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THE SOIL OF NAMIB

THE SOIL OF NAMIB

Christian ZipfelNamibia – Germany | 2023 | 3 x 9 min | VR DocumentProduction – Time Prints / Alina Schäfers Amid the barren lands of Namibia, on the former German colonial soil, dangerous and unsecured tunnels lead deep into a monolithic mountain. Major, Esmeralda,...
Ton mari c’est ton DIEU

Ton mari c’est ton DIEU

Charles Ornel, Guninée SYNOPSIS KONY, a 30-year-old Sousou woman, discovers the sexual abuse committed by her husband on their only daughter KOUTA, aged 10. Torn between anger and family pressure, NKONY hesitates to denounce her husband, at the risk of tarnishing the...
You Hide Me

You Hide Me

Nii Kwate Owoo, Ghana, 1970 SYNOPSIS: In 1970, young Ghanaian filmmaker Nii Kwate Owoo was granted access to film for a day inside the storage rooms of the British Museum in London, where tens of thousands of ancient African artworks were hidden from public view....
Yiri Kan, The Voice of Wood

Yiri Kan, The Voice of Wood

Issiaka Konaté, Burkina Faso, 1989 SYNOPSIS: Mahama Konaté, a great Burkinabè musician, introduces his son to traditional culture and music by teaching him how to play the balafon. This film explores the socio-cultural significance of the balafon, a traditional...