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A dissident Russian journalist chases the world’s most feared mercenary army, Wagner, across the globe—Ukraine, Syria, the Central African Republic, and beyond. Her team faces death threats and three of her colleagues are murdered as they race to unmask a new model of violence that is transforming the world for all of us.
A local construction worker and a Chinese engineer are assigned to build a bank in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world. But time is short and resources are scarce, and there are rumours in the countryside that a new civil war is brewing. And as if all this wasn’t bad enough, their relationships to their wives are falling apart. ‘Eat Bitter’ mirrors the existential and mundane problems of the two men, while an unlikely friendship and mutual trust blossoms between them. However, the chaotic microcosm of the construction site also mirrors China’s contradictory role in 21st century Africa, with the bank itself as the ultimate symbol of money, power and illusion. Director duo Pascale Appora-Gnekindy and Ningyi Sun themselves represent each of the two cultures, and their film has a unique eye for the human fallibility and irony of it all, but also for how we can reach each other despite all our many differences.
Recording a 24-hour period throughout every country in the world, we explore a greater diversity of perspectives than ever seen before on screen. We follow characters and events that evolve throughout the day, interspersed with expansive global montages that explore the progression of life from birth, to death, to birth again. In the end, despite unprecedented challenges and tragedies throughout the world, we are reminded that every day we are alive there is hope and a choice to see a better future together. Founded in 2008, it set out to explore our planet's identity and challenges in an attempt to answer the question: Who are we?
Kossi and Yembi, a young couple get happily married and swear to always love each other. Ten years later a lot have changed. They spend less time together & argue a lot. Their marriage seems to be falling apart
Nestor, Aaron, Benjamin and Rafiki are economics undergraduates at the University of Bangui. Navigating between the overcrowded classrooms, the petty trades that allow students to survive, bribery lurking everywhere, Rafiki shows us what students lives are like in the Central African Republic, a shattered society where the youth keeps dreaming for a brighter future for their country.
In Room n°1, inside the Trauma department of the Bangui Community Hospital, ten women are waiting. Between suffering, melancholy and laughs, they're waiting to be released. Through this room, it is a whole portrait of the Central Africain Republic and its women, whose vitaly transcends their misfortunes.
Bangui, Central African Republic. 17 year-old Robert dreams of a career in music, but civil war is tearing the country apart. When both his parents are thrown into prison, he is left to look after his four younger siblings on his own, juggling daily life, odd jobs, school exams and concert stages, determined to follow his dream.
Back home one evening, Nathalie finds a man in her bathtub, a stranger who claims to be a pygmy. He is there, alone, and just wants to talk... Gradually Nathalie forgets her fear, seduced by the strange and lyrical vocabulary of this intruder, this deceptively naive poet. Despite the arrival of her companion, Nathalie begins to dream of a trip to distant shores
In The Central African Republic, the lives of a Christian rebel soldier, a rebel’s wife, and a Muslim doctor intertwine in a true story of violence and redemption.
Rodrigue and Reine live with their three children in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. They make their living from a meager yield of cassava flour and are very active in the local church, where the battle between God and Satan is central, and believing in evil spirits, curses and witchcraft is common.
A bloody civil war in Central African Republic has divided a once peaceful nation along religious lines. Two children, one Christian and one Muslim, seek answers in each other.
Agou and Emélie live together in a small one-piece in Bangui, Central African Republic. They are young, Emelie is expecting a child and they are dreaming theirselves as in an american tv show. But Agou work as a moto-taxi and is barely making a living. After a moto accident, how are they going to pay for the hospital when the baby will come?
Ebounda, 12 and fatherless orphan, gets raped by a stranger while coming back from her school, ten kilometers away from her village, Bossas. Despite her mother’s efforts, she falls into a deep silence. But, one night, she gets carried away by the traditional dance.
Yangbo and Foungou love each other since childhood. On a fishing day, Foungou mysteriously disappears in the Oubangui river. In response to this situation, Yangbo blames Penda, a newcomer in the village who keeps courting her, for killing her boyfriend with an occult power, called Talimbi.
In the past, Nina was prosperous, with cassava piling up in her house up to the ceiling. But since the crisis, she's been reduced to selling a few vegetables that barely bring in any income. She doesn't even have the few pennies that would allow her to buy merchandise. However, Nina is not one to give up easily. She gathers her courage and embarks on the journey to reclaim her business.
Jefferson is what is called in Bangui a "docta", a health worker who is practising medecine without a diploma. The Central African Ministry of Health wants to regulate the drugs sales. Jefferson is wondering : is his business dangerous for the patient ? But if he stops, how will he feed his family ?
Pilot film for a series of programs on the condition of women of color in Europe. Here, the famous black beautician and hairstylist from Paris, Josepha. Josepha talks about her job, her problems, explains the action she takes at the aesthetic level to disalienate her clients of color, who are too often tempted to refuse their blackness and imitate Europeans.
In Bimbo, on the outskirts of Bangui, women have come together in an association that practices micro-credit. One sells coffee, another alcohol, another fish. With their small businesses, they feed their families, because the time is long gone when men provided for the needs of their homes alone. From now on, for women, there is no choice: you have to fight.