In the head of meets several Swiss or naturalized Swiss, Black or mixed-race people who evoke a sometimes painful personal experience marked by the violence of words heard on the street corner, condescending attitudes, discrimination at work or racist acts.
The black hedgehog is a racist confectionery on display in a bakery. This confectionery, denounced by an anti-racist association, brings to the surface a painful story of Afrodescendant people. To overcome the injunction to silence, the film imagines a space where all voices can be heard.
In a country of consensus denying its structural racism, Swiss black women share their most intimate traumas and identity quests and raise their voices.
Ekema, a “no good” fisherman, down on his luck, finds himself on the lowest rung on society’s ladder. Through a rather suspicious encounter, Ekema meets a friend who helps him win the annual fishing competition, becoming King Fisher for a year. Soon though, he discovers his new friend wants a lot more than he can offer. What ensues is a battle for his life as it turns out his friend is Kuva, a marine spirit looking for someone to lure into bringing her back to the land of the living.
Unbeknownst to him, a family man’s job is in danger due to his poor performance at work. Will the help of his best friend make the situation better?
In 1920s New York City, a black woman finds her world up-ended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
Fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Awa is happily living her teenage years alongside her twin brother Adama, who dreams of traveling Europe. When their grandmother dies, their Aunt Fatou and their Uncle Atoumane plan to marry to preserve the family unit, but Fatou doesn't love Atoumane. Tired of waiting to consummate his marriage, Atoumane commits an unspeakable act.
Sadio's story is the classical heroes journey and and archetype for African football players. Blessed with exceptional talent, he sets out from his village to find his destiny in the world.
Two young women - two stories. A rapper in Dakar and a wrestler in southern Senegal: Toussa and Emodj. A battle with words and visionary lyrics for a better society, and a fight with hard physical training for victory in the arena.
Kiden is a girl in South Sudan going to school. Conflict arises when her mother wants her to get married instead of finishing school.
A young interracial couple playfully discharges the disapproval of a nosy citizen.
From as long as time, persons have been living on the streets, some of them as a result of mental health and others because they are not welcomed at home by relatives after spending times in prison or having been deported. The film shares the stories of five people living on the streets of Georgetown.
A young man is mourning the death of his grandmother, until he makes a “discovery,” in a book she left behind.
A young creator struggles to complete a project. Through his attempts at perseverance, he learns it may sometimes be necessary to take a break or a few steps back, in order to move forward.
After receiving an initial cut on his upper torso, Geof manages to escape a savage group. He flees the angry, weapon-wielding group, but his quest for freedom is short-lived.
A young girl eagerly anticipates meeting the man of her dreams.
A visual reflection on exactly where your enemy really resides.
A news anchor reports that several people have gone missing, insinuating that these people have been kidnapped, and hinted at the work of a possible serial kidnapper in the Georgetown area. After she reports this news, she rushes home and is distraught by the missing persons and the usual procedures of life in a pandemic. Suddenly, she hears a noise that frightens her and checks to see what occurred. Unfortunately, the people that were missing were closer than many thought.
A young father struggles to find a way back home to his family amidst closed borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ronnie, a first-generation Jamaican- American begins to question her identity after a conversation during her tennis practice.
In a West African plantation in the 60s, a young determined girl must battle family and society to preserve her late father's legacy; a colonial plantation, amid disagreements, betrayal, and secrets.
When they meet a talented girl with no schooling, a teacher and young scout challenge tradition in a primal village, when the girl is chosen as the new wife of the village.
12-year-old Ekah is inspired by the story of the youngest Noble Peace Prize Winner - Malala Yousafzai. She is determined to go to school in a village of fishermen where the education of a girl child is considered to be taboo. Her burning drive and determination to break this old adage get her embroiled with her father Solomon‘s past experience with girl child education.
A revelatory encounter between an Evangelist sent on a mission and a prostitute.
Dande is an old Aruban custom when the Dande group goes door-to-door making music to bring prosperity for the new year. Filmmaker Cindy Kerseborn immerses herself in a world still unknown to the Netherlands. The Dande is hypnotically contagious. It makes you happy, even when you hear it for the first time.
