https://shotonwhat.com/region/western-africa The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:44:04 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/cobra-verde-1987 Wed, 08 May 2024 20:36:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/cobra-verde-1987
Director: Werner Herzog
Cinematographer: Viktor Ruzicka
During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/io-capitano-2023 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:44:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/io-capitano-2023
Director: Matteo Garrone
Cinematographer: Paolo Carnera
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/this-is-my-desire-2020 Sun, 09 Apr 2023 20:59:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/this-is-my-desire-2020
Director: Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri
Cinematographer: Arseni Khachaturan
In Lagos, Nigeria, tragedy and fate intervene as two people try to better the lives of their families. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/atlantics-2019 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:07:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/atlantics-2019
Director: Mati Diop
Cinematographer: Claire Mathon
In a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-amazing-race-2001 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:37:33 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-amazing-race-2001
Director: Bertram van Munster, Evan Weinstein
Cinematographer: Peter Rieveschl, Per Larsson, Tom Cunningham, Josh Gitersonke
Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/binta-y-la-gran-idea-2004 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:40:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/binta-y-la-gran-idea-2004
Director: Javier Fesser
Cinematographer: Chechu Graf
Binta, a little girl from Senegal, tells us about the everyday life in her village, the importance of education for the girls, and about her father's great idea to make the world a better place. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/body-team-12-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:54:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/body-team-12-2015
Director: David Darg
Body Team 12 is tasked with collecting the dead at the height of the Ebola outbreak. These body collectors have arguably the most dangerous and gruesome job in the world. Yet despite the ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/human-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:24:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/human-2015
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ali-2001 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:36:08 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ali-2001
Director: Michael Mann
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/brightness-1987 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:19:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/brightness-1987
Director: Souleymane Cissé
Cinematographer: Jean-Noël Ferragut, Jean-Michel Humeau
A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/winged-migration-2001 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 23:06:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/winged-migration-2001
Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats
Cinematographer: Olli Barbé, Michel Benjamin, Sylvie Carcedo, Laurent Charbonnier, Luc Drion, Laurent Fleutot, Philippe Garguil, Dominique Gentil, Bernard Lutic, Thierry Machado, Stéphane Martin, Fabrice Moindrot, Ernst Sasse, Michel Terrasse, Thierry Thomas
Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents. ]]>