This is Nollywood
The story of Nigeria's home grown film industry, which is gaining recognition as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon.
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Availability:
- Canada +more
The story of Nigeria's home grown film industry, which is gaining recognition as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon.
Without plot or narration, this mesmerizing documentary records the dehumanizing monotony of a day in the life of women chipping rocks by hand in a Tanzanian quarry while discovering the communal warmth and joy that defies this spirit-breaking labor. [in Kimakonde and Swahili with English subtitles]
Is Genesis History? features over a dozen scientists and scholars explaining how the world intersects with the history recorded in Genesis. From rock layers to fossils, from lions to stars, from the Bible to artifacts, this fascinating film will change the way you see the world. The film’s goal…
In today's cinematic world of digital effects, telling what is real from what was created in a computer is impossible. But there was a time when Hollywood relied on nothing more than an artist's ability to create a boogie man with grease paint, cotton, glue, hair, and a few simple materials…
Interviews with Black steelworkers recount the fight for equal opportunity on the job.
A multi-racial group of college students in a weekend racial sensitivity workshop discuss affirmative action, self-segregation, internalized racism and cultural identity.
This exciting documentary provides an in-depth, case study of one of the bloody civil wars springing up like brush fires across Africa. An intrepid duo of reporters covers the war from either side though neither side can be said to represent anyone but itself. The film indicts the U.S. for its failure…
**EDUCATORS: please email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access. A film by Attiya Khan & Lawrence Jackman 2017 | 79 minutes | Color -- From Executive Producer Sarah Polley, A BETTER MAN follows a series of intimate conversations between a woman and her former boyfriend when she…
**EDUCATORS: please email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access. A film by Melissa Lowery 2016 | 54 minutes | Color -- For many Black girls raised in the suburbs, the experiences of going to school, playing on the playground, and living day-to-day life can be uniquely alienating. BLACK…
There's one thing milk stands for — health. It's seen as natural, nutrient-rich and comes from happy cows in green meadows. Today however, milk is big business and a highly sought-after commodity that is subject to aggressive trading. In Europe alone, 2 billion tonnes of milk and milk…
A Film by Curtis Choy: After a decade of spirited resistance to the razing of Manilatown, the battle for housing in San Francisco ends in the brutal eviction of the elderly tenants of the International Hotel. "The Fall of the I-Hotel" serves as the witness to the community's fight to…
Four friends are heading into the Amazonian jungle for a challenging journey. They paddle down the wild rivers and hike through deep forests to become a part of the Indian Hodi tribe. The mysterious Sierra Maigualida Mountains, which haven´t been crossed by any European human being ever before,…