Freda lives with her family in a popular neighborhood in Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life push them to do everything they can to escape their situation.
This chronicles the Black Power uprising that took place in Trinidad & Tobago in 1970, and how the movement was influenced by Black activism in Canada and the US in the 1960s.
James is new in the hood, he can't help but follow his heart. He thinks of himself as tough, but there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. The line that the ghetto champion Tat-Molongo and his goons drew.
Despite not seeing their father’s homeland until their sixth decade, the Galde family and their social position in Cuba has long been marked by their Haitianness – an identity they and their children negotiate in various ways throughout Mondesir’s generous and intimate documentary. Through moments of work, rest, and celebration, the film produces a deceptively profound portrait of a family, a neighbourhood, and a nation.
Melvin, a British author living in America returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée Lisa to his eccentric British-Caribbean family. Their relationship is put to the test as she discovers the world her fiancé has left behind.
The story of a nightclub toilet attendant in a fictional club based on the Shimmy Club in Glasgow. Her conflicted journey is spliced with flashbacks to the toilets of the Shrine nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria, where her younger self dreams of becoming a dancer in the revolutionary band of the late Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti.
A rare behind-the-scenes access to Scottish social media sensation Bachala Mbunzama - aka Bash the Entertainer. He is loved by his three million followers and has a staggering tally of over three billion combined video views.
Hamza is the presenter and cameraman for Channel 4 ‘s documentary ‘Scotland: My Life in the Wild’ and Scotland: Escape to the Wilderness, in which he guided celebrity companions on journeys through western and eastern Scotland and the Highlands.
Yas and Dom, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London - helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.
Follows Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that event he encounters Preston, one of his attackers, in a gay sauna. He wants revenge.
The activities of the Black Panther Party as its members fought for the freedom of imprisoned co-founder Huey P. Newton.
Exploring the transformation of Cassius Clay, World Heavyweight Champion, into international boxing icon and activist, Muhammad Ali.
Throughout his life, Little Richard careened between religion, sex and rock 'n' roll. A treasure trove of archival material brings to life a revolutionary figure, one who reinvented popular music as the ultimate form of self-expression.
Set in contemporary Washington D.C., a rising black painter strives to break into the competitive art world while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expected.
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father's record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
An exploration of how the indigenous history of SVG is being preserved.
Finding Hubby follows the adventures of 35-year-old Oyin Clegg and her friends Toke and Gloria as they kiss the many frogs in the quest to find their prince. In the process, they are forced to ask important questions about their friendship, love and life ultimately asking - Finding Hubby or Finding Happy?
After falling victim to a scam, a desperate man races against the clock as he attempts to plan a luxurious destination wedding for an important investor.
Ready to pop the question to his girlfriend, a young man finds his plans for a romantic dinner interrupted when his overdramatic ex shows up uninvited.
In Costa Rica, the myth endures that the population is majority white. Through a train journey, we’ll know migrant communities that historically have been marginalized and forgotten. Unveiling that its people not only have European origins, but also, Nicaraguan, Afro-descendant, and Indigenous.
At the bank of the ocean, a body grows between the sand and the concrete. Their dance guides us on a trip through the ancestral Afro-Mestize heritage and diverse ways of experiencing dance in the city of Puerto Limón.
A Congolese man runs from a terrible accident and finds himself at a revolutionary camp, where he is told that he has a great destiny. Now, he must face his fears and his shame, but also his magnificent possibilities.
Bad Bunny's highly anticipated music video El Apagón segues to an 18-minute documentary called Aquí Vive Gente (People Live Here) by journalist, Bianca Graulau. Conozcán la triste realidad de Puerto Rico.
A Nigerian woman and an Indian man won't let cultural differences get in the way of their romance.
The documentary compiles testimonies about the presence of Afro-descendants in Paraguay and addresses their origins, customs, traditions, destiny, and current situation.
A lower middle-class family undergoes a series of challenging and profound changes, reinventing themselves and their family ties along the way.
It tells the story of conservation and development in the Caribbean, unmasking the various players and how their self-interest leads to disaster.
