L'Avenir est ailleurs10.0/102007ReleasedDocumentaryReleased: Mar 28, 2007Watch NowTop CastAimé CésaireSelfLilian ThuramSelfMore Like This6.6MovieDahomeyThousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.View2024Dahomey2024 · Movie6.9MovieDolphin ReefEcho is a youngster who can't quite decide if it's time to grow up and take on new responsibilities-or give in to her silly side and just have fun. Dolphin society is tricky, and the coral reef that Echo and his family call home depends on all of its inhabitants to keep it healthy. But Echo has a tough time resisting the many adventures the ocean has to offer.View2018Dolphin Reef2018 · Movie7.1MovieThe Class of ‘92A detailing of the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United football players (David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville). The film covers the period 1992-1999, culminating in Manchester United's European Cup triumph.View2013The Class of ‘922013 · Movie6.9MovieStatues Also DieCommissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and museum contexts. 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The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.View1998Behind the Planet of the Apes1998 · Movie7.4MovieOne Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5An inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers' generation-defining series.View2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 52026 · Movie6.1MovieNaqoyqatsiA visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.View2002Naqoyqatsi2002 · Movie7.1MovieFilmworkerThe story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.View2018Filmworker2018 · Movie7.2MovieChronicle of a SummerParis, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.View1961Chronicle of a Summer1961 · Movie7.7MovieI Am Not Your NegroWorking from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.View2017I Am Not Your Negro2017 · Movie7.8MovieInterstellar: Nolan's OdysseyA look behind the lens of Christopher Nolan's space epic.View2014Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey2014 · Movie7.8MovieSoundtrack to a Coup d'EtatJazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.View2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat2024 · Movie7.3MovieThe Walking Dead: The ReturnStars of "The Walking Dead," Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, walk down memory lane and visit iconic locations where pivotal moments between their characters, Rick and Michonne, were filmed.View2024The Walking Dead: The Return2024 · Movie7.1MovieAudreyAn unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).View2020Audrey2020 · Movie7.1MovieIn the Realms of the UnrealIn the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.View2004In the Realms of the Unreal2004 · Movie6.5MovieThe Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to EdenDarwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. 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Seriously wounded alongside her network leader, Saïd Bakel, during an ambush in 1957, hospitalized and then imprisoned, she suffered numerous tortures in French prisons. She will be saved from certain death by an anonymous person, she will seek, for forty years, to find him just to show him her gratitude... Emblematic of the painful Franco-Algerian history, Louisa's story is poignant and imbued with humanism.View2003Woman of Courage - Louisa Ighilahriz2003 · Movie10.0MovieFrançois Mitterrand et la guerre d'AlgérieView2010François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie2010 · MovieMovieTwinklMartinique Island, 1974. Inspired by the writings of the Martiniquais poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913-2008), the dreamer Robert Saint-Rose, known as Zétwall (Star in Creole), aspires to be the first Frenchman to step on the lunar surface.View2008Twinkl2008 · Movie2.0MovieIt's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the InternetBy the dawn of the 21st century, hip-hop sales had reached an all-time high, but one thing has remained the same. The doors were still locked, and the music industry held the keys. Young artists began to self-market on the Internet, ultimately helping to collapse the music industry as we knew it. It’s Yours explores how it became possible to become a rap star through a Twitter account, YouTube site or Myspace page. It tells this story through the unique perspectives of numerous artists, producers, record industry insiders, and music and cultural critics.View2020It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet2020 · Movie6.6MovieThe First WaveWhen Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a centuryView2021The First Wave2021 · Movie10.0MovieFrantz Fanon: His Life, His Struggle, His WorkIt is the evocation of a life as brief as it is dense. An encounter with a dazzling thought, that of Frantz Fanon, a psychiatrist of West Indian origin, who will reflect on the alienation of black people. 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American football player Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem, protesting police brutality against black people. Part of the population regards the gesture as an unacceptable affront to the flag. Later, he loses his place on his team. Today, however, he is considered by many as a true hero.View2019The Price of Protest2019 · MovieMovieTwentySet in a speakeasy in Atlanta, “Twenty” is a feature documentary about fifteen young people making it through 2020. The film is an observational time capsule that lays bare the raw reflections of a group of people surviving a year that will be seared into our generational memory.View2023Twenty2023 · Movie5.3MovieKinshasa MakamboChristian, Ben and Jean-Marie are fighting for political change of power and free elections in their country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the incumbent President refuses to relinquish power. How can the course of events be changed? Must they join forces with the historical opposition leader and his powerful party? Is dialogue still possible or must they resign themselves to a popular uprising and the risk of a blood bath?View2018Kinshasa Makambo2018 · Movie10.0MovieLes Mains LibresIn 1964, Algeria, just two years after the end of the war of independence, found itself catapulted into new contradictions, a still rural territory which responded to the modernity brought by the revolution. Filmed during the winter of 1964-1965 by the young director Ennio Lorenzini, it is the first international Algerian production which paints a rare portrait in color of a multifaceted nation, far from the simplistic vision created by the press and the French army. Produced by Casbah Film, Les Mains Libres (initially titled Tronc De Figuier) bears witness to the stigmata of colonization and the future of free Algeria throughout the Algerian territory and reveals the richness of its landscapes and the diversity of its traditions . The documentary, using the aesthetics of militant cinema of the time, is made up of four scenes: Sea and Desert, The Struggle, The Earth, Freedom.View1965Les Mains Libres1965 · Movie7.3MovieLa Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable CatastropheWerner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt. Everyone has left, except for one old man who refuses to leave.View1977La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe1977 · Movie7.6MovieYou Think the Earth Is a Dead ThingJust one of the many far-reaching impacts of the slave trade on human history is on agriculture and horticulture. While the French plantation owners on the Caribbean island of Martinique had their gardens laid out, Versailles-style, their enslaved workers continued their tradition of using medicinal wild herbs. Nowadays these herbs represent one of several resources through which the people of Martinique counter the health and ecological ravage caused by the use of pesticides on the banana plantations. Farmers are reclaiming uncultivated lands to grow indigenous vegetables, without any industrial pesticides; they fight boldly for simple biodiversity.View2019You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing2019 · Movie