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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
6.4
The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge. This documentary by Lee Hirsch recounts a fascinating and little-known part of South Africa's political history through archival footage, interviews and, of course, several mesmerizing musical performances.
Documentaire
Sarafina!
6.167

Sarafina!

Sep 18, 1992
SARAFINE ! est un film qui brûle d’une vérité crue sur la vie dans l’Afrique du Sud de l’apartheid tout en affirmant les valeurs les plus élevées de l’esprit humain. C’est l’histoire de Sarafina qui, comme d’autres jeunes étudiants de l’époque, a adopté une campagne de résistance contre la présence policière dans leurs écoles. Elle imagine le soutien de son modèle, Nelson Mandela, et trouve une alliée en sa professeure, Mary Masembuko, qui soutient les étudiants dans leur cause.
Music
Come Back, Africa
6.8

Come Back, Africa

Sep 01, 1959
Zachariah, un Zoulou qui vit dans la pauvreté, part à Johannesburg en quête de travail. Il trouve plusieurs petits jobs dans lesquels il subit chaque fois le terrible racisme ambiant. Il devient mineur, puis domestique dans une famille blanche, il travaille dans un garage et dans un restaurant. Pendant ses heures de loisir, il fréquente des bars réservés aux Noirs où coule l'alcool illégal et où ont lieu de chauds débats sur la ségrégation raciale. Sa femme et son enfant le rejoignent, mais l'espoir vire rapidement au drame....
Documentary
Festival Panafricain d'Alger
6
Le Festival Panafricain d'Alger (ou Panaf) est l'une des plus grandes manifestations culturelles d'Afrique et s'est déroulée en 1969 puis 40 ans après en juillet 2009 en Algerie. Au cœur d’un festival resté dans les annales, le film se nourrit d’archives des luttes d’indépendance et d’entretiens avec des représentants de mouvements de libération et d’écrivains africains. William Klein suit les principales étapes du festival qui fut qualifié "d’opéra du tiers-monde" à sa manière particulière : le spectateur est plongé au milieu de l’action dans les rues d'Alger. Époque des indépendances et contexte politique africain était assez mouvementé, de nombreux leaders africains de mouvements de libération dont les Black Panthers des USA étaient présents.
Documentary
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
10
There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of the established authorities, music celebrities decided to use their prestige to draw attention to the problems that less favoured people in the world faced. Wembley Stadium, London, 1988: thousands of English people fill one of the most famous football arenas in the world to celebrate an unforgettable pop music festival, with a lofty goal above entertainment - the celebration of the seventieth birthday of African leader Nelson Mandela.
Music
When We Were Kings
7.7

When We Were Kings

Oct 25, 1996
En 1974, à Kinshasa, capitale du Zaïre, a lieu une rencontre historique entre les deux poids lourds les plus reputés des Etats-Unis, Mohammed Ali, alias Cassius Clay, et George Foreman. A trente-deux ans, Ali va tenter de reconquérir le titre de champion du monde face à Foreman, vingt-cinq ans, auréolé de ses victoires sur Frazier et Norton. Le 30 octobre, le stade de Kinshasa ouvre ses grilles à 4 heures du matin.
Documentary
Amok
1

Amok

Apr 01, 1983
A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.
Drama
Soul Power
6.3

Soul Power

Jun 10, 2009
"Soul Power" est un film documentaire de 2008 sur le festival de musique "Zaïre 74" à Kinshasa qui a accompagné le match de championnat de boxe poids lourd "Rumble in the Jungle" entre Muhammad Ali et George Foreman en octobre 1974. Le film a été réalisé à partir d'images d'archives; d'autres séquences tournées à l'époque se concentrant sur le combat ont été montées pour former le film When We Were Kings.
Documentary
Have You Seen Drum Recently?
6
Have You Seen Drum Recently? is a 1989 film which uses photographs from the Drum archives to tell the story of the magazine and documents its contribution to the cultural and political life of South Africa.
Documentary
Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams
1
Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collage artist in Paris whose very work methods embody resistance, and celebrate those who work to liberate others. Boutadjine creates his portraits of Third World artists such as Miriam Makeba, and Algerian figures such as Assia Djebar from pieces of paper torn from high end fashion magazines and other, glossy, glitzy publications. Using this material is as much an act of rejecting bourgeois standards, which are often anti-North African in France, as much as elevating these figures and making them the social and visual standard against which we should judge ourselves, not the runway models of Chanel.
Documentary
Mama Africa
6.4

