As a child in Burkina Faso, Yacouba was sent away from home to study the Qur'an, where he and his classmates were almost starving. The young boys would trek across miles of wilderness, only to fall and beg at a straw hut for meagre rations. It is from this harsh background that the young farmer became determined to develop techniques that would bring exhausted soil back into production. His efforts have outdone the work of the world's leading scientists and technological advances costing millions of pounds. They may also yet prove crucial to the future of the world's rapidly growing population and global food demands.

Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Ab...

A mechanic discovers the fossil of a huge carnivorous dinosaur, unleashing a war between scientists,...
In common with many L.A. Rebellion films, Snake touches on such themes as institutionalized racism, ...


A reportage cross-cutting film about the development of Africa from 1900-1936, using archive footage...

The story of Kenyan athlete David Rudisha, the greatest 800m runner the world has ever seen, and his...

Djibril Diop Mambéty followed and filmed the shooting of Yaaba, Idrissa Ouédraogo's second feature f...

Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("...
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this fi...

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...

“Tucaneira: Wooden Hands” is a captivating mini-documentary that takes us on a fascinating journey t...

Every year, on the steppes of the Serengeti, the most spectacular migration of animals on our planet...
The film Desert View is dedicated to the study of building and living in the semi - built satellite ...

An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushm...

In a fascinating geopolitical drama, Danish filmmaker Mik-Meyer closely follows Ravalomanana as he a...

Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small...

With more than 300 days a year, the sun dominates this country so much that it’s even shining from t...