Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich
Documentary on the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–1908.
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Namibia: The Spirit of Wilderness
With more than 300 days a year, the sun dominates this country so much that it’s even shining from their flag. It’s a barren land, sometimes it’s like it’s from another planet but still familiar. It is land of contrasts
Namibia: The Story of a German Colony
Germans colonized the land of Namibia, in southern Africa, during a brief period of time, from 1840 to the end of the World War I. The story of the so-called German South West Africa (1884-1915) is hideous; a hidden and
Namibia - Return to a New Country
Starting in 1979, nearly 2,000 children were evacuated from Namibia (and refugee camps in neighboring Angola and Zambia) to protect them from the violence of civil war between South Africa and the socialist liberation mo
Deutsche Schuld – Namibia und der Völkermord
Between 1904 and 1908, when Namibia was still called German South West Africa and a German colony, up to 60,000 Ovaherero and 10,000 Nama died at the hands of German colonialists. The crimes of the German colonial rulers
When Namibia Was a City...
Yusuf's everyday life is dominated by routine. He has made himself comfortable in his life between television and computer and is happy that way. But the people around him try to get him out of his beloved routine. His w
Cycling in Africa: Namibia
Cycling in Africa: Namibia
Namibia - Rebirth of a Nation
After twenty-three years of armed struggle against South African occupation forces, Namibia gained its independence in 1990. This video documents the challenges facing Namibians in rebuilding a nation dispossessed by a l
Namibia: The Genocide of the Second Reich
Between 1904 and 1907, Germany has committed his first genocide in Namibia and has explicitly planned the extermination of two people : the Namas and the Hereros. Two-thirds of the Herero people and the half of the Nama
Namibia - No Easy Road to Freedom
This documentary explores the struggles of the Namibian people to win their independence from South Africa, which illegally occupied their country since the 1971 revocation of the UN mandate, and documents the human righ
The Ocre People: Nomads of Namibia
In the desert of Namibia, life has always been a harsh struggle enriched by a feeling of oneness with the land. The people of Ova Himba were cattle herders, who followed the rains and knew where to find water and vegetat
Namibia's Number Nine
Thomalina Adams is currently one of the best footballers in the Namibian national team. A few years ago, she even qualified for the second league of the VFL Bochum. Her nickname Pele, which she has been wearing since chi
Namibia: Cuba’s Female Boxing Revolution
The short film captures the tireless battle of Namibia Flores Rodriguez, the only known female boxer in the Caribbean nation. Training at Havana’s Rafael Trejo arena in defiance of the ban, the athlete undertakes the sam
The Environmental Continuum of Genocide in Namibia
This video combines oral histories with historical and contemporary photographs, cartography and gaming software to map the changes in the Omaheke region of Namibia. Humans, plants and landscapes all become witnesses to
100 Years of Silence: The Germans in Namibia
In four years, from 1904-1908, tens of thousands of Herero people of Namibia were killed by the German Empire. The experience of one family is described by a descendant, a 23-year-old Herero woman named Georgina. She has
Namibia's Bat-eared Foxes: Survivalists of the Desert
Their huge ears locate the underground crawling sounds of beetles, larvae, and other insects in the sands of the Kalahari desert. But their resemblance to the thieving jackal lead to their inadvertent targeting by farmer
African Guitar: Solo Fingerstyle Guitar Music from Uganda, Congo/Zaire, Malawi, Namibia, Central African Republic and Zambia
Offers a rare view into the rich textures of African fingerstyle guitar music. It was recorded by the famous cultural anthropologist Gerhard Kubik between 1966 and 1993. These are audio-visual field recordings from isola
Windprints
A South African journalist is sent to Namibia to investigate a serial killer.
King of the Desert Lions
Meet the "Five Musketeers," five inseparable lion brothers raised in the ancient Namib Desert. When they eventually become independent from their mothers, they venture into the desert in search of their own kingdom--a jo
Wo die Stille tötet - Mord in der Wüste
When her son Dominik disappears without a trace in Namibia, Hannah Jansen, a cashier from Berlin, travels to Africa on her own. She is accompanied by Vincent, a seemingly harmless tour guide. Together, they uncover a web