johnson’s 3rd trip between 1930 and 1931. They visit familiar territory in Kenya and Tanzania before moving...
First broadcast in 2001, this BBC documentary series focuses on the Congo River of Central Africa by exploring the rich variety of animals and habitats that are to be found along the river’s 4, 700...
Adam Curtis’ series of films explores the idea that we have been colonised by the machines that we have built, seeing everything in the world through the eyes of computers. Episode 1, LOVE AND POWER looks...
Documentary about the connection between mobile phones and the civil war in the Congo. Conflict between the various armed groups is financed by the sale of minerals needed for the manufacture of cell phones....
Using archive footage and personal accounts, this film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known theatre: Africa. From 1961 to 1991, this continent was the battleground for a war...
Looks at the work of primatologist Magdalena Bermejo who is studying the western lowland gorilla near the once-deserted village of Lossi in the Congo Basin. Skilled local trackers help her look for the...
A humourous yet in-depth look at massana (children’s play) amongst the Ba-aka ‘Pygmies’ of Congo.
Part of a series exploring ways of resolving conflicts across Africa. 1: In the waning days of the Mobutu regime, people in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) return to traditional...
Emanicipation of women in sub-Saharan Africa is rather different from in the West. This film studies five women and their families in the Congo who have rejected the idea of love and the couple as the basis...
This 2 DVD set presents the work of the three most prominent Belgian ‘colonial filmmakers’. The pioneer Ernest Genval began filming in the Belgian Congo in around 1925; from 1937 Gérard De Boe took up...
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