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Family videos are odd objects. You can sit around all together and for a few hours relive your life. Family videos are valuable. The older the videos are, the more valuable they become for us. Especially for those of us
What happens to the crew aboard a pirated ship, the MV iceberg 1, hijacked for over 11 months.
The victim of a violent sexual assault, Nirbhaya, fights to live despite the grave injuries inflicted on her. As details of the case become public, the issue of women's safety is questioned.
Centering on the revolutionary Dervish State and its influential leader, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah") is an epic on the grandest scale. The film follows Hassan's life from his roots as a humble mullah to a
Soman who takes charge as the village agriculture officer. His naturalist way of living often makes him a laughingstock in the village. He is often at loggerheads with the panchayat president for his forthright and hones
Keinaan does what some Finns have long wished he would: he goes back to where he came from, even though he has never actually been there. Accompanied by his cinematographer Hamsa, Keinaan travels to Somalia, the homeland
The harrowing rescue of Captain Phillips and crew after their U.S. cargo ship was overtaken by pirates is recounted by the Navy SEALs who took part.
The film provides a close look at how the nomadic inhabitants of Somalia have withstood the ravages of a harsh desert environment and the encroachment of European imperial forces by synthesizing knowledge of the past, Mu
SOMALILAND follows five Somali students applying to US universities from the unrecognized African country of Somaliland. They seek the best educations in the world in order to develop their nation in the future. But for
"Black Hawk Down: The Official Documentary" (formerly titled "Somalia: Good Intentions, Deadly Results) is the uncut version of the CNN program co-scripted by Mark Bowden, author of the companion book. This Emmy Award-wi
Patrolled by desperate gunmen looking to capture any vessel that strays into their path, the waters off East Africa are among the most dangerous in the world. With Somali pirates continuing to make headlines, this timel
Nera, a young artist/ sex worker with chronic nightmares, visits a sleep clinic in search of treatment -- only to find herself trapped in a dark underworld of ritual "therapy" and abuse.
A conceptual documentary about desire and notions of 'home' and 'belonging'. The film employs a unique mix of visual elements along with voice over narration to juxtapose memories of the filmmaker's past against stories
A look into a young Somali woman who is having difficulties speaking her mother tongue. Her father narrates the story Cigaal and the Lion Stump with the hope to persuade her to never give up on her Somali heritage.
From the series Blank Pages edition 3, Somayeh is shot in Tehran, holding still in her natural environment
Somalia in the Picture traces a century of cinema in Mogadishu, where today gorgeous movie palaces lay in ruin. Director Mark Brecke brings this story into even clearer focus, following fellow director Said Salah Ahmed,
With no state, no bank system, a scarce army, and an under-equipped police force, the majority of Somalia is completely out of government control.
Gwanno Mask Theater, folklore scholar Dong-gwon Dong-gwon, who has disappeared since 1909, goes to and from Gangneung to restore the broken Kwan-no Mask Theater, but it is difficult to find the trace as it was performed
Documentary on the Somali Democratic Republic and the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party government.