Filmmaker Rob Stewart advances the theory that though humans depend on the natural world for subsistence, humans are nature's greatest enemy.
A documentary that follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright's mission to help lemurs, the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered.
Sonic Sea is a 60-minute documentary about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. The film begins with a mystery: the unexplained ... See full summary »
A young woman works as a prison guard in a hopelessly overcrowded jail in central Madagascar. She passes the time daydreaming about her father, a murderer, who abandoned her as a child ... See full summary »
We can doubt on many things except death but we don't know when and how. Sometimes, death puts us in an unexpected journey. Death tears the family apart. The survivors develop a feeling of ... See full summary »
Møre than 40 filmmakers travelled the globe to witness religious celebrations and interview people from all sorts of background.
The film explores the vast cultural diversity of Madagascar, also known as the 'Red Island'.
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
The most famous guitar-makers in the world band together on a journey into one of the most primeval forests on earth. Their struggle is with a Native American logging company, their hope: to save the acoustic guitar.
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Tabataba tells the story of a small Malagasy village during the independence uprising which took place in 1947 in the south of the country. For several months, part of the Malagasy ... See full summary »
"They want to dig us up, to spoil you, starve you, make you thirsty, poison you - be brave, we're fighting by your side!" These could be the message of the people of the sea's ancestors to ... See full summary »
In Malagasy, Mahaleo means free, independent Mahaleos voices and music have accompanied the people of Madagascar ever since the collapse of the colonial regime. Yet, even after 30 years of ... See full synopsis »
This film is one of the most magical to come out of Africa, hardly surprising since Madagascar is unlike anywhere else on earth. Raymond Rajaonarivelo follows his epic first film on the ... See full summary »
In Madagascar, after the municipality tears down his hair salon, Roméo has to leave Tamatave's high street for the city's popular districts. He moves into a small shabby shed where he dreams of building a proper salon.
Haingo, a young single mother from Madagascar, struggles to pay the school fees of her six-year old daughter. A dance company proposes her a contract for a trial period. Haingo grabs this ... See full summary »
Just for the time of a film, let's have fun reversing the roles... Let's imagine it isn't for the economists anymore to demonstrate their growth model, but for the farmers, artists, ... See full summary »
Through winter and summer, across endlessly varied landscapes in search of perfection... not just for the rush, but to unlock the philosophy of The Edge. Against these unadulterated ... See full summary »
Malagasy Mankany is a colorful and entertaining dramedy-adventure set in Madagascar about three sociology students named Jimi, Bob and Dylan. When Jimi's father becomes suddenly ill and ... See full summary »
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The TV serial You and Me Forever acts out various role play and scenarios around the theme of love and interrelationships between a man and a woman. A cast of fourteen different ... See full summary »
They were called fahavalo - enemies - because they rebelled in 1947 against French colonial authorities in Madagascar. Today, filmmaker Marie-Clémence Andriamonta Paes takes us where the ... See full summary »
Venerable storytellers recount for the camera and their listeners the founding myths of Malagasy culture.
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In Tamatave, Rita and Lalia are two young primary school teachers. They face up to the children's difficulties in a first grade class. One is in a public school, the other is in a private ... See full summary »
Meet exiled President and yogurt mogul Ravalomanana ousted by a military coup while he was trying to pull Madagascar out of poverty. In the film, director Lotte Mik Meyer tries to make ... See full summary »
Soulmate's are people search of friendship, trust and the elements of the global love that only exist as meaning. The T.V. series Soulmate's acts out various role plays and scenarios set ... See full summary »
The story of a unique experience. Fifteen orphaned blind children and fifteen girls who had suffered child exploitation in the south of Madagascar, leave their country for the first time as... See full summary »
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The notion of 'home' has shifting significance for Ed Kashi, a photojournalist who travels the world documenting social and political issues. For the past 30 years, Kashi has lived a life ... See full summary »
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A portrait documentary of a 78-year-old surgeon: Firoze Koytcha, who has organized humanitarian missions for more than 40 years.
Klara, a young waitress living in Berlin, disappointed by her former relationship, meets Karsten a young disillusioned man who falls in love with her. Trying to avoid previous mistakes she ... See full summary »
In the small village of Andasibe in eastern Madagascar, a dedicated group of individuals, both locals and transplants, are working together to halt the destruction of the natural ... See full summary »
'Bound to the Past' is the story of two youth from neighboring tribes off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Through their stories and perspectives, the film explores their cultures and the... See full summary »
"If some want to perpetuate colonization, Malagasy people must oppose a strong no, whoever the colonists are » . Thus spoke Felix Robson, deported during the anti-colonial insurrection of 1947.
A traditional Vezo fisherwoman Madame Kokoly as she reflects on her life experiences and carries out her daily routine in and around the coastal waters of southwest Madagascar.
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The story of Madagascar from 1895 to 1975: colonization, war, revolt, independence. Since the movie is a historical drama, the Malagasy government forced the director to modify the film so ... See full summary »
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Guitar Madagascar is a movie about the people of Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world. It's a movie about their views on life and death, and also about how everything is ... See full summary »
Dutchman Hans Wiesman is completely and utterly in love - with a plane: The legendary DC3 'Dakota'. Her shiny aluminum hull, her delicate round wingtips and her unique place in history ... See full summary »
This short documentary brings the links between population growth and environmental destruction on the island of Madagascar into sharp focus - and explores what one innovative local organization is doing about it.
A Madagascan singer joyfully recounts how his music saved his life, when he used it as a way of communicating with some violent warriors who attacked him.
Filmmaker Sean F. White's breathtaking compilation of surreal landscapes and ancient monuments celebrating our sacred Earth photographed over six years in 24 countries on seven continents. ... See full summary »
Strongly encouraged by an environmental protection program, Rendala and his clan left their native forest in southwest of Madagascar to settle a few kilometers away.
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