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1. Muhammad Ali (2021)
445 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An in-depth look at the life of boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his years as an activist and philanthropist.
Stars: Gerald Early, Todd Boyd, Salim Muwakkil, Jerry Izenberg
Votes: 1,369
2. Charlie Rose (1991–2017)
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Charlie Rose interviews noteworthy people in fields including politics and government, business and economics, science and technology, media, sports and the arts.
Stars: Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin, Al Hunt, Thomas Friedman
Votes: 1,166
3. Tavis Smiley (2004–2017)
30 min | Talk-Show
A diverse panel of experts on various social, political, economic, and legal issues that are key to Detroit's turnaround.
Stars: Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Bernie Sanders, Harry Belafonte
Votes: 412
4.
Muhammad Ali (2021)
Episode:
Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016)
(2021)
94 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Muhammad shocks the world when he defeats George Foreman in Zaire, regaining the heavyweight title and becoming the most famous man on earth, before completing the trilogy with his old foe, Joe Frazier, in the 'Thrilla in Manila'.
Directors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | Stars: Wole Soyinka, Salim Muwakkil, Gerald Early, Todd Boyd
Votes: 93
5.
Muhammad Ali (2021)
Episode:
Round Two: What's My Name? (1964-1970)
(2021)
108 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Cassius joins the Nation of Islam and adopts the name Muhammad Ali. For three years, he dominates the heavyweight ranks but, upon refusing induction into the U.S. Army in 1967, he is stripped of his world title and his license to box.
Directors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Johnny Addie, Khalilah Camacho Ali, Rasheda Ali
Votes: 92
6. Na plovárne (1999– )
23 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Marek Eben, Quincy Jones, Miroslav Ondrícek, Jirí Lábus
Votes: 79
7. Bigger Than Africa (2018)
90 min | Documentary
When the slave boats docked in the Americas, Cuba and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures and religions came with the Africans but only one survived the plantations. To date, the most ... See full summary »
Director: Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye | Stars: Gary Shaw, Iyanifa Ajisebo Abimbola, Wande Abimbola, Olori Adaramola
Votes: 61
8. Shout Gladi Gladi (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History, News
Narrated by Academy Award® winning actress Meryl Streep, SHOUT GLADI GLADI celebrates the extraordinary people who rescue African women and girls from obstetric fistula, a medical condition... See full summary »
Directors: Adam Friedman, Iain Kennedy | Stars: Chris Baker-Brian, Florence Banda, Ibrahim Bangura, Isaac Balla Bangura
Votes: 56 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Khalo Matabane asks global thinkers, Apartheid-victims and Mandela's entourage to classify Nelson Mandela's achievements, thereby providing a multifaceted approach to his myth.
Director: Khalo Matabane | Stars: Khalo Matabane, Nelson Mandela, Greg Marinovich, Zubeida Jaffer
Votes: 55
10. Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Talk-Show
Apostrophes is a French literary television program produced and hosted by Bernard Pivot, broadcast live on Antenne 2 between January 10, 1975, and June 22, 1990, every Friday evening at 9:... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Claude-Jean Philippe, Gilles Lapouge, Jean d'Ormesson
Votes: 48
11. Kongi's Harvest (1970)
G | 85 min | Drama
An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) seeks advice from the king (Rashidi Onikoyi) he ousted on modernizing his tribal nation.
Director: Ossie Davis | Stars: Wole Soyinka, Rasidi Onikoyi, Banjo Solaru, Femi Johnson
Votes: 43
12. Aquarius (1970–1977)
39 min | Documentary
An arts magazine programme for ITV, presented by Humphrey Burton. Originally a fortnightly series, it became weekly, while later editions were presented by Peter Hall.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Peter Hall, Russell Harty, Leonard Bernstein
Votes: 30
13. Un siècle d'écrivains (1995– )
Documentary
From 1995 through 2001,France 3 Tv presented a series of 257 hour long documentaries on authors of the 2oth century.
Stars: Bernard Rapp, Philippe Sollers, Jean-Claude Dauphin, François Marthouret
Votes: 29
14. Le cercle de minuit (1992–1999)
100 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Laure Adler, Michel Field, Thierry Jousse, Fabienne Pascaud
Votes: 24
15. Invitation to World Literature (2010– )
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary
See beneath the surface of 13 great works of world literature that have traveled the globe with this course resource for teachers, students, and lovers of literature.
Stars: David Damrosch, Mary Zimmerman, Daniel Mendelsohn, Michael Barry
Votes: 24
16. Kulturplatz (2004– )
25 min | Documentary
Stars: Eva Wannenmacher, Nicole Salathé, Nina Brunner, Nino Gadient
Votes: 22
17. Ebrohimie Road (2024)
Documentary | Post-production
A small campus bungalow at the University of Ibadan has played an outsized role in the life of Wole Soyinka, his family, and the nation. Ebrohimie Road, more than just a campus street or physical location, is a museum of memory.
Director: Kola Tubosun | Stars: Femi Elufowoju Jr., Wole Soyinka, Kola Tubosun, Femi Osofisan
18. Notorious (2023)
68 min
Director: Wole Soyinka | Stars: Tolu Adegbo, Olugbemi Jeremiah, Jide Ogunmilade, Abosede Shoyinka
19. Van de schoonheid en de troost (2000– )
Documentary
Twenty-six prominent thinkers, scientists, philosophers, writers and artists, reflect on the matter of Beauty and Consolation.
