Africa

Films that look at the people, history, issues, culture and politics of the African continent.

400 Miles to Freedom

An Ethiopian Jew breaks his 20-year silence on being kidnapped while fleeing Ethiopia through Sudan to Israel as a child.

The Art of Flight

The Art of Flight tells the story of refugees fleeing Sudan's civil war for Egypt and one journalist's struggle to get their story told. This......

Beautiful Tree, Severed Roots

Filmmaker Kenny Mann documents her parent's extraordinary lives and achievements in Africa as Jewish refugee immigrants to Kenya during World...

a Blooming Business

A BLOOMING BUSINESS delves deep into the heart of the global flower industry, by showing us the difficult reality behind the pretty flowers....

Diaspora

The movements, migration and liberation of peoples through art and culture, using the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean as starting point. ...

Escapeland

â€œEscapelandâ€ follows a love story that develops against-all-odds between Eshel, a young Israeli woman from a kibbutz and Adel, a...

Footsteps in Africa: A Nomadic Journey

Director Kathi von Koerber has created a visual love letter to the nomadic Tuareg people's way of life. Following a community in perpetual motion,...

Freedom Runners

A heroic teacher fights for social justice for refugees at a time when the plight of refugees worldwide has never been of greater importance....

Heart of Fire

After spending the first ten years of her life in a Catholic orphanage, the young and fiery Awet excitedly learns that she is soon to be reunited...

Holding on to Jah

"Holding on to Jah" is a unique film about the history and culture of roots Reggae music and the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, as told by...

Iseta: Behind the Roadblock

In April 1994, on a quiet road in Kigali a group of neighbors in Rwanda were filmed. These were the opening days of the Rwandan Genocide, and...

The Last Survivor

Four Tragedies. Four journeys. One purpose. Survivors of genocide, from the Holocaust to Rwanda inspiring tolerance and a civic response.

Long Night's Journey into Day

Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann reveal the raw soul of a society in their extraordinary documentary about South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation...

Nobody Dies Here

Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found.

Return to Virunga

At the epicenter of the long-running civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lies Virunga National Park, home to more than 200 of the...

Scattegories

Esther, Emmanuel, and Michal were torn away from their Israeli existence to a homeless reality in Nigeria. 5 years later Esther returns to Israel......