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FilmsBBC Planet Earth (2006) (11 Eps)

Author: admin | 27 July 2009 | Views: 1475
Experience Earth as never before with groundbreaking footage of our planet and its wildlife. The most ambitious factual series ever commissioned by the BBC and a breathtaking exploration of our world.
BBC Planet Earth (2006) (11 Eps)

FilmsCheetah (1989)

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An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free.

Cheetah (1989)


However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.

FilmsBaraka (1992)

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The word Baraka means "blessing" in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language.

Baraka (1992)


Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette factory...

FilmsGorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)

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Gorillas in the Mist is a 1988 film which tells the true-life story of naturalist Dian Fossey and her work in Rwanda with Mountain Gorillas. The screenplay was adapted by Anna Hamilton Phelan from articles by Alex Shoumatoff and Harold T. P. Hayes and a story by Phelan and Tab Murphy. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre. The movie was directed by Michael Apted and the cinematography was by John Seale.

Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)


A Kentucky woman, Dian Fossey, is inspired by an anthropologist Louis Leakey to devote her life to the study of primates. Travelling into deepest Africa, Fossey becomes fascinated with the lives and habits of the rare mountain gorillas of the Rwandan jungle...

FilmsTo Walk with Lions (1999)

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To Walk With Lions is a good movie if you really like watching Richard Harris.
Richard Harris, John Michie, Kerry Fox, Ian Bannen, Hugh Quarshie do a great job supporting, too.

If you haven't heard of To Walk With Lions, here's a quick plot:

To Walk with Lions (1999)


Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, Adamson battles to keep the animals on his game reserve "Kora" from dangerous poachers and deadly "shifta" warriors who are determinded to destroy rhinos and elephants for their tusks, and lions for their rich pelts. Academy Award Nominee Richard Harris of Gladiator and Harry Potter and The Sorcerer�s Stone takes you to the wilds of Africa in an inspirational story about one man�s magnificent crusade.

FilmsKilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa (2002)

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bigImage Join a band of trekkers as they journey through rugged terrain and extreme conditions to look out from Africa�s highest point in David Breashears' latest mountain adventure large-format film, KILIMANJARO: TO THE ROOF OF AFRICA.



Photographed in the world�s largest and most evocative motion picture format, this film takes its viewers to the expansive slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro where they can experience the exceptional climates and landscapes of this mystical mountain...

FilmsMomella - Eine Farm in Afrika (2007)

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Dokumentarfilm, Drama
Inhalt

Margarete Trappe ist seit der Kindheit fasziniert vom Leben auf dem schwarzen Kontinent: Sie zwingt ihren Mann, in die Schutztruppe nach Deutsch-Ostafrika zu wechseln - und beginnt für ihre Familie und ihre Farm einen zähen Kampf. 1907 ziehen die Trappes mit einer kleinen Expedition durch den Norden Tansanias, auf der Suche nach einem Stück Land.



An einem paradiesischen Platz am Fuß des Kilimandscharo lassen sie sich nieder. Landerwerb ist leicht - jeder kann so viel Land abstecken, wie er will. Die Bewohner reagieren unterschiedlich - die Wameru friedlich, die Massai erst einmal feindselig. Doch Margarete erringt schnell den Respekt auch der Schwarzen und geht daran, die Farm gemeinsam mit ihrer Hilfe aufzubauen.

FilmsMaasai, the warriors of the rain (2004)

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Massaï, les guerriers de la pluie / Maasai, the warriors of the rain (2004)
Director : Pascal Plisson
Starring : Ngotiek Ole Mako, Paul Nteri Ole Sekenan, Parkasio Ole Muntet

From the award winning film makers of March of the Penguins comes a unique film that follows the lives of young still inexperienced Maasai warriors in the search of a mythical lion, Vitchua, incarnation of Red God, God of revenge, to bring back its mane.By this the warriors will put an end to the curse of no rain which has seized their community, and will thus make it return.


FilmsDie Weisse Masai (2005)

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Die Weisse Masai (2005)
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth
Starring: Nina Hoss, Jackie Ido

Based upon an autobiographical novel by Swiss writer Corinne Hofmann, the film tells of a girl, Carola (Nina Hoss), whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover.



There, she has to adapt to the Masai's way of life and get used to their food which includes milk mixed with blood. She also has to face her husband's attitude towards women and what he expects from a wife. Nonetheless, Carola is welcomed warmly into the tribe she has chosen to join.

FilmsThe Constant Gardener (2005)

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The Constant Gardener (2005) (Fernando Meirelles)

The Constant Gardener is a sophisticated political thriller adapted from John Le Carre's novel of the same name. It's a thought-provoking look into the African situation that we�re guilty of trying to keep out of mind and out of sight. This conspiracy-thriller-cum-love-story follows a British diplomat in Kenya, Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) as he challenges all odds to find out why his wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz) was murdered on a dusty trail in East Africa.



The film starts with the end of Tessa's journey, as her mutilated body is identified at a morgue in Kenya. The shock of his wife's death and alleged infidelity with a black doctor sends Justin spiraling. Faced with a prima facie case of a crime of passion between 2 lovers, investigators back off from digging into Tessa's work with impoverished Kenyans and her concern in a pharmaceutical company�s apparent humanitarian efforts.