Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon

Actor Danny Glover and director Manthia Diawara travel through West Africa from Goree to Dogon, creating conversations that link different sides and accounts of the African diaspora.

African Carving: A Dogon Kanaga Mask

The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali. Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used. The carver, a blacksmith, finds the proper tree and, i

Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing the subtle plays of the right and left hand of Dogon drummers.

Funérailles dogon du professeur Marcel Griaule

A peaceful farming community of 220,000 people, millet beer, dolo, assault on the terrace of the deceased, a mannequin effigy representing the deceased is erected on the roof of the dead man's house. It is dressed in the

L' École des masques en Pays Dogon

Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon

This film tells with verve and a touch of self-irony the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule. The film establishes the original expedition in the context of French anthropo

In the land of the Dogons

An ethnographic film resulting from a French anthropological expedition in the early 1930s to Africa.

Ride Like a Girl

The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

Crossroads

After eight years apart, three childhood friends - Lucy, Kit, and Mimi - rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip. With barely a plan, practically no money but plenty of dreams, the girls catch a lift with Mim

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who

Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run

Lola Bunny invents a perfume with the adverse effect of turning people invisible, sending her and cab driver Bugs Bunny on the run from the FBI, while another shady group seeks the formula.

Running Free

The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.

Race the Sun

A bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own solar car and win a trip to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge

How the Fox Chased the Hare

A hare and a hungry, sad fox chasing him have a conversation about what it takes to get what you want in life.