David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part is taken up by talks between the Turkana people. As one of the first ethnographic documentaries "A Wife Among Wives" subtitles these talks so that the viewer can get a better and probably more personal understanding of the life of the Turkana.

Frantz Fanon alone embodies all the issues of French colonial history. Martinican resistance fighter...

African drummer leaves village, makes it big in the world. Great drumming!!
This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performanc...
Challenging the Western view that Islam inherently represses women’s rights, journalist Samira Ahmed...

Beatrice is an 18-year-old young reporter with the Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) in Lusaka, Zamb...

The film is an evocative story of the tenuous relationship between a charcoal burner and forests. Th...

In partnership with the MasterCard Foundation and local partner Mwanza Youth and Children Network, t...
'Mod' is an attempt by the filmmaker at communicating with the young men who hang out at the ‘notori...

A Castiglioni Brothers mondo film about the practices and rites of several native African tribes.

Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given...

The rivers of Africa bring life and abundance to their inhabitants, but they can also be the arena f...

Africa is a land of giants. Its powerful rivers sculpt the earth and form impressive valleys and wat...

In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, one of nature's last gr...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

This film speaks of archaic peoples, their customs and mores, in an attempt to make the last snapsho...

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theat...

Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("...

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