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- After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
- A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.
- A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human.
- This film follows the first class of students at a remarkable leadership center in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region often referred to as "the worst place in the world to be a woman." These women have been through unspeakable violence spurred on by a 20 year war driven by colonialism and greed. In the film, they band together with the three founders of this center: Dr. Denis Mukwege (2016 Nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize), radical playwright and activist Eve Ensler ("The Vagina Monolgoues") and human rights activist, Christine Schuler-Deschryver, to find a way to create meaning in their lives even when all that was meaningful to them has long been stripped away. In this ultimately uplifting film, we witness the tremendous resilience as these women transform their devastation into powerful forms of leadership for their beloved country.
- Faced with the prospect of a dim future in his impoverished village, young Shankar bids farewell to his family in rural Bengal and makes a journey to the fabled "Mountain Of The Moon" in search of gold and diamond mines.
- Explorer, the longest-running documentary series in cable television history, honored with nearly 60 Emmys and hundreds of other awards, continues as a series of major specials on the National Geographic Channel. In the course of more than two thousand films, Explorer has taken viewers to more than 120 countries, opening a window on hidden parts of the world, unlocking mysteries both ancient and modern, and investigating stories of science, nature, and culture.
- The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has cost more lives than any other since World War II. THE TESTIMONY chronicles the largest rape tribunal in Congo's history, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the lives of its women and the unshakable strength of the human spirit.
- Can the working class such as those on plantations in the Congo benefit from Art, instead of being victimized by it through gentrification?
- Faisant suite aux violentes émeutes anti-ONU, ce cinéma vérité témoigne de la mission des Casques bleus québécoises en République démocratique du Congo, un pays en état de siège où le viol est devenu une arme de destruction massive.
- The film exposes the cruel business of the illegal ape trade. From poachers in the tropical rainforest to criminal traffickers and corrupt politicians, these apes end up in private zoos and as pets on social media.
- No polished shoes, no school. Ten-year-old Samuel is about to discover Kin the Beautiful's way of muddling up and muddling through.
- The Shadow of Gold takes an unflinching look at how the world's favourite heavy metal is extracted from the earth. The film explores both sides of the industry: the big-time mining companies that dig deep and lop off mountaintops to extract gold from low-grade ore, and the small-time miners - an estimated 20 million people in the world's poorest nations - who extract gold by hand, often producing just enough to survive.
- Maki'la has been living on the streets of the Congolese capital for a long time. She spends most of her time with a group of young criminals, who use the street as a stage to display their mostly stolen designer fashions. She is married to Mbingazor, the leader of the gang, who spends his time getting high or drunk. With little-to-no money for food, Maki finds life tough. Her frustration finally sees her coerce other street children to steal for her. When she encounters Acha, a fresh-faced new arrival from a faraway village, Maki not only encourages her to steal but the two become inseparable. Unfortunately, Mbingazor suspects that they are having a romantic relationship. Such rivalry can be deadly, as Bahango's riveting film shows.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country. In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers, and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.
- The critically important work by renowned naturalist Claudine Andre to save the endangered bonobo apes of the Congo is presented in this visually stunning feature film.
- A film crew follow a group of children that live rough on Kinshasa's streets. The children are thought of as shegues, or witches, by many adults including their families. The kids' desire is to make money and music.
- The Rumba Kings celebrates the epic quest of Congolese Rumba. The music that helped the Congo fight colonial oppression and find freedom. The rhythm that gave birth to Africa's independence anthem and captivated the continent for decades.
- Documentary about the Democratic Republic of Congo when Joseph Kabila sought a constitutional amendment that would allow him to be elected president for a third term. The film follows three protagonists of the resistance.
- In the urban jungle of Kinshasa, amid social and political chaos, an eclectic and bubbling street art scene is emerging.
- MOFAYA follows a talented musician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as he embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to escape the violence and persecution in his war-torn country, with nothing but a guitar as his guiding light
- An account of Vulcanologist Haroun Tazieff's long "love story" with the formidable Nigarongo, a volcano situated in what was formerly Belgian Congo, from 1948 when Tazieff was the first man ever to climb it and to explore it until the mid sixties.
- A nature documentary reality series that focuses on African wildlife and its natural habitat featuring a safari tour guide named Ushaka who takes viewers on an adventure throughout the "dark continent".
