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- Over the last 20 years, Africa has experienced some 15 devastating civil wars with over 20 million victims in death, injury or displacement. Yet the West has turned a blind eye. This documentary sheds light about the conflict and post conflict reconstruction in particular in West Africa , discussing issues such as child soldiers and the many damaged victims of war and how they have found support. Missionaries have played a vital role in the restoration and healing process of post war conflict. The documentary is narrated by the former Australian Rock Star Themi Adams, who once toured with the Rolling Stones and who now heads the Orthodox Mission in Sierra Leone. He talks about how his mission in particular is contributing to the recovery process.
- A poor boy befriends a girl from a rich family who disapprove their relationship.
- THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for, and finds meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone. It recounts the even more remarkable saga of how African Americans have retained links with their African past through the horrors of the middle passage, slavery and segregation. The film dramatically demonstrates the contribution of contemporary scholarship to restoring what narrator Vertamae Grosvenor calls the "non-history" imposed on African Americans: "This is a story of memory, how the memory of a family was pieced together through a song with legendary powers to connect those who sang it with their roots."
- Afro-Cubans preserve ancestral traditions. A filmmaker traces roots to Sierra Leone, where villagers recognize lost kin's customs. A joyous festival reunites the long-separated family through shared cultural heritage.
- Through the eyes of African filmmakers, an unforgettable portrait of Sierra Leone's heroes as they confront Ebola during the most acute public health emergency of modern times.
- Fourah Bay College is Sierra Leone's most prestigious university, situated on Mount Aureol and overlooking the national capital, Freetown. The university, like the country at large, is still recovering from the devastating civil war of the 1990s. This film explores the bitter and sometimes violent political divide that has taken hold amongst the current generation of students, all of whom grew up during the war, and the role of national politicians down in Freetown in fomenting this rivalry. These students are held up as the country's future: but what kind of future will it be?
- DJAMBO is an opus in four parts. Set in one of the poorest countries in the world -Sierra Leone, West Africa- the film offers four intimate, passionately-felt portraits. A stunningly photographed and poetically rendered documentary that does not give any answers but it takes the viewer straight into the heart and minds of its protagonists.
- In Moving to the Beat, an African American hip-hop group journeys to Freetown, Sierra Leone to discover a spiritual homeland and resurrect Chuck D's notion of hip-hop as the "black CNN." Going against the stereotypes of mainstream rap music, the documentary creates a dialogue between Black youth in Africa and America on war, sexuality, and gender, and portrays their visions of what it means to be a non-violent rebel. As each group confronts romanticized images of the other, whether of Africa or America, the result is a deeply forged connection and a commitment to ongoing struggle through hip-hop.
- Synopsis: A protective dad refuses to let a leader of a dangerous gang date his daughter. He goes all out to destroy their relationship to the extent of assaulting the gang leader any time he sees him. The gang leader does something that makes the protective dad repents and blessed their relationship.
- Shado'man is a cinematic journey undertaken by the filmmaker together with the street boys. The camera becomes a nucleus around which their life unfolds, unlocking a space for previously unshared pains, dreams and aspirations. The film delves into the inner world of each character to reveal the dignity of humans surviving under inhumane conditions.
- In Freetown, Elder Ballu hears the news that the 400-year-old majestic Cotton Tree has fallen. Standing at the foot of what's left, he remembers the histories of the ancestors who crossed the Atlantic back to Africa to find freedom.
- Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leonean pen pals orphaned by a civil war.