Bigger Than Africa

Feb 18, 2018

1h 26m

★ 0.0

Overview

When the slave ships docked in North America, Brazil, and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures, traditions, and religions landed with the Africans on board, one transcended slavery beyond imagination and remains alive till this day in the New World: the Yoruba culture.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Motherland Productions Inc.

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Cast

Self

Wole Soyinka

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6.8

The Way of Miracles

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7.2

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6.0

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

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7.2

I Am

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6.8

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7.5

Lives Well Lived

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7.0

When the Road Ends

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Growing up in poverty as a child, Dylan dreamt of travelling the world on a motorcycle. Many years later he broke the shackles of a normal life and took to the road. After journeying 200,000km across four continents, the road from Panama to Colombia comes to an end, swallowed up by an impenetrable jungle. Dylan has no choice but to take to the sea, building a raft powered by his motorcycle engine in the hope of reaching Colombia's road network 700km away. He must brave strong ocean currents and storm batterings in his journey from Central to South America.—Journeyman Pictures

0.0

The Radical Age

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10.0

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6.9

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6.3

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6.5

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A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day of the 2008 NBA playoffs.

5.9

Overcoming

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0.0

Uncle Vakho's Dream

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An elderly man, Vakho, lives alone in a deserted village high in the Kazbegi mountains. He leads a humble life, his only company are his goats, and grazing them has become his daily ritual. The man is haunted by the memory of a prophetic dream, foreshadowing the tragic events for which he punishes himself with seclusion.

0.0

Halloween in Hollywood

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0.0

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

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7.5

The End of Meat

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0.0

Bob Gimlin - Beyond Bigfoot

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Bigger Than Africa

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