Movies and TvShows featuring "chad" theme.

Under Fire (1983) is a drama movie set in the 1970s during the Nicaraguan Revolution. It follows the story of a war photographer who finds himself entangled in the conflict, facing challenges such as political unrest, kidnapping, and rebel insurgency. The movie provides social commentary on the complexities of war and features intense scenes of violence, including summary executions and the use of hand grenades. With its gripping plot and powerful storytelling, Under Fire showcases the experiences of a journalist risking everything to capture the truth.

Set in Africa, an ecologist launches a campaign to protect elephants and their habitats from ivory hunters and government officials. Along the way, he forms relationships with both humans and elephants, facing violence, intolerance, and colonialism.

In the Army Now is a comedy movie released in 1994. It follows the story of two friends who join the US Army Reserve to make some money and escape unemployment. However, they soon find themselves in ridiculous and hilarious situations as they try to survive military training and later get deployed to a war zone in the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War.

In Lingui: The Sacred Bonds, a Muslim woman living in Chad struggles to navigate the complexities of her society as she fights against religious beliefs and societal pressure to secure her daughter's future. Set against the backdrop of a conservative community, the film explores themes of motherhood, abortion, and the bond between a mother and daughter. With the help of her friends and the support of a forbidden community, she searches for a way to ensure her daughter's well-being.

Claire Denis goes to Eastern Chad to the Breidjing camp, the home of 40,000 refugees from Darfur. With great humility, she tells the stories of these men and women, victims of one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes that this century has seen so far.

In war-torn Chad, a hotel pool attendant is forced to give up his job to his son when the hotel owner decides to support the war effort. As the man searches for his missing son, he grapples with the unfairness of his dismissal and the devastating consequences of the conflict.

Free for All! is a documentary that delves into the controversies surrounding electronic voting systems used in the 2004 US Presidential Election. It examines the issues of voter fraud, the reliability of electronic machines, and the impact on democracy. The film specifically focuses on the situation in Ohio, where concerns about the electronic voting system and the infamous 'hanging chads' from the 2000 election resurfaced.

Majid fights his own coach for Faiza's heart and the dream of playing international football.

Gilles Caron was at the height of his career as a brilliant photojournalist when he went missing in Cambodia in 1970. He was just 30 years old. Through his iconic photographs, and the gaps between them, this film, constructed like an investigation, aims to restore the photographer’s presence, recount the story of his gaze, and how he managed to cover every high profile conflict of his day in such a short period of time.

The events occur between 4:45 am and 6:15 am in the Colombian jungle. Mark, an American contractor wakes up doped, tortured and hung up by the arms next to a local prostitute that acts as interpreter whilst the kidnappers want to hack a 60 billion dollars bank account. Mark is forced to play a no-win game. Time is not on his side and the only thing missing is the password, the problem is: give it or not, Mark is meat dead

Since the conflict in Darfur spread to the eastern border regions of Chad in 2005, some 13,000 people fled from this region to the refugee camp near the village of Gouroukoun. For them, the war is never far off. Many of these traumatised refugees have lived here for years, with little food, no work and no prospect of returning home. Zuchuat took his camera to the camp and captured their uncertain existence without providing any comment. He captures the refugees' arduous daily life in long shots, often from a single angle. They all have their own stories of how they ended up here, how they saw their families and fellow-villagers perish and no longer have any work, cattle or land. Another striking story is told by a child that uses a drawing to explain how he was chased away from his native village. Little girls sing a battle song while waiting for what comes next in this prison without bars.