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The Grammy Award winning Soweto Gospel Choir brings the Nelson Mandela Theatre to life with a soul stirring performance of their show African Spirit. The show, African Spirit, described as a wonderful spiritual journey,
Welcome to Jaja’s bustling hair braiding shop in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic group of West African immigrant hair braiders are creating masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women. During one swelte
Louis goes to South Africa where American tourists pay to hunt wild animals in privately owned reserves.
Sir David Attenborough presents and narrates this wildlife series, a visual encyclopedia of the natural world. This episode looks at the fast, sleek and elegant cheetahs - supreme athletes and hunters of the animal world
The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali. Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used. The carver, a blacksmith, finds the proper tree and, i
Contemporary African-American artists tell how their art and lives have been affected by African influences and their own experiences living as Black Americans in today's world. Writer/Professor, Maya Angelou expresses t
A documentary film about the Candomblé spiritual culture in Bahia, Brazil. Grounded in strong community and Earth-based wisdom, this vibrant tradition evolved from the ways of enslaved Africans. The film explores Cando
At the Munich Olympics of 1972, John Akii Bua, from the impoverished African country of Uganda, powered round the inside lane in the 400m hurdles, past the English favourite, and reigning Olympic Champion David Hemery, t
People from all over the Ivory Coast seek out prophet-healers for treatment of their medical and emotional problems. Some of these ailments may be caused by the stress of cultural change. Often Western medicine cannot cu
Samuel Morris, African Missionary to North America features interviews with historians, authors and representatives from Taylor University as well as historical photos and new graphic illustrations that bring the story t
The ultimate real-life adventure takes place on the giant screen with Wild Safari 3D: A South African Adventure, Africa's most exciting animals, the elephant, the Cape buffalo, the rhino, the leopard and the lion, known
Short documentary on a central african tribe called 'The Chillouks'.
"Religion in Early African-America Cinema" returns to Charles Musser & Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, who offers historical perspective on depictions and criticism of faith in the collected films.
The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe documentary film reveals 4 extraordinary journeys of struggle, empowerment and healing through performance
Patrice Lumumba – the first Prime Minister of the newly independent African state, The Congo. To fellow Africans he was a hero – the man who had won his country’s independence from the Belgians. But for the secret servic
This collection of the historically vital works of America's legendary first African-American filmmakers is the only one of its kind. Funded in part by a highly successful Kickstarter campaign, the packaged set includes
An African entourage makes a spectacular appearance in postwar London.
The Pan-African Connection is a bookstore in Dallas, Texas, that also serves as an important foundation for its Black community. This documentary shares it history as well as the broader history of Black people and raci