Movies and TvShows featuring "central-african-republic" theme.

It all started with a small exercise book. Its page were checkered with the courageous testimonies of 300 Central African women, girls and men. They reveal what Congolese mercenaries did to them. On their own initiative, they gathered together their testimonies in this book.

Echoes from a Sombre Empire is a documentary that delves into the despotic rule of a leader in Central Africa. The film sheds light on the abuse of power, torture, and megalomania of this dictator. Through interviews with journalists and political insiders, it exposes the reign of terror and insanity that plagued the country. The documentary also touches upon the political-criminal activities, cannibalism, and spy networks associated with this regime.

The Ambassador is a documentary film that follows the journey of a Danish ambassador as he goes undercover as a matchstick factory owner in Africa. Along the way, he encounters tragedy, corruption, and bizarre comedy, all while navigating the dangerous world of diamond mining and diplomatic immunity.

Camille, a war photographer, travels to the Central African Republic to document the civil war. She finds herself caught in the midst of the conflict, facing challenges such as language barriers and escalating violence. Through her photographs, she captures the atrocities of the war, but also experiences personal loss and tragedy. Based on a true story, Camille's journey showcases the bravery and idealism of a female photojournalist in a war-torn country.

A Season in France follows the story of an African immigrant who starts a new life in Paris with his two children after fleeing from the Central African Republic. He works as a philosophy teacher while his wife remains missing. The family faces numerous challenges, including the threat of deportation and psychological impotence. The film explores themes of love, loss, and the struggles faced by immigrants in a new country.

25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle and stayed. He than recorded over 1000 hours of original BaAka music. Now he is part of the BaAka community and raises his pygmy son, Samedi. Fulfilling an old promise, Louis takes Samedi to America. On this journey Louis realizes he is not part of this globalized world anymore but globalization has also arrived in the rainforest. The BaAka depend on Louis for their survival. Father and son return to the melodies of the jungle but the question remains: How much longer will the songs of the forest be heard?

The War Against Women is a documentary that sheds light on war crimes and feminism in countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and the Central African Republic. It explores the issues of rape, violence, and inequality faced by women in these war-torn regions. The film aims to raise awareness and inspire action towards ending the war against women.

They’ve become the human face of inhuman barbarity. Leaders like Hitler, Idi Amin Dada, Stalin, Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, Nicolae Ceausescu, Bokassa, Muammar Kadhafi, Khomeini, Mussolini and Franco governed their countries completely cut off from reality. These paranoid leaders were driven to abuse their power by the pathology of power itself. Dictators are driven by a relentless, thought-out determination to impose themselves as infallible, all-knowing and all-powerful beings. But they are also men ruled by their caprices, uncontrollable impulses, and reckless fits of frenzy, which paradoxically render them as human as anyone else. The abuses they committed were clearly atrocious, yet some of them were as outlandish as the characters portrayed in the film The Dictator. They sunk to depths worthy of Kafka: so incredibly absurd, they are outrageously funny.

The adventurer, Ivan Bulík, traveled all through Africa. However, one of his dreams still eluded him: He desired to capture the life and customs of the smallest people on Earth, to find the undisturbed civilization of Pygmies.

Since 2013, the Central African Republic has been embroiled in a conflict between Christian and Muslim armed groups. While diamonds and gold are traded in global indifference, a cardinal and an imam fight together for interreligious coexistence.

A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.

When Hamburg University was founded in 1919, it was proud to be the first university of a new, democratic Germany. But the university didn't come from nothing.

Caterpillars is a captivating documentary that delves into the life of a multiethnic society living in a village within the rainforest of the Central African Republic. Through education, community engagement, and the spirit of volunteering, the oppressed minority in this village strives to create a better future for themselves. The film explores their ingenious ways of foraging, barter, and even creating homemade instruments amidst the lush forest backdrop.

A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rainforest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)

A pain management specialist in a Berlin hospital laments how difficult it is to see if black skin has turned blue. The patient, 15­year­ old Arlette, doesn’t understand German. Her knee was injured in the war, and unknown wealthy Germans have helped pay for her trip to have surgery in Europe. The camera follows Arlette on her journey, from her worried family in Central African Republic to the desolate rooms of the hospital and the rehabilitation centre. The girl’s gaze is captivating but impenetrable, and the easily bored teenager surrounded by adult strangers is only cheered up by an interpreter who knows her mother tongue. The story takes a gloomier turn when it transpires that rebel forces have taken up arms in Arlette’s home country.