Питър най-после открива спонсор, за да върне горилата Ейми в джунглата на Конго, където е родена. Д-р Карън Рос трябва да разследва изчезването на бившия си годеник, чиито последни координати също са в джунглата. Но визата й е валидна само, ако пътува с Питър. Към тях се присъединява и румънецът Херкемер Хомолка, чиято тайна цел е да открие диамантената мина на цар Соломон в тайнствения град Зиндж.
Едуард Уилсън знае цената на дискретността - умението да пази тайна и понятието за чест са му внушени още от дете. Още като студент в Йейл, възторжен и жаден за знания, той е поканен да стане член на тайното общество "Череп и кости", братство и инкубатор на бъдещи световни лидери. Острият ум, безупречната репутация и искрената вяра в американските ценности правят Уилсън идеалният кандидат за разузнавателното поприще и по време на Втората световна война той е поканен на работа в ОСС, предшественицата на ЦРУ.
Даян Фоси е смела и предприемчива жена с бледо и красиво лице, която дори не е антрополог или какъвто и да е учен, заминава за Конго (после Руанда) сама, рязко променяйки живота си, за да изучава навиците на планинските горили за „Нешънъл Джиографик” почти без пари. Калявайки характера си и демонстрирайки железни принципи и силна воля, тя успява да спре бракониерите, да запази популацията, да се сприятели със свирепи горили, които съществуват до днес благодарение на нея.
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
С действие развиващо се в най-дълбоките и непреходни места на африканската джунгла "Проект: Динозавър" представлява опасно приключение в което е замесен западен изследователски екип, който се надява да открие доказателства за съществуването на митично водно същество. Плановете на лидера на експедицията са амбициозни, но не всичко протича по план и хеликоптера на групата е свален от група огромни и мистериозни летящи същества. Синът на лидера, Люк, който разполага с цял арсенал от камери и записващи устройства започва да документира всяка стъпка на изследователския екип. Скоро след пристигането си в джунглата групата се сблъсква с няколко изключителни същества, които цялата човешка цивилизация е смятала за изчезнали. Изследователската мисия, видяна през очите на Люк, бързо се превръща в екстремен урок по оцеляване.
Въпреки че е цитиран на челно място в историята на приключенския жанр, темпото на филма е умерено, бавно, липсват бързи и неочаквани обрати. Джон Хюстън обръща внимание предимно на характерите - приключението е повод да се разгърнат нежно-хумористичните взаимоотношения на героичната двойка.
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
A documentary about the end of the colonial era in Africa, portraying acts of animal poaching, violence, executions, and tribal slaughter.
Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
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.
In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Blacks who live in the town are taken as hostages by the invaders, who start a blood bath, shooting Europeans as well as Africans. Many of the Europeans being French, the French decide to organize a counter-attack, and to send a Regiment of Paratroopers from the Foreign Legion. The movie follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer, who was about to go back to France with his African wife and his child, Damrémont, who was Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer as well as Non com Legion officer Federico and the French Ambassador and the Military Attaché.
Jenny and her six-year-old son, Tommy, are flying over the Belgian Congo when they are forced to bail out and become separated. Jenny lands in a dense jungle and is rescued by a safari headed by two wild-animal collectors, but Tommy is not found. He has amnesia and is lost, but is adopted by Zamba, a huge gorilla. He lives happily with his new family. Jenny comes back with a searching party, and Zamba, the gorilla mother, is determined to protect Tommy from his real mother.
In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langford, a new manager sent from England for a four-year stint, and Tondelayo, a siren of great beauty who desires silk and baubles. Witzel is gruff and seasoned, certain that Langford won't be able to cut it. Langford responds with determination and anger, attracted to Tondelayo because of her beauty, her wiles, and to get at Witzel. Manipulation, jealousy, revenge, and responsibility play out as alliances within the triangle shift.
Along an overgrown rail track south of the Zairean town Kisangani, a UN expedition together with a handful of journalists discover “lost” refugees. They are eighty thousand Hutus from far away Rwanda, the last survivors of three years of hunger and armed persecution that transpired throughout the vast Congo basin. The Hutu-refugees leave the forest, gathering in two gigantic camps. Hundreds of refugees die every day from diseases and malnutrition The Rwandans are promised repatriation with airplanes out of Kisangani. The film traces those refugees into the heart of the rainforest, and the hopeless attempts to help them.. But only four weeks later, the unprotected UN-camps are again attacked by machine-gun fire, deliberately massacred by factions of the rebel army (AFDL) of today’s Democratic Republic Congo. Eighty thousand men, women and children disappear once again back into the jungle. (jedensvet.cz)
Tozoom site Africa conceals treasures that ignite the imagination of travellers, but also that of all... Who has not dreamed of this magical continent and of living adventures there, Clover tomas when he was well seated in its sometimes somewhat mischievousness, this work envelops you in a very friendly warmth and manages to conquer it.
A musical oddessy through the heart of Africa in search of the roots of Rock & Roll.
Some kids in Brussels play a game based upon objects that were brought back from the Congo and which were used during the Hutereau expedition.