Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), the mission doctor, theologian and philosopher who founded a hospital in the rainforests of Gabon, achieved sainthood in his lifetime, at least in the popular imagination. The critical assessment of his life and works in recent years, however, has been slightly more ambivalent. Ba Kobhio Bassek is the first director to examine this medical missionary from a purely African point-of-view.

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the ...

Hacking at Leaves documents artist and hazmat-suit aficionado Johannes Grenzfurthner as he attempts ...

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hun...

When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't s...

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A glance at the divided U.S. political system through the eyes of a young Syrian refugee on the stre...

August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I...

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Five unrelated tales: (1) "The Ravishing Queen" / "La Reina Bella", in which the queen choses a king...

In Africa in the fifties, during the Mau-Mau war, young Patricia's friendship with a lion she raised...

Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leo...

Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisiti...

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Ahmed Guessous loses his parents during the war of Gaza in 1924. He will be found and adopted by Lie...

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After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by H...