Catalogue des films

The living waters are those of the Congo River, the vital artery of the immense Belgian colony in the heart of Africa. From the port of Matadi to the mines of Katanga, the filmmaker sails upstream, stopping here and there to celebrate the railway,...

Ce documentaire a pour but de nous montrer la naissance et la vie des masques chez un des peuples les plus mystérieux de l'Afrique noire situé dans les falaises de Dondiagara, au sud de Tombouctou. Les masques sont le fruit de préoccupations...

The administration of the Belgian Congo decides to fight the damage caused by leprosy. Their idea: gather the infected in villages in order to limit the risks of contagion. The film follows daily life in an agricultural colony for lepers. In spite...

Beginnings of a long journey, cinema submitted to time production conditions, speeches from colonial documentary. Major protagonist in French ethnologist, Marcel Griaule was a pioneer in ethnology and field investigations to study remote...

"Parched Land" was indeed a very ambitious project: revealing "true" Africa, rigorously and sincerely, independently too. Showing nature, men, (plants, animals, “races”), caught and merged together in the same poetic impetus. Visually...

A groundbreaking travelogue, Simba follows the intrepid American filmmaking couple Osa and Martin Johnson on their four year expedition over the African subcontinent. Filmed in an era when African wildlife was still relatively bountiful, the...

Ce film suit le voyage-expédition que fit André Gide au Congo, filmé par Marc Allégret. Film muet.

Depuis 1918, une voie ferrée relie Le Caire à Jérusalem, en passant par Jaffa, un carrefour pour les troupes britanniques. Prise de vues de Jérusalem, le mur des lamentations et de la Terre sainte.

La ville de Fès avec ses remparts, ses souks et ses habitants.

Expédition de M. Aurelio Rossi au Congo Belge.