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
The Cheese & The Worms
Released on: 2006-07-08
Documentary
A documentary that records the daily life of a mother with a limited life expectancy and a grandmoth...
Iwájú: A Day Ahead
Released on: 2024-02-27
Documentary
Filmed across three continents, this documentary shares the story of the founders of the Pan-African...
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Released on: 2016-10-14
Documentary
56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For ...
Naked Spaces: Living Is Round
Released on: 1985-10-01
Documentary
Shot with stunning elegance and clarity, NAKED SPACES explores the rhythm and ritual of life in the ...
Cirque du Soleil: Alegria
Released on: 2001-11-19
Documentary, Music, Family
Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means "jubilation" in Spanish...
Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco
Released on: 1997-01-01
Documentary, Family, Music
From the Italian 'saltare in banco' – which literally means 'to jump on a bench' – Saltimbanco explo...
Cirque du Soleil: Varekai
Released on: 2003-10-07
Music, Family, Documentary
Icarus is the main character of Varekai, who falls to the ground, breaking his legs as he does. He i...
Little Girl
Released on: 2020-09-25
Documentary
7-year-old Sasha has always known that she is a girl. Sasha’s family has recently accepted her gende...
Love, Ava
Released on: 2020-03-26
Documentary
Keenly aware that his niece is going through a particularly rough time at home, Uncle James teaches ...
Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer
Released on: 2010-11-06
Documentary
A documentary about an Iowa artist who made his career from two antique photo albums that he found i...
The Story of a Butcher Shop
Released on: 2013-11-29
Documentary
The Kitades run a butcher shop in Kaizuka City outside Osaka, raising and slaughtering cattle to sel...
Jane
Released on: 2017-12-28
Documentary
Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives...
Carmencita
Released on: 1894-03-14
Documentary
The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman t...
Keep Dancing
Released on: 2010-07-20
Documentary
After celebrated careers , legendary dancers Marge Champion and Donald Saddler became friends while ...
Steal This Film II
Released on: 2007-12-28
Documentary
These are strange times indeed. While they continue to command so much attention in the mainstream m...
God Grew Tired of Us
Released on: 2006-12-31
Documentary
Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Ab...
Coalesce
Released on:
Documentary, Music
In 2020, the World was closed. Life got cancelled. People were struggling. Here’s an emotional and e...
Historia de un ballet
Released on: 1964-08-25
Documentary
This short documentary describes the process and inspiration behind the creation and performance of ...
Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey
Released on: 1987-03-01
Drama, Documentary
Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writ...