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Samsara

Samsara

Ron Fricke 2011 1h 42m 8.3

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

Cobra Verde

Cobra Verde

Werner Herzog 1987 1h 51m 6.0

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.

Ali

Ali

Michael Mann 2001 2h 37m 6.6

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time.

Guldkysten

Guldkysten

Daniel Dencik 2015 1h 55m 5.0

Young anti-colonial idealist Wulff leaves for Danish Guinea to set up a coffee plantation but not everything goes according to plan.

Borga

Borga

York-Fabian Raabe 2021 1h 44m 7.0

"Borga" is Better. A Borga is a Ghanaian abroad living an excessive wealthy lifestyle. At least that's what they want everyone to believe.

Sankofa

Sankofa

Haile Gerima 1993 2h 4m

On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.

The Nine Muses

The Nine Muses

John Akomfrah 2010 1h 34m

Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the story of immigrant experience coming into the UK from 1960 onwards.