Life in the African country of Mali in the 1990s is vividly highlighted in this mild drama. In the story, a young forest ranger who sees that his work holds the key to the future of his country (through reforestation) is disgusted at the short-sighted, money-grubbing ways of his superiors. He has a much better relationship with local villagers than with his agency's bosses. As the movie opens, the villagers are preparing to hold a hunting ceremony but are not sure whether they will do it the old fashioned way, with a bonfire, or will obey a government decree that open fires are too dangerous. There is a lot of sexual teasing between the villagers, including some harmless horseplay. For instance, when a man whispers another woman's name in his sleep, his wife pours water into his ear in revenge.

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remo...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his fo...

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sie...

A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Be...

Young Africans in Paris face insecurity and vague future. Should they stay in France, or return to t...

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Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the s...

A city with its problems. A gang of abandoned children provide for themselves and pose as heroes. Th...

Ali is the image of modern Africa. He happily returns from a football match on his motorbike but a n...

The story of Quincy Bosomfield who is the product of colonial education and has risen to become the ...

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An African mother will do just about anything to protect her child. Bilaly is a simple peasant who i...

Back home in Bujumbura with a Parisian diploma in his pocket and expecting to walk into a civil serv...
Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets ...

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