- Bob Ultee wants to save Africa from pollution and poverty by marketing electric motorbikes. His own crypto currency would be the driving force behind this. Bob has big dreams, but others have their doubts about this.
- A gangster who makes fake money changes his lifestyle after meeting and falling in love with a devout Christian single mother, but trouble comes to them when his past catches up to him.
- A short film, produced by the WWF, hosted by actress Anna Friel, filmed on location at the Virunga National Park in the Congo, designed to raise awareness of potentially destructive oil exploration within the park.
- Using instructions for constructing a rocket as a frame, the film explores the exploitation of Zaire (as was), by Western governments and corporations culminating in the establishment of a German rocket research company in the country.
- Homecoming is a journey of immigration, identity and national belonging. Na-to, Auto and German are three young Israeli born children whose parents are immigrant workers from three different continents. Our intention was to see through their eyes the possible outcome of being forced to return to their parent's homeland. Our three protagonists were lucky to be legalized in 2006, but approximately another 800 children and youth just like them are still facing possible deportation. When we started the film, we assumed Homecoming refers to their return to their parent's homeland. During the work, we realized that homecoming meant only one thing for the three of them: the return home to Israel.
- The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the world's most resource-rich countries. A wide range of rare minerals can be found here in abundance, all commanding high prices in world commodity markets, but the DRC still remains one of the poorest countries in the world. For Bernard Kalume Buleri, fixer and musician, his country's history of turmoil is very personal; like most Congolese people, he and his family fell victim to the unending mineral based power struggle. Born in the year of his country's independence, he has lived through war and seen his homeland torn apart by violent looting and greed. His story is a damning testament, illustrating how nature's bounty, instead of being a blessing, becomes a deadly curse.
- A former British Special Forces officer takes om the task of turning a group of poorly armed, underpaid and little-trained park rangers into an elite anti-poaching unit to protect the rapidly diminishing wildlife population in Congo's Virunga National Park. The park has seen thousands of its animal population--and more than 100 of its park rangers--killed by poachers, bandits, rampaging militia fighters and corrupt government troops.
- WMTv17 is a Video Tv Program formed by a singer and songwriter "Wendo Musaly" on April 02, 2020. It's based on producing music worldwide and labeling music.
- Along a railroad in the south of the former Zaire UN troups discover a few thousand refugees from Rwanda. The camps for the survivors are being massacred a little later on April 25th 1997 by the so-called liberating rebel army of the new "Democratic Republic" of Kongo - and nobody has seen this in the evening news.
- Behind-the-scenes footage from three of the most intractable conflicts of the modern era with insights from the world's foremost peace negotiators.
- Filmed over 7 years, this documentary follows a family of Mountain Gorillas over several generations, revealing some of the most intimate details of their lives and deaths as impacted by human encroachment.
- Wendo Musaly Musical Tv17 is an American record label founded by musician Wendo Musaly. WMM Record's president is Wendo Musaly who is also a singer-songwriter and dancer.
- Africa's development is being held back by poor infrastructure and undersized power plants. Countries like Uganda can only produce only 1/4 of the energy needed, leading to daily power cuts with disastrous economic impacts. It's a golden opportunity for nuclear giants who lobby aggressively for more power plants in Africa. But how safe are these new reactors? And what do they mean for the locals?
- Hunting expedition in Africa.
- With unparalleled bravery, journalist Shanny Haziza goes behind the scenes of one of the most dangerous black markets in the world.
- In June 2010, Greenpeace took Oscar-winning actress, Marion Cotillard, to visit the tropical rainforests in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Travelling by pirogue (a small wooden boat), she witnessed the destruction caused by logging first hand. International logging companies are plundering the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo and causing social chaos for many of the 40 million-odd people who depend on the rainforests for their livelihoods but whose voices are ignored. While the logging companies trade (often illegally logged) timber, avoid taxes, bribe officials and cheat local people out of invaluable forest resources in exchange for a few bags of salt, the forests themselves - and the many endangered species that live in them - are in jeopardy.
- Wendo Musaly, is a Congolese actor, singer, songwriter, and dancer. Born on November 21/1996, in South Kivu in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- Helped by a nurse ,a young native tries to escape from the fate that awaits her.