Mama Africa

Aug 12, 2011
Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South African roots. Miriam Makeba was forced into exile in 1959. She sang for John F. Kennedy, performed with Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone, was married to Hugh Masekela and also Stokely Carmichael. Her life was tumultuous. She always stood for truth and justice. She fought for the oppressed most importantly for black Africans, as a campaigner against apartheid. She died November 2008 after a concert in Italy. Mika Kaurismäki's documentary, traces fifty years of her music and her performing life. Through rare archive footage of her performances and through interviews with her contemporaries we discover the remarkable journey of Miriam Makeba.
Drama
Africa Rising
7.5

Africa Rising

Jun 03, 2019
Comment les artistes africains ont diffusé la culture africaine dans le monde entier, en particulier la musique, depuis les dures années de la décolonisation, en essayant d'offrir un plus beau portrait de cet étonnant continent, historiquement connu pour des sujets tragiques, comme l'esclavage, la famine, la guerre et le chaos politique.
Documentary
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
6
Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela. Highlight of the evening is the one hour live performance of Dire Straits feat. Eric Clapton.
Music
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
7.6
En 1960, les Nations unies : le Sud déclenche un séisme politique, les musiciens Abbey Lincoln et Max Roach s'incrustent au Conseil de sécurité, tandis que les États-Unis envoient l'ambassadeur du jazz Louis Armstrong au Congo pour détourner l'attention de leur premier coup d'État post-colonial africain.
Documentary
Amok
1

Amok

Apr 01, 1983
A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.
Drama
LBJ
5.7

LBJ

Jan 01, 1968

LBJ

This is a montage of different images from the JFK, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triumphs and assassinations, all three events being observed by Lyndon Johnson as the dark figure who is plotting the anti-black rights movement.
Documentary
Cosby Show
7

Cosby Show

Apr 30, 1992
Installée à New York, dans le quartier de Brownstone, la famille Huxtable vit un quotidien pour le moins agité. Au sommet de l’arbre généalogique, Heathcliff et Claire veillent, dans la bonne humeur, à l’éducation de leurs enfants. Le gynécologue-obstétricien et l’avocate en ont eu cinq : Sondra (20 ans), Denise (16 ans), Theodore (14 ans), Vanessa (8 ans) et l’espiègle Rudy (5 ans). Les crises d’adolescents succèdent aux problèmes scolaires, les petits tracas du quotidien aux maux de cœur...
Comedy
The Mike Douglas Show
5.1

The Mike Douglas Show

Nov 30, 1981
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
Comedy
Ein Kessel Buntes
1.8

Ein Kessel Buntes

Jul 06, 2019
The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.
Reality
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
7.7
Cachitos de hierro y cromo is a Spanish musical-themed documentary program, directed by Jero Rodríguez and hosted by Virginia Díaz. It is an unapologetic musical display of RTVE's sound legacy in the form of performances on the set of programs such as 'Aplauso', 'Galas del Sábado', 'Mapa Sonoro', 'Zona Franca' or 'Los Conciertos de Radio 3'. For nearly 60 years, artists and other specimens have stormed viewers' screens. The result is a polyphony of images and memories that includes everything from James Brown to Camela, from Perales to REM, from Gabinete to Violent Femmes. And so all the time. Our secret weapon has been the historical archive of TVE, the repository of Spanish collective memory for more than half a century.
Documentary
Le Grand Échiquier
8

Le Grand Échiquier

Oct 29, 2020
Le Grand Échiquier mêle tous les arts et toutes les générations d'artistes et propose des rencontres artistiques exceptionnelles, inédites et insoupçonnables entre chanteurs, musiciens, chorégraphes, danseurs, humoristes ou encore chefs d'orchestre.
Reality
Exiles
1

Exiles

Jul 07, 1988
A series featuring six major artists and writers who live and work in exile.
Documentary
Numéro un
6

Numéro un

Jan 01, 1982
Chaque samedi soir, le couple mythique Carpentier donnait carte blanche à une vedette qui pouvait inviter qui elle voulait dans le décor de son choix.
Reality