Südliches Afrika

South Africans after Apartheid are get­ting to know strange things about each other: even after a his­to­ry of oppres­sion and injus­tice, they can and want to live togeth­er. Sweet revenge … read more

This episode is divid­ed into two seg­ments. The first tells the story of Amos, an ex-gang­ster. He spends most of his time at home, trapped, trying to avoid his many … read more

A migrant gold mine worker doc­u­ments his life. His wife in the Transkei was trained to use a camera, even though she has never seen tele­vi­sion before. Their life is … read more

This doc­u­men­tary looks at the sit­u­a­tion of both the home­less & the house­less com­mu­ni­ties in South Africa today and the extent to which these con­stituen­cies of mar­gin­alised people are orga­niz­ing … read more

For mil­lions of South Africans the trauma of the past and the pover­ty of today is a result of their being forced off the land, a process which has occurred over the past 300 years, and in some places, is still taking place. A demo­c­ra­t­ic South Africa was born in 1994, with the promise made that land poli­cies would change. The authors doc­u­ment the start of land reform in the new South Africa. Their film is an evoca­tive jour­ney which takes the viewer across the rural land­scape of South Africa, lit­tered with the ruins of past poli­cies, and yet filled with the hopes of those regain­ing lost land. From Khorixas in North­ern Namib­ia, to Queen­stown in the East­ern Cape, farm­ers and com­mu­ni­ties share their expe­ri­ences, hopes and fears. 

During Mozambique’s brutal 15 year civil war, one and a half mil­lion Mozam­bi­cans fled to seek refuge in neigh­bour­ing coun­tries. There was no time to bid farewell, no time to … read more