Directed by Ebony Marie Bailey • Documentary • 2019 • 21 minutes
The Jamaica flower and tamarind are iconic ingredients in Mexico, but their history comes from a place much further away. Jamaica and Tamarindo: Afro Tradition in the Heart of Mexico explores African identity in Mexico City, an identity that goes beyond the color of one's skin.
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Relentless Memory
Directed by Paula Rodríguez Sickert • Documentary • 2024 • 93 minutes
Margarita, a Mapuche academic, discovers in an unknown archive in Berlin the testimonies of Mapuche prisoners who were expelled from their territories during the military invasions that founded Argentina and Chile. Moved by th...
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Aisha's Story
Directed by Elizabeth Vibert • Documentary • With Aisha Azzam • 2025 • 66 minutes
"Food is the most precious part of Palestinian heritage.” Aisha Azzam and her husband started their family grain mill in Baqa’a refugee camp, Jordan, 35 years ago. She treasures her role in safeguarding culture by ...
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El-Sisi: Egypt's New Pharaoh
Directed by Claire Billet, Nadia Blétry • Documentary • With François Hollande, Maye Kabil, Ariane Lavrilleux, Ahmed Abdel Quddus • 2026 • 53 minutes
To an outsider, Egypt looks like a dynamic country reinventing itself. Under president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, construction is booming, with dams, b...
