SmallPlanet Films (Africa) People and Numbers According to the IMF, Ghana is a case of success! The government, after faithfully following the IMF’s recommendations for shrinking the public sector, fully liberalizing the market and carrying out privatizations, has now “achieved its […] 0 Charity, Diplomacy and Business In July 2011, a great wave of famine ravages the Horn of Africa. Over 13 million people are threatened with starvation. Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are in the center of a terrible humanitarian crisis and […] 0 29 Days It has been called the “Rebellion of Dignity”. The spark that was set off by the self-immolation of a 26-year-old in a Tunisian provincial town spread like fire in the entire country. The cry of […] 0 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 Stealing from the Poor Have you ever asked yourself where does the fish you eat come from? If you had, you would be controlling a huge pirate industry which commits a crime in your dish! The ever-rising demand for […] 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 Death in the Land of the Fur Since 2003 Arab paramilitaries known as “Janjaweed”, along with the Sudanese army, have been regularly conducting raids against revolted African tribes in the Darfur province, in the west part of Sudan. So far more than […] 0 Delta – Oil’s Dirty Business At the Delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, where a vast proportion of the planet’s oil is excavated, bomb attacks, abductions and murders form part of the daily routine. The documentary portrays the image […] 0
