Funnet av en sjelden mynt og en sagnomsust historie driver den fryktløse eventyreren Dirk Pitt ut på en farlig skattejakt i Vest-Afrikas uendelige ørken. Sammen med sin gærne makker, Al, vil han prøve å finne et eldgammelt spøkelsesskip og ikke minst dets verdifulle last. Men ikke alle i Sahara liker Dirk og hans ekspedisjon og da de allierer seg med den vakre Dr. Rojas, finner de ut at det er mer enn et spøkelsesskip begravet i Afrikas sand, som truer hele verdenssituasjonen... Fyll vannflasken og bli med Dirk Pitt på et actionfylt ørkeneventyr! Filmen Sahara har alle ingrediensene som sender Indiana Jones på pensjon: En sterk og fryktløs helt, en vakker og intelligent doktor og en gal venn som forstår å gjøre enhver situasjon verre. Dette er oppskriften på god underholdning, og hvis du liker eventyr, så starter jakten på gullet her!
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day when he can get revenge on the man who ruined his life.
A space child, lost in the universe, is abducted by the U. S. Space Foundation. In a desperate intergalactic search for the frightened little alien, his brother Nukie® mistakenly lands in Africa where he is befriended by African twins. Together they journey through the laughter and adventure of talking lions, a greedy witch doctor, a charming chimpanzee, a feisty nun, a compassionate scientist and an outrageous romantic computer named E.D.D.I. The bewildered Nukie® follows the telepathic whispers of his brother, always believing that "If you don't know what to do, look to the stars and make a wish; if it's a good wish, the stars will hear you and it will happen." It will take you home again.
A lion trapper and his daughter rendezvous with their hardheaded partner in the African jungle. Bomba, with assistance from a local tribe, strives to run them off.
In Africa, a professional hunter kills a male lion which is sacred to a local tribe which also practices voodoo; and when he returns to England, he finds himself deteriorating under the influence of a curse which they have placed on him for his sacrilege.
The region of Lake Turkana, located in Kenya and Ethiopia, is considered to be “the Cradle of Humankind”. Among other finds, primate fossils from millions of years ago have been discovered in the region. But what about the region’s modern inhabitants and their relationship to their environment? Iiris Härmä, whose previous work includes the award-winning Leaving Africa, had the chance of joining Helsinki University’s researchers, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares and Mar Cabeza, on their pre-pandemic trip to study the Daasanach people’s relationship to their environment through traditional animal tales. The researchers hope that storytelling would help to bridge the gap between people’s everyday lives and conservation efforts.
An American anthropologist and his son benefit from their experiences with an East African tribe.
Ibogaine is a plant extract that stops drug addiction. In this documentary, a 34-year-old heroin addict undergoes ibogaine therapy with Dr Martin Polanco at the Ibogaine Association, a clinic in Rosarito, Mexico. In Gabon, where use of the iboga root is traditional, a Babongo woman's tribe uses the plant to help her recover from a depressive malaise. Director Benjamin De Loenen interviews people formerly addicted to heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, who share their perspectives about ibogaine treatment.
"Monday's Girls" explores the conflict between modern individualism and traditional communities in today's Africa through the eyes of two young Waikiriki women from the Niger delta. Although both come from leading families in the same large island town, Florence looks at the iria women's initiation ceremony as an honor, while Azikiwe, who has lived in the city for ten years, sees it as an indignity.
Short ethnographic documentary on the Tetela tribe in Congo based upon footage and commentary by director Luc de Heusch from 1953 reassembled by Damien Mottier (Université Paris Nanterre) and Grace Winter (CINEMATEK).