In making this mixture of documentary and drama, director Lionel Rogosin’s aimed to reveal the harsh injustice of apartheid in Sophiatown, a South African ghetto where Black citizens formed their own vibrant community and culture. Rogosin spent a year meeting with locals in order to capture this incredible slice of Africa, with a legacy including famous residents such as Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Father Trevor Huddleston, Hugh Masekela, Bloke...

Almost 300 miles separates Libya from Sicily. This 300-mile stretch is known as the refugee graveyard. Over the course of the last six years almost 16,000 people have died or have gone missing off the Libyan coast. But for many, a fate worse than drowning at sea is being locked up in one of the country’s numerous detention centres. Since the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the Libyan militias now reign supreme in a merciless war for the...

The hidden story of the Black descendants of James Madison, president of the United States of America, with an African slave.

For more than a century, African American artists, authors, musicians and others have traveled to Paris to liberate themselves from the racism of the United States. What made these African Americans choose France? Why were the French fascinated by African Americans? And to what extent was and is France truly colorblind?

Alan Govenar’s film investigates these questions and examines racism that has plagued not only African Americans fleeing the

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Filmmaker Kaira's childhood friend Shawa moved as a young widow with two sons to her present home in search of good land. Here she met Garombe and had four more children. We get close to each family member in scenes of daily life, starting with children milking cows at dawn. After taking grain by donkey to a distant flourmill, Shawa and daughters brew beer, which the sons drink when plowing the field. We learn how Shawa trained oxen to plow, and Garombe...

An unlikely team of Zimbabwean refugees turned sommeliers shake up the international wine establishment when they compete in the World Wine Tasting Championships. BLIND AMBITION is an inspiring underdog story for the ages.

In 2020, the End SARS movement mobilised against police brutality in Nigeria, sparking protests around the nation. Their focus: the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad, famed for their abuse of power and brutality. Following weeks of "#EndSARS" protests against police brutality that had burst onto the streets of cities across Nigeria, on the night of 20th October 2020 the Nigerian Army opened fire on peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate in...

In the highlands of Tigray - northern Ethiopia - on the edge of the escarpment that descends steeply to the Danakil dessert, Hagos Mashisho and Desta Gidey have toiled and struggled for years to turn the rugged slopes of the East African Rift Valley into fertile ground. They have grown crops here not only to feed themselves and their family, but also to share with others, in particular the pilgrims who regularly pass by on their way to the monastery...

A powerful documentary starring Morgan Freeman about the genesis of The Blues in the South and the music spreading around the world. Morgan Freeman shares his story of his experience of growing up in Clarksdale, Mississippi and his love for the Blues.

Series of World War II documentaries using newsreel and footage shot during the war.