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A deep, innovative analysis of the current worldwide crisis and revolts built with alternating materials from the ground and intellectual reflections. Following the pacific and extravagant movement Occupy Wall Street in
"Postcolonial Queen" is a video poem and collage film that satirizes Hong Kong's complex identity through dance, city visuals, and a reenactment of Queen Elizabeth II's visit. It captures nostalgic memories shaped by col
In the 1940s, Alima decides to flee from an arranged marriage to work as a nanny for a Dutch family. Through all her new impressions and thoughts, she looks critically at colonial society and her own position.
The March of Time was an American newsreel series sponsored by Time Inc. and shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. This episode covered the Dutch Empire.
Germany holds the largest collection of Cameroonian cultural objects in the world in its Ethnological museums. One important piece is 'Mandu Yenu' the Royal Throne of Bamum, a striking work adorned with glass beads and c
In Brussels, Belgium, the Royal Museum of Central Africa is undertaking a radical renovation, both physical and ethical, to show with sincerity, crudeness and open-mindedness the reality of the atrocities perpetrated aga
How can art be liberated from the ethnological context of former colonial rulers? The documentary series presents Africa's new museums. The Théodore Monod Museum in Dakar, for example, dates back to the times of French c
In October 1952 the British government declared a State of Emergency in Kenya. Its object: the defeat of "Mau Mau." In the war that followed, fewer than 40 of Kenya's 40,000 white settlers were killed while more than 15,
In the late 19th century, Britain, France, Germany and other European states agreed on the division of Africa into a patchwork of colonies, and set about exploring and exploiting their new possessions. White Man's Countr
Jomo Kenyatta's death in 1978 brought to an end a political career that encompassed more than 50 years of African history. Kenyatta entered politics in the mid-1920s and then spent 17 years in exile in Europe. He returne
This film tells the story of the unknown pre-history of the AIDS virus, long before people started to die in the US and Europe. Following a team of scientists we uncover a forgotten medical archive in the Democratic Repu
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
During the Belgian colonial empire, in Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, several thousand children of mixed race were victims of targeted segregation, which is still unknown today. Born to a Belgian father and an African mothe
The taking of wealth from Africa: Over 10,000,000 Africans were sold into slavery during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Should African Americans receive reparations for slavery.