SmallPlanet Films (Cultures and Ethics) Egypt, the Other Homeland “Egypt, the Other Homeland” witnesses the return, years later, of certain Greeks of Egypt back to the land where they were born and raised. They visit their parents’ home, the family business, their old neighborhood; […] 0 Secret of the Dawn “Love hurts three times – when they cut you, when you marry and when you give birth” Old African saying Excision is an ancient custom that survives to this day. An excruciating operation on the […] 0 Zeru Zeru the Ghosts A crazy manhunt has broken out in peaceful Tanzania. Bounty hunters murder and mutilate Albinos so that they can take their limbs. According to the paranoid superstition streak that has been initiated by 161.000 Tanzanian […] 0 Shiva’s Flesh The act or practice of feeding on dead bodies (necrophagia) is beyond comprehension in the western world. But in other cultures ritual cannibalism is a fact. This astonishing documentary filmed in India provides a very […] 0 Muxes of Juchitan According to myth, God entrusted San Vicente with a difficult task. On his back he carried a sack full of Muxes, and had to leave one in every town of the Zapotec kingdom. But when […] 0 Saudi Arabia – Under the Veil The hub of the Islamic world, the largest oil-producing country in the world, homeland of Osama Bin Laden, is balanced precariously between the “modern, Western way of life” and tradition. Over-conservative clerics are asking for […] 0