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Ten documentaries, from Cameroon to Mali, from Israel to South Africa.

2023

MK, l'armée secrète de Mandela

The armed wing of the ANC, uMkhonto we Sizwe, created in 1961 and led by Nelson Mandela, and its forgotten fighters.

57 min
2012

Land Rush

The grabbing of farmland in Mali, made for the international series Why Poverty?, awarded a Peabody Award.

58 min
2011

Sderot, Last Exit

Portrait of Sderot, an Israeli town next to the Gaza Strip, and of its inhabitants.

80 min
2007

Une affaire de nègres

The abuses of the Commandement opérationnel, a special unit deployed in Douala in 2000, told by the victims' families. Released in French cinemas in 2009.

90 min
2007

Les Disparus de Douala

The case of the young men who disappeared in Douala and their families' struggle.

52 min
2005

Un amour pendant la guerre

Violence against women in the war in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

63 min
2003

Au-delà de la peine

A 52-minute documentary produced with the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.

52 min
2001

Itilga

A 26-minute short film.

26 min
2001

140, rue du Bac

Short film.

2000

Le Calumet de l'espoir

First short film, shot in Canada with Indigenous communities in Ontario.

  • 2023

    MK, l'armée secrète de Mandela

    57 min

    The armed wing of the ANC, uMkhonto we Sizwe, created in 1961 and led by Nelson Mandela, and its forgotten fighters.

  • 2012

    Land Rush

    58 min · Hugo Berkeley

    The grabbing of farmland in Mali, made for the international series Why Poverty?, awarded a Peabody Award.

  • 2011

    Sderot, Last Exit

    80 min

    Portrait of Sderot, an Israeli town next to the Gaza Strip, and of its inhabitants.

  • 2007

    Une affaire de nègres

    90 min

    The abuses of the Commandement opérationnel, a special unit deployed in Douala in 2000, told by the victims' families. Released in French cinemas in 2009.

  • 2007

    Les Disparus de Douala

    52 min

    The case of the young men who disappeared in Douala and their families' struggle.

  • 2005

    Un amour pendant la guerre

    63 min

    Violence against women in the war in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  • 2003

    Au-delà de la peine

    52 min

    A 52-minute documentary produced with the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.

  • 2001

    Itilga

    26 min

    A 26-minute short film.

  • 2001

    140, rue du Bac

    Short film.

  • 2000

    Le Calumet de l'espoir

    First short film, shot in Canada with Indigenous communities in Ontario.