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Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
THE LAND BENEATH OUR FEET follows a young Liberian man uprooted by war, who returns from the USA with never-before-seen footage of Liberia's past. The uncovered footage is embraced as a national treasure. Depicting a 1926 corporate land grab, it is also an explosive reminder of eroding land rights.
Publisher
Press 2 Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The world’s preeminent giraffe researcher, Dr. Francois Deacon, is embarking on the most ambitious project of his career. On the rugged and untamed plains of South Africa’s Rooipoort Nature Reserve, Dr. Deacon will set out to capture and GPS collar 20 giraffes, a project that will enable him to study these giraffes’ every move and behavior over the next year. Joining him on this wild expedition are renowned researchers from various parts of...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Host Niall McCann talks to Jenny Desmond - a conservationist and wildlife activist. Jenny & her husband Jimmy run a sanctuary for rescue Chimpanzees in Liberia, west Africa - they have dedicated their lives to the rehabilitation of humankind's closest relative
5) Giving Hope
Publisher
Lightbeam
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Dr. John Chacha founded Teamwork City of Hope, a children’s home, primary school and medical center in Tanzania.
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The second largest film industry in the world“ (UNESCO) is called Nollywood and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. The success story of the eccentric dream factory is also shaped by a German tech-investor.The opportunities in the burgeoning industry attract diverse characters. Director Abba Makama sees the moment for an intellectual cinematic movement, a sort of Nigerian New Wave. Bastian Gotter, a young investor from Berlin, tells how he and his Nigerian...
7) Mully
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Charles Mully, whose unlikely stratospheric rise to wealth and power leaves him questioning his own existence, searching for meaning in life. Against the better judgment of family and community, he sets out to enrich the fate of orphaned children across Kenya. Jeopardizing his own life and the security of his family, Charles Mully risks everything and sets in motion a series of events that is nothing short of astonishing. Nominated...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Yasmin El Shazly and Mahmoud Rashad travel across Egypt, hoping to answer some of the many questions surrounding the life and death of Tutankhamun. They speak with leading scholars, enjoy exclusive access to the tomb British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered 100 years ago in the Valley of the Kings, and visit several active dig sites--they even see the face of the pharaoh!
12) The Lost Pyramid
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Travel to Egypt and join a team of archaeologists who have uncovered what evidence reveals is the lost fourth pyramid of Giza. Radjedef, son of the great Khufu, would stamp his supremacy by erecting the highest pyramid ever built.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A one hour, unblinking and fact-filled look at the real history of slavery, as revealed in Roots. This documentary features leading historians unpacking the history behind Africa at the time of Kunte Kinte and the Middle Passage, slavery on plantations.
Author
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Tahi is one woman’s journey around the world on a quest to find answers about connection, but what she discovers is a valuable teaching for all of humanity. Focusing on 4 of the 21 countries explored, the film investigates whether our commonalities are the key to unlocking an emerging world where people, animals and the environment can co-exist in balance.
Publisher
Nomadic Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by New York Times bestseller "The Other Wes Moore", Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning producer/director Tod Lending presents ALL THE DIFFERENCE, an acclaimed film about African-American manhood. Filmed over five and a half years, ALL THE DIFFERENCE weaves together the stories of two tough, yet promising young black men as they navigate broken homes and low-income, high-risk communities in Chicago. Although statistics predict they will...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Swahili
Description
A gripping feature documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto that examines the practice of female genital mutilation in Kenya and the pioneering African women who are bravely reversing the tradition. In this epic work, women speak candidly about the practice and explain its cultural significance within Kenyan society. From gripping testimonials by young women who share the painful aftermath of their trauma to interviews with elderly matriarchs...
Author
Language
English
Description
The African diaspora have been subjected to oppression for decades since the end of the transatlantic slave trade. In recent times this oppression has been most visible in the form of live killing and murder executed by law enforcement officers. However, the extent of the problems that face people of colour in the West are not limited to police brutality; the challenges are much broader spanning across every area of society: from politics and law...
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