This special, behind-the-scenes film takes us on a trip to Mali to witness Amadou & Mariam at home and their musical encounter with legendary artist and producer Manu Chao during the making of their hit album Dimanche à Bamako, The music provides the lifeblood of the film, featuring the hits Sénégal Fast Food and La Realité, popular favourites Coulibaly, M’Bifé and Camions Sauvages plus a rare, unreleased live song by Manu Chao, Kira.
The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. ...
Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("...
In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...
This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle...
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
The essay by René Vautier, "Déjà le sang de Mai ensemençait Novembre", starts with the recapitulatio...
Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a ...
In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped ...
25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the C...
Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Ab...
A journey back through Dacia Maraini's and her trips around the world with her close friends cinema ...
Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held ...
Si-Gueriki is the story of the confrontation of a young man with his history, his roots and culture.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Ala...