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Films with the genre "Documentary", sorted by rating
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En terre étrangère (2009)
, 1h16Directed by Christian Zerbib
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Actors Josiane Balasko, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling
Visions croisées des clandestins qui ont tout quitté pour venir chez nous et de ceux qui sont prêts là-bas, en Afrique, à suivre leur exemple, quite à risquer leur vie pour traverser les mers. D’un côté des victimes de l’esclavage moderne, qui regrettent presque d'être là à force de se voir exploiter au-delà du possible et nier toute hypothèse d’intégration, et de l’autre ceux qui ont perdu tout espoir dans des pays pris aux pièges du sous développement, des dictatures et de la corruption. La dimension méconnue d'hommes si lointains si proches, nos frères par-delà les frontières tracées par l'homme. À leurs récits saisis sur le vif se mêlent les témoignages d'hommes politiques et d'artistes, dont Emmanuel Béart, Josiane Balasko et Charles Berling.
Passé Komatipoort (2009)
, 52minutesOrigin South africa
Genres Documentary
Passé Komatipoort retrace un voyage en Afrique du Sud initié par la découverte des archives de la commission Vérité et Réconciliation, qui écouta les victimes et les criminels de l’apartheid, et mit à disposition sur internet les transcriptions de ses auditions publiques.
Gerboise bleue (2009)
, 1h30Origin Algerie
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about nuclear technology, Documentary films about technology
Between 1960 and 1966, France carried out four atmospheric nuclear tests and another thirteen underground ones to the south of Reggane (Algerian Sahara). The first was called Blue Jerboa and was four times as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. For the first time, French and Tuareg survivors speak of their fight to have their illnesses recognized as such, and reveal in what the conditions the tests were carried out. Fifty years later, the French Army still refuses to acknowledge its responsibility towards the populations exposed to the radiation.
Neighbors (2009)
, 1h45Directed by Tahani Rached
Origin Egypte
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Built at the dawn of the 20th century, the neighborhood of Garden City was a small residential area bordering on downtown Cairo, Egypt, where international political leaders had their residences. Giran walks us through this neighborhood as it is nowadays. Abandoned mansions, luxurious salons, embassies, shops or rooftops, where a whole family lives. The houses and their occupants, witnesses of the changes in History, tell tales of break-ups, hopes and survival.
Kontinuasom (2009)
, 1h20Origin Espagne
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Beti is a dancer in the Raiz di Polon company in Cape Verde. She receives an offer from Lisbon to join a Cape Verde music show and start a new career there. The offer unchains the deep-set Cape Verde conflict in her: identity built on the Diaspora century after century. Doubts, nostalgia, uprooting, they all soar over her and accompany her decision. The same dilemma that surrounds all Cape Verdeans, the yearning to leave, the yearning to return... Expressed and brought together around music, hallmark of the people of Cape Verde.
The Forgotten District (2009)
, 52minutesDirected by Oliver Dickinson
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about nature
Sur les traces de Laviolette (2009)
, 1h11Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events
Le documentaire fait état des travaux du professeur Yannick Gendron dans sa recherche de la véritable identité du fondateur de la ville de Trois-Rivières, le nommé Laviolette. Il propose que le vrai fondateur de Trois-Rivières soit Théodore Bochart du Plessis. Il décrit et explique le contexte politique, économique, social et religieux dans lequel la deuxième plus vieille ville du Canada a été fondée. Enfin il rend compte du défi qu’une trentaine de personnes ont relevé en mai 2009 en reproduisant une expédition en rabaska de Québec à Trois-Rivières.
, 1h20Directed by Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam
Origin Inde
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Films about Buddhism
Ce film fait le point sur la situation après 50 années d'un combat pour la liberté des Tibétains, depuis le Soulèvement tibétain de 1959 du 10 mars 1959. Cet évènement fut la cause du départ du 14e dalaï-lama du Tibet fuyant pour échapper à une possible arrestation par l'administration de la République populaire de Chine. Le film présente ses responsabilités en tant que chef spirituel et leader politique et traite des enjeux géopolitiques du Tibet. Le manque de perspective pour le peuple tibétain provoquant des « mécontentements y compris parmi ses plus fidèles ».
Luanda, The Music Factory (2009)
, 54minutesOrigin Portugal
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
In the middle of a Luanda slum (musseque), DJ Buda owns a recording studio, giving the opportunity to young singers to express themselves. Rhyming at Buda’s beats, kids shout out all their worries and everyday experiences to his old micro with an incredible energy. In the end they dance joyfully, laugh and listen to their own work with the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
, 1h33Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Moustapha Alassane
Moustapha Alassane is a living legend in African cinema. His adventures take us to the era of “pre-cinema”, to the times of magical lantern and Chinese shadows. He is the first director of Nigerien cinema and animation films in Africa. He tells very old stories with current technology, but he also narrates the most current events with the most archaic means. This documentary not only tells the adventure of a human being and an extraordinary professional, but the memories of a generation, the history of a country, Niger, in its golden age of cinema.
Parcours de réfugiés (2009)
, 52minutesDirected by Ali Benjelloun
Origin Maroc
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about immigration, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Morocco receives many emigrants whose ultimate destination is Europe. About a thousand of these migrants hold a political refugee card from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Agency (UNHCR). However, even those with this card face challenges.
The Silver Fez (2009)
, 1h23Origin South africa
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Musical films, Films about Islam
Once upon a time in a city at the end of Africa, Kaatji Davids, a house painter with barely two cents to his name, an old banjo and a few very close friends had the audacity to imagine that he would be the one to beat Hadji Bucks, undisputed champion of Cape Malay music. The prize is the Silver Fez, Holy Grail of Cape Town's Islamic subculture. The contest involves a cast of thousands and a staggering variety of melodies.
Une affaire de nègres (2009)
, 1h30Directed by Osvalde Lewat
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Cameroun. En un an le Commandement Opérationnel, une "unité spéciale" des forces de l'ordre qui lutte contre le banditisme dans la région de Douala, fait disparaître impunément plus d'un millier de personnes.
, 1h30Origin Ivoire
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Les chansons d’Alpha Blondy ont fait le tour du monde depuis trente ans.