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A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.

The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.

Alice and Louis are estranged siblings who have been avoiding each other for over twenty years and are forced to reunite after a tragedy.

A cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti, under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.

Three people, three stories, one thing in common: Africa.

When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.

A very interesting documentary since many people have no idea of ​​the meaning of voodoo since it has a bad concept of pornography and really does not know the depth of each religious or believer.

In the streets of Paris, Juste collects the last memory of people only he can see, before helping them into the afterlife. Juste is a ghost. But one day Agathe recognizes him. She knew him when he was alive.

Three women from Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, and Benin reunite two decades after surviving human trafficking to execute a daring, multi-country revenge plot against the men who once destroyed their lives.

Talking Money is an observational documentary shot at bank consultation tables all over the world. From Bolivia to Pakistan, Benin to Switzerland, men and women sit down across from their neighborhood bankers to discuss the intimacies of their financial lives. Far from the glamour of distant Wall Street, this is the reality of personal banking, where one's life problems are a matter of business. In 15 spontaneously recorded encounters, the bank table turns into a stage for confessions and masquerades, where consultants and clients try their best to look solid and trustworthy. Filming entirely from the bank's side of the table, Sebastian Winkels offers the audience a place in a bizarre power play, exploring a complicated inter-relationship called 'money'. A multi-voiced commentary on capitalism that reveals how the invisible power of money works on all of us, no matter who and where we are.

The drama led documentary series presents history's most iconic female fighters. Each extraordinary tale of blood, sacrifice and endurance centres on the life of one young woman warrior caught up in the bloody struggles of her time.

When the slave boats docked in the Americas, Cuba and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures and religions came with the Africans but only one survived the plantations. To date, the most pronounced African Culture of the Diasporas remains the culture of the Yoruba. From Brazil to Trinidad, the United States to Cuba, Haiti and the entire Caribbean, this West African culture dominates all other Cultures of Africa and could be said to have survived the plantations for hundreds of years. Bigger Than Africa follows the trans-Atlantic slave trade route from West Africa to six different countries-- USA, Nigeria, Brazil, Republic of Benin, Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba-- to explore and find reasons for the survival of this particular West African Culture.

Four women from different regions develop friendships during a bus journey across West Africa, as they accomplish an everyday journey while facing the universal challenge of being independent women.

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ever get there. Two totally different characters, jammed together in two square meters of space for almost two years, they experience what it really means to travel: leaving your comfort zone for good. Starting in Morocco, they quickly dive into the life of locals they meet on the road: Jamal, a Moroccan Berber who lives with his dromedaries in the Sahara, Ziza, a Mauritanian musician who fights against suppression from the government, Mame Sy, a mother who set up a private school for the poorest of the poor in Mauritania - and many more. Their journey leads them through the vibrant green canyons of Guinea, the scorching heat of Mali, and the amazing surf of Sierra Leone and Liberia. Everywhere they are, the two Germans make contact with the locals and demonstrate that real travelling is about more than plain sightseeing. But their long journey doesn't spare them the dark side of travelling: they are also confronted by corruption, sickness and even death. Setting out to discover a continent, their trip leads them down a very different road. One they did not expect: the journey to their true inner selves.

Explores the rhythm and ritual life in the rural environment of six West African countries: Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, and Senegal.

Cyprien Toukoudagba is an important person in the city of Abomey in the West African Republic of Benin. He paints the religious houses of the "vudun" - sacred temples dedicated to the worship of revered ancestors. The movie follows Cyprien as he paints three brilliantly colored vodun figures and takes part in three local ceremonies.

The adventures of three young men who leave their homeland Savannah, Niger, and go looking for fortune in Ghana.

In Ouidah, Benin, the district "The Pantheon of Joy". At 12 years old, fatherless, one's eyes widen before the villa of a Big Brother who seems to have conquered Europe. To quench one's hunger, to sing, to ask for alms. And dreaming...

A documentary film that will take viewers to Ouidah, Benin, the geographic heart of the Vodoun religion, where friends and collaborators, director Hazel Hill McCarthy, III and cultural engineer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, explore the relationship between Vodoun and Western secular art and performance by trying to answer the question of what embodiment is.

In Johannesburg, a heated discourse on the concept of God in Professor Roy's lecture causes him to visit a town in the interiors of Nigeria where he encounters an incredible discovery.

By following the work carried out in collaboration with the Zinsou Foundation and photographer J.D Burton at the heart of Voodoo, we dive into Africa's vibrant living culture, as well as the roots of the slave trade. With African voices.

In a bustling call center, a quirky team of employees juggles customer chaos, workplace drama and their own personal lives, all under the leadership of an eccentric manager who believes every problem has a solution whether it works or not.