Stars: Jane Goodall, Germaine Greer, Simon Schama, Roger Scruton
20. Sidi Ilujinle (2017)
Comedy, Drama
A beautiful village girl becomes the object of a tussle between a renowned local leader and an educated school teacher.
Director: Tunde Kelani | Stars: Ibrahim Chatta, Lanre Hassan, Aishat Onitiri, Adebayo Salami
21. Amazing Grace Yorubaworld
Documentary, History | Filming
Director: Raynald Leconte | Stars: Carlinhos Brown, Wole Soyinka, Gilberto Gil, Margareth Menezes
22. Dark Moment
Drama | Completed
Stars: Converter Oluseun Adeyemo, Sunbo Segun Okeowo, Olayinka Oderinde, Funmi Ademeso
23. Négritude. A Dialogue between Wole Soyinka and Léopold Senghor (2015)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Based on archive material, Manthia Diawara organizes an imagined dialogue between Léopold Senghor, one of the founders of the concept of Negritude, and Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Director: Manthia Diawara | Stars: Léopold Sédar Senghor, Wole Soyinka
24. Un dieu au bord de la route (1994)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Stéphane Breton | Star: Wole Soyinka
25. Governor's Plea (2024)
13+ | 67 min | Action
Director: Wole Soyinka | Stars: Jide Ogunmilade, Wole Olalaye, Nike Owah, Ishola Stephens
26. Petra: A Quest for Hope (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
Ted Koppel leads a discussion with Nobel laureates including Elie Wiesel (winner in 1986 for peace), Wole Solinka (winner in 1986 for literature), Eric Kandel (winner in 2000 for medicine),... See full summary »
Stars: Ted Koppel, Abdullah II King Of Jordan, The Dalai Lama, Eric Kandel
28. The Search for Oil in Nigeria (1960)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Frank Nesbitt, Adolph Ozoude | Star: Wole Soyinka
29. The House of Nwapa (2016)
Documentary
A string of narratives and interviews about Flora Nwapa, who is arguably Africa's first female novelist.
Director: Onyeka Nwelue | Stars: Uzoma Nwakuche, Mabel Segun, Wole Soyinka
30. Afrique(s), une autre histoire du XXe siècle (2010)
90 min | Documentary
Stars: Sarah Maldoror, F.W. de Klerk, Wole Soyinka, Wangari Maathai
31.
Charlie Rose (1991–2017)
Episode:
Episode dated 26 April 2006
(2006)
53 min | News, Talk-Show
Guest Host Judy Woodruff Talks Politics With Mike Allen Of Time Magazine. Then, Nigerian Playwright And Recipient Of The 1986 Nobel Prize In Literature Wole Soyinka Talks With Guest Host ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeremy Allaire, Mike Allen, Walter Mossberg, David Remnick
32.
Tavis Smiley (2004–2017)
Episode:
Episode dated 23 May 2006
(2006)
Talk-Show
Director: Jonathan X | Star: Wole Soyinka
33.
Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Episode:
Une soirée cosmopolite
(1986)
Talk-Show
Director: Jean Cazenave | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Yves Berger, Vladimir Dimitrijevic, Daniel Maximin
34.
Van de schoonheid en de troost (2000– )
Episode:
Wole Soyinka - Vaders Rozen
(2000)
Documentary
The African Nobel Prize winner for literature 1986 reflects on beauty and consolation during the civil war and his imprisonment during the military coup in Nigeria (1966) in which he was ... See full summary »
Director: Wim Kayzer | Star: Wole Soyinka
35.
Van de schoonheid en de troost (2000– )
Episode:
De Samenkomst
(2000)
Documentary
Director: Wim Kayzer | Stars: Karel Appel, Catherine Bott, John M. Coetzee, Freeman Dyson
36.
Invitation to World Literature (2010– )
Episode:
The Bacchae
(2010)
Not Rated | Documentary
Stars: Alan Cumming, David Damrosch, Helene Foley, Brad Mays
37.
Na plovárne (1999– )
Episode:
Na plovárne s Wolem Soyinkou
(2006)
Talk-Show
Stars: Marek Eben, Wole Soyinka
38.
Aquarius (1970–1977)
Episode:
Aquarius in Paris
(1971)
53 min | Documentary
With the UK looking more certain than ever to join the Common Market, the Aquarius team travel to Paris to explore the culture there. Guests include Claire Gallois, Wole Soyinka, Susan Hampshire and Michel Polac.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Bernard Baschet, Pierre Cardin, Claire Gallois
39.
Le cercle de minuit (1992–1999)
Episode:
Courrier international 7
(1997)
100 min | Talk-Show
Director: Pierre Desfons | Stars: Laure Adler, Alexandre Adler, Sylvain Cypel, Joëlle Kuntz
40.
Le cercle de minuit (1992–1999)
Episode:
Episode dated 24 May 1994
(1994)
Talk-Show
Director: Jean-Pierre Barizien | Stars: Michel Field, Bonga, Manu Dibango, Ly Dumas
41.
Kulturplatz (2004– )
Episode:
Episode dated 9 November 2005
(2005)
Documentary
Stars: Rafael Cohen, Boaz Huss, Al Imfeld, Bill Murray
42.
Un siècle d'écrivains (1995– )
Episode:
Wole Soyinka
(1996)
Documentary
Directors: Abdelkrim Djaad, Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Bernard Rapp, Wole Soyinka