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- Big Dream follows the intimate stories of seven young women who are breaking barriers and overcoming personal challenges to follow their passion in science, math, computing & engineering.
- A drama the follows a Somali who opts in on a piracy mission but then tries to extricate himself from the events.
- The rare and captivating beauty of a gemstone is inspiring to many, though few are aware of the toils of the brave men who dig them from the rocky and unforgiving ground. Filmmaker Philippe Brunot leads us to the heart of Tanzania to unveil the secluded profession of the gem seeker. The gemstone trade is divided into several stages, from the discovery of the stone to its marketing in jewelry stores. The middlemen, in order to preserve the viability of their role within this trade, refuse to provide foreigners with direct access to the mining camps. Yet by following of a clan of intrepid explorers, led by renowned gemologist Vincent Pardieu, Philippe Brunot succeeds in traveling to these camps to reveal their precious depths. Gemstones are at the heart of this inspiring journey that transcends borders. This film documents the tremendous will of miners who risk their lives uncovering rare gems several hundred meters underground. FOLLOW THE ZEBRA gives a peek into their ultimate hopes and dreams; a reminder of what goes into the value and preciousness of these rare gemstones.
- Africa's elephants are hurtling towards extinction to fuel the worldwide ivory trade. While conservationists howl and corrupt governments fail to address the ongoing slaughter, one brave family has been working for decades to stem the tide, one elephant at a time. Gardeners of Eden is a gripping, first-person experience inside the operations of Kenya's David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. From the front lines of the crisis, we witness their heroic efforts to stop the poachers in the bush, rescue the orphans of slain elephants and raise them by hand, until one day, returning them to their home in the wild.
- The topic of aid to Africa has long raised controversy, pitting skeptics against idealists, pairing rock stars with politicians, conjuring images both true and inaccurate. This film hopes to explore the controversy by inviting answers to pressing questions. Give to Live, a documentary film, explores charitable giving and foreign aid and its effects in Africa by examining the psychological effects of giving and receiving, the economic impact of charity and foreign aid, and the social effect of compassion. This project was filmed in the United States, Kenya, and Tanzania and aims to foster critical conversation and thoughtful action.
- Five years in the making, filmed in a dozen countries, 'Let Them Eat Cake' runs the full range from the pleasures and dangers of overeating to the tragedies of world hunger.
- Six years in the making, filmed in a dozen countries, 'Let Them Eat Cake' is a poetic film essay that runs the full range from the pleasures and perils of overeating to the tragedies of world hunger.
- Low Cost Flocks is a movie about the concept of travel and the imaginary of the journey. How different is the way to travel from the birth of low-cost and social networks? What are the new myths of the iGeneration? A journey into the mind of travelers of this century led by some anthropologists who have observed them for years. With an 80% of funny and ironical animations this movie will change your way to travel.
- Two friends take to the skies in a 1957 Piper Super Cub as a conservation effort for the Shompole Group Ranch in Kenya. They brave heavy weather in a tiny cockpit on their odyssey from Oregon over the US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the North Atlantic, The UK and France. They land in dicey places on their aerial trek over Algeria, Niger, Chad, and South Sudan before landing at home in Kenya, where they have been living and working for over 25 years as pilots, outfitters and conservationists. Along their route, the pilots share their first hand knowledge of local communities in Kenya that protect wildlife when they share in tourism revenues. And they tell audiences about Kenya and Shompole, where Michel Laplace-Toulouse and Alexis Peltier have been involved in conservation efforts for the past five years.
- Explorer/adventurer, Kate Leeming has cycled the equivalent of twice around the world at the Equator. Kate's incredible Expedition - A ten month, 22,040km journey across Africa from Point des Almadies, Senegal to Cape Hafun, Puntland, Somalia in a continuous line. Completed on August 16th 2010, is believed to be a world first achievement. When Kate set off to cycle across Africa, from west to east on a bicycle, she was not only on a physical quest, but also on an odyssey to highlight the development needs of war torn and poverty stricken nations. What she discovered would change her life forever.
- The film reveals the plight of Somali pirates, mostly former fishermen, who as a result of the global fishing industry can no longer make a living from the sea as they once did and have to join up with pirate cartels in order to feed themselves and their families.
- From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.
- In January of 2014, three American artists traveled to Nairobi, Kenya to build a structure out of found and recycled material that would serve as a monument to Autistic Children all over the world. A classroom of local autistic kids collaborated with them in this process. Soon the entire school joined in to help. This is the story of their journey together.
- A collection of five vignettes about Kenya's LGBT community.
- Gull, an American street musician, travels to Kenya as part of an ongoing project to explore and share street music culture around the world.
- Explore two sides of Lily's life: her international ventures helping to heal weakened spirits in communities around the world and a personal journey within, to repair her own fractured family.
- The EU's first carbon credit was put on sale in 2005. The idea was that the trading of carbon would reduce CO2 emissions and thereby curb global warming. But the system has collapsed and instead Denmark became the centre of one of the world's fastest growing scams. Experts and Europol estimate that the European treasuries lost some 10 billion EURO to hackers and VAT fraudsters from around the world. The carbon credit system has collapsed and prices have dropped by 90 percent. It has never been cheaper to pollute than today and carbon emissions have never been higher in the history of mankind.
- A group of Sudanese refugees, given the chance to resettle in the U.S., arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives.
- In 1992, the sea turtles of Lamu we're beyond endangered...they were approaching extinction. Poaching in Africa isn't just elephant tusks and rhino horns, it also includes sea turtles. This is the story of Odo, a former poacher, who is now single-singlehandedly saving sea turtles on the remote Manda Island off the coast of Kenya in the Lamu archipelago. He and his brother are helping the turtles overcome the odds of 1 in a 1000 to survive. Besides poachers, sharks, birds, ghost crabs, and even plastic bags they eat as jellyfish, the newest threat is the biggest and may be insurmountable...the new sea port in Lamu. An oil pipeline through Kenya will make Lamu the biggest port in Africa. The turtles may have met their match.
- The foundational consciousness that determines how we treat our lovers is often the same algorithm for how we treat the earth. This is a subtle love letter from one human to another on the subject of sex, earth, survival, and democracy. This Taoist-Tantric poem suggests that the ecological, psychological, and biological solution to the next wave of humanity will be found in the art of being not defensive nor defenseless, but rather Undefended. The narrative comes from actual love letters that are both beautiful and devastating on a visceral level, while the abstract visuals include global healing ceremonies, contemporary dance, and animal rescue footage that applies the philosophy of being Undefended to not only our lovers, but to U.S. foreign policy and corporate transparency.
- Follows the lives of multiple characters trying to find themselves in a world of political intrigue, revenge, love and longings for success complemented by the background of their thriving yet unregulated business.