Back To Africa (2008)
• April 1st, 2008 • 1h 37min
Documentary
Overview
An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and followed their lives for a year. The artists, from villages in Ghana, Gambia and Congo, were the subjects of Africa! Africa! touring across Europe, but they have unbreakable roots to their homeland and their families. Schmiderer lovingly portrays his heroes, who tell their stories about themselves, their art and what it means to them to be African with captivating honesty. The interviews are interwoven with dance scenes and colourful vignettes set to authentic music.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Pop
Released on: 1999-06-22
Documentary
Pop chronicles the journey of three generations of Meyerowitz men on a road trip from Florida to the...
Bianca Beauchamp All Access 2: Rubberized
Released on: 2008-08-29
Documentary
Builds up on the original's idea of a fetish-reality-documentary melting pot following international...
What's the Film About?
Released on: 2024-04-11
Documentary
During a camping weekend, Indian filmmaker Poorva Bhat tries to find the right way to discuss consen...
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Released on: 1991-05-10
Music, Documentary
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday ...
Picasso
Released on: 1954-11-01
Documentary
The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”
Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait
Released on: 1966-07-18
Documentary
Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait explores the recurring themes in Bacon’s work, his influences...
Little Ballerinas
Released on: 2020-04-29
Documentary
Ida, Olympe, Jeanne and Marie dance to the music of pianos, symphonies, contemporary pieces… in ball...
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Released on: 2015-11-06
Documentary
A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick ...
Togo, le foot et la politique ne font qu'un
Released on: 2008-01-01
Documentary
October 8, 2005. Togo, one of Africa's poorest countries, qualifies for the World Cup for the first ...
The Colonel's Stray Dogs
Released on: 2021-04-29
Documentary
In 1981, seven Libyan exiles formed the core opposition group to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Thirty yea...
The Story Won't Die
Released on: 2021-04-29
Documentary
THE STORY WON’T DIE, from Award-winning filmmaker David Henry Gerson, is an inspiring, timely look a...
When We Were Kings
Released on: 1996-10-25
Documentary, TV Movie, History, Music
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
Jesus Christ Saviour
Released on: 2008-05-15
Documentary
Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was docu...
Surviving Clotilda
Released on:
History, Documentary
In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 11...
When the Beat Drops
Released on: 2018-03-11
Documentary
A documentary exploring the origins and evolution of bucking, as well as the life stories and strugg...
Ours to Tell
Released on: 2020-01-21
Documentary
Four people - Brittany, Hannah, Nick, and Ylonda - tell their stories about how access to abortion i...
African Safari
Released on: 2013-10-17
Documentary
A documentary that leads the audience from Namibia to Kilimanjaro to explore the African wildlife.
Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche
Released on: 2007-04-05
Documentary
Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A...