Documentaries

Documentaries

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  • Africa's Iron king

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    Africa's Iron King is a short documentary focused on the art of upscaling by renowned metal sculptor, Dotun Popoola. It also highlights the problem of energy generation in Nigeria and how it affects business survival and the economy at large.

    Starring: Dotun Popoola

  • Ghermanya

    Ghermanya is about Germany in Ghana. It shows various German influences: Traces of colonial past. Challenges in learning German. An independent Volta Region that wants the Germans to rule again? A footballer whose visa applications got denied several times, but who is also a shopkeeper and sells ...

  • Nous Sommes Des Messagers - (We Are Messengers)

    Part documentary, part improvised concert, part music video - “NOUS SOMMES DES MESSAGERS” (We Are Messengers) presents a portrait of Senegalese musicians Mbemba Diebaté & Walowalo Niangbalo, and invites the audience to discover the traditional music, instruments, and culture of griots, traditiona...

  • Accra Power

    ACCRA POWER provides an eclectic mix of perceptions of power in one of many thriving urban settings Africa’s. It outlines the creative and artistic strategies of young Ghanaians situated at the crossroads of tradition and various belief systems, high technological and economic growth, infrastruct...

  • Revenir (To Return) - English Subtitles

    For years, the stories of West African migrants and refugees have been told through the lenses of foreign journalists. Now there is a story from the inside.

    Part road-trip, part memoir, part journalistic investigation, REVENIR follows Kumut Imesh, a refugee from the Ivory Coast now living in Fra...

  • The Land Between - English Subtitles

    The Land Between documentary offers an intimate insight into the hidden and desperate lives of Sub-Saharan African migrants living in the mountains of northern Morocco. For most, their dream is to enter Europe by jumping a highly-militarised barrier into Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the African ...