Africa is a Woman's Name
The lives of three extraordinary African women from different social levels and origins determined to bring about radical transformations in their day to day realities: Kenyan attorney and reputed lawyer Njoki Ndung'u, Puthi Ragophala the committed school principal of a remote South African village and Zimbabwean housewife-entrepreneur, Amai Rosie.
Also Directed by Ingrid Sinclair
The port of Maputo in Mozambique is a natural outlet for goods and products from Botswana and Zimbabwe. The railway line that links these countries was built to decrease their reliance on South Africa's transportation system. Though first destroyed by the Rhodesian army and since then under constant attack from the Renamo rebels, attempts are now being made to reconstruct the Limpopo line.
In 1997, six African women pledged that in the first year of the new millennium they would tell their stories, stories by African women. They called their series "Mama Africa" and drew their tales from the depths of their hearts. The result is a groundbreaking initiative bringing together the incredibly fresh talents of six female directors from the vast and diverse continent of Africa.
Several years ago Bawren Tavaziva was an unemployed teenager dancing on the streets of Zimbabwe's townships to earn enough money to eat. Today, his UK-based contemporary dance company, Tavaziva Dance, performs at London's premier dance venues.
The 1970s in the former Rhodesia, today Zimbabwe: The native people is going against the white suppressors. As the war reaches the most distant villages as well the two friends Florence and Nyasha join the fighters and assume new names: Flame and Liberty. But the war is not as easy as they thought...
The tender love between father and child portrayed through a passionate dance of trust and innocence, set against archive footage of the violence of Zimbabwe today. This is a short plea for peace in Zimbabwe, especially for children.
Also Directed by Wanjiru Kinyanjui
Documentary about African Music performed in Berlin.
A young painter appreciates the versatility of colours. She tries to come to terms with her loneliness in Germany with poems and paintings.
Wanjiru Kinyanjui was born in Kenya in 1958. Before becoming a filmmaker, she was a writer, poet, and radio journalist. She obtained her master’s degree in English Literature and German in Berlin before enrolling in the German Film and Television School (dffb) there. This film consists of several interviews with people of colour and talks about their view on racism in Germany.
