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- An American film maker specializing in African advocacy videos goes behind the scenes of humanitarian aid and activism to see the intricacies of good intentions. The unexpected story that follows reveals the lives of two Congolese miners as they react to the competing pressures placed upon them by Hollywood celebrities, rebel soldiers, student activists, and, ultimately, their own families.
- Gito is a young African intellectual returning home from France with numerous academic degrees and ministerial ambitions. Gradually his ambitions are crushed by the daily realities of his country. Gito is tested further by the alliance between his French girlfriend and his old sweetheart who join forces to teach Gito an unforgettable lesson.
- Kamenge, Northern Quarters is the picture of a whole country, Burundi, which asks for freedom and justice, the ideals Alexis Sinduhije is fighting for. The Northern Quarters of the capital city Bujumbura are the symbol of one of the most cruel wars the world has ever known, the conflict between hutu and tutsi. The background and the glances of the ones who have not left are interwoven with the life of Alexis who gave up his job as a journalist in 2007 to stand for President in 2010. It is possible to build a liveable Burundi. You must only believe it and take the risk. Alexis says. In Burundi, although the present government was elected democratically, the people who profess freedom of speech put their life in danger.
- Jean-Marc Phaneuf, an unmarried electrical engineer, travels to Burundi as a volunteer for the NGO Radio du Monde. He finds a country ruined by grinding poverty, famine, war, disease and appalling social inequality. At the same time, he meets a joyful, brave people hungry for happiness, knowledge and human dignity. The camera that becomes his personal diary also helps Jean-Marc expose the shaky, ineffective workings of NGOs. His investigations turn up a few praiseworthy examples of international cooperation, but on the whole he finds himself drawn to a terrible, inescapable conclusion: humanitarian aid is a utopian mirage. After falling victim to an attack and losing whatever ideals he still had, Jean-Marc becomes entangled in an impossible relationship. He is ultimately forced to leave Africa in disgrace.
- A village is assaulted by rebels. Everybody flees except for little Fabrice. He is first taken care of by the government army but subsequently dressed in uniform. With other children he is fighting in combat against the rebels. As a result of peace talks he is demobilized. After having rejoined his sister and little brother back home, he's following a training as a carpenter so as to have some potential to merge into civil society.
- Tells the story of a young orphan, Deo Gratias, who is rescued by Rosa, an old woman always looking after abandoned children in the Republic of Burundi, a country where reconciliation is now predominant.
- Through what began as a group of college guys dissatisfied with the pursuit of the American Dream, The AC Project is simply a one-year journey of experimental living. Growing up as so-called Christians, they heard Jesus offered 'more life,' but Sunday church seemed to fall drastically short of an exciting or meaningful life. The search for more was molded into a trip: 4 young men would briefly step off the American track in order to take 1 year to begin living for people other than themselves. Giving clean water in Fiji, building an orphanage in Belize, helping sex trafficking victims in India, it was going to be a journey in an honest attempt to see life outside the suburban bubble they had grown up in.
- In 1991 the filmmaker met several homeless boys in Burundi. They agreed to be filmed as they grew up. In 2018 he recorded their fourth meeting. Some had died. Three reflect their existence in poverty and their hopes for a better life.
- DEMOKARASI is a journey at the heart of the 2010 electoral race in Burundi, a little East African country, struggling to get out of 16 years of civil war. DEMOKARASI is the story of Alexis Sinduhije, a former journalist who founded is own political party in 2008. Trough is fight for democracy in his country, we live the 2010 elections as he did. Alexis Sinduhije will experience hope, as well as the harsh reality of international community and acts of intimidation by the government. After an assassination attempt and strong pressure against all opposition party leaders, what will he choose? To stay or to go into exile? DEMOKARASI is a thought about the long march to democracy, this never-ending march full of obstacles... and small victories.
- Covers peace and reconciliation processes in the Republic of Burundi.
- Buta, southern Burundi. A school, scene of a massacre during the war between Hutus and Tutsis, once more welcomes students of both ethnic groups. These students begin the task of remembering, turning a scene of horror into a scene of enlightenment. In this rerun, Magume represents the task of shattered Burundi. The students offer their voices, their questions, their tales and their identity in the hope that this mask will once more take shape, reconciled with itself at last.
- Connexions Bujumbura is a documentary film based on the testimonies that the four protagonists convey about their life experiences, reflecting on their past, their craving of future and their way of see the life. The documentary transfers us to Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, a distant and unknown place punished by war and scarcity, a difficult environment in which the protagonists face their lives with dignity and hope.
- A music documentary following the Burundian drummers from "Les Maîtres-Tambours du Burundi" (The Drums of Burundi) during their 1996 tour in France.
- Full length documentary feature about the Burundian Civil War which started with a coup on October 21, 1993.
- Rwanda now lives in peace. This country is even cited as an example and its experts are solicited to resolve conflicts elsewhere in the world. Twenty years after the terrible genocide that claimed more than one million lives, how did Rwanda reconcile itself? What path has he traveled to rebuild? The main genocidaires were tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In order to try the perpetrators of the genocide, Rwanda had to resort to its tradition by setting up the "Gacaca" courts. Villages of reconciliation have been created where the executioners (having served their sentence) and the survivors of the genocide are peacefully cohabiting. Today, Rwanda is proud to provide troops to the UN for its peacekeeping and mediation missions in conflict zones. With peace restored, the economy has one of the best growth in Africa. Foreigners are investing and tourism has taken off, reaching a million visitors a year.
- Investigates the sacred and artistic similarities between the Burundian people and the First Nations in Canada.
- June 2015, Burundi, thousands gather in the streets of Bujumbura to manifest against Pierre Nkurunziza's third mandate. As I film the first acts of violence and the victims therefrom produced, I become separated from my family. I'm obliged to flee, due to the increasing violence in the country and the risks bought on by making this film. The second half of the story is the search for my children in Burundi and Rwanda. On both sides of the frontier, I meet those who stayed and those who fled. Their stories, often brutal and fragmented, express a huge amount of uncertainty.
- With the presidential elections approaching, the country finds itself in a vortex of ten- sion. Bob and his radio support the Burundian people who take to the streets to claim their human rights. As a consequence, they find themselves in the eye of the storm.