Né en Ukraine avant l'effondrement du bloc soviétique, Yuri arrive aux États-Unis avec ses parents. Il se fait passer pour un émigrant juif...Audacieux et fin négociateur, il se fait une place dans le trafic d'armes. Les énormes sommes d'argent qu'il gagne lui permettent aussi de conquérir celle qui l'a toujours fasciné, la belle Ava. Parallèlement à cette vie de mari et de père idéal, Yuri devient l'un des plus gros vendeurs d'armes clandestins du monde. Utilisant ses relations à l'Est, il multiplie les coups toujours plus risqués, mais parvient chaque fois à échapper à Jack Valentine, l'agent d'Interpol qui le pourchasse. Des luxueux immeubles new-yorkais aux palais des dictateurs africains, Yuri joue de plus en plus gros. Convaincu de sa chance, il poursuit sa double vie explosive, jusqu'à ce que le destin et sa conscience le rattrapent...
Au Libéria, pays d'Afrique ravagé par la guerre, le docteur Miguel Leon, médecin humanitaire, et le docteur Wren Petersen, directrice d'une ONG, tombent passionnément amoureux l'un de l'autre. S'ils sont tous les deux engagés corps et âme dans leur mission, ils n'en sont pas moins profondément divisés sur les politiques à adopter pour tenter de régler le conflit qui fait rage.
Artiste légendaire et militante passionnée des droits civiques, Nina Simone a marqué son époque autant que son époque l'a marquée. Comment une enfant prodige du piano est-elle devenue une icône controversée du Black Power ? En mêlant archives rares, témoignages de proches ? dont la propre fille de Nina ? et bandes audio exclusives, What Happened, Miss Simone? retrace le parcours hors-norme d'une des artistes les plus appréciées et les moins comprises du XXe siècle. Principalement raconté à la première personne, un récit de vie épique et personnel signé par la réalisatrice nommée aux Oscars Liz Garbus.
Blood Diamonds is a made-for-TV documentary series, originally broadcast on the History Channel, that looks into the trade of diamonds which fund rebellions and wars in many African nations. The program focuses primarily on two nations: Sierra Leone and Angola. Diamonds which are traded for this purpose are known as blood diamonds.
When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ever get there. Two totally different characters, jammed together in two square meters of space for almost two years, they experience what it really means to travel: leaving your comfort zone for good.
A documentary following the efforts of Earnestine Smith, an 80-year old American, to return to Liberia in order to rebuild her life following the devastation of the Liberian civil war.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country.
When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first ever elected female head of state, filmmakers Siatta Scott-Johnson and Daniel Junge were there to follow her. It was the start of an extraordinary year they spent with the Liberian president as she struggled to take control of a country devastated by years of civil war. Together with her 'iron ladies' (the finance minister and police chief are also formidable females), she takes a firm hold on the government, trying to root out corruption and spend the tiny annual budget carefully. But it is not an easy task, and everything seems to be against her - even her presidential mansion burns down. (Storyville)
A Liberian refugee SAM REAYAH and his family have been separated for five years and live in uncertainty waiting for family reunion. While Sam and his younger daughter Ruth continue their lives in Buduburam Refugee camp in Ghana, his wife Decontee and his older daughter Joyce have already started a life in Rochester, USA. The film explores the idea of home. Sam's family had a home in Liberia, but they had to give it up. They were forced to build homes elsewhere. They built a home in Ghana. They build a home in The United States. They built homes together, they build homes separate of each other. But which home does the heart want?
Body Team 12 is tasked with collecting the dead at the height of the Ebola outbreak. These body collectors have arguably the most dangerous and gruesome job in the world. Yet despite the strain they emerge as heroes while the film explores their philosophy and strength.
Follow Dr. Todd Phillips though the Ebola - stricken jungles of Liberia as he and his team struggle to bring the Gospel and clean water to an entire nation - border to border - for the first time in history.
‘What do you want?’ asks the trade union leader, to which the men respond as if with one voice: change! Life is hard work on Liberia’s rubber plantations and wages are meagre. Nothing has changed for generations, but now the workers are calling for a strike and instead of grafting, the men are playing football or fishing.
The gripping true story that reveals how an acclaimed American charity failed Some of the world's most vulnerable girls. Katie Meyler captivated Americans with the stories of girls she met in Monrovia, Liberia, who she said were so poor that they had to sell their bodies to buy clean drinking water. She started a charity called More Than Me, and in 2012 she won $1 million live on NBC to build a school of her own. She said she was saving vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped by a man Meyler trusted. A yearlong ProPublica investigation delves into the question of who is responsible when those who help also cause enduring and irreversible harm.