At an intersection of roads from Uganda to Tanzania and from Kenya via Rwanda to Zaire, some half a million refugees from Tutsi-Hutu violence streamed in to create a boom town called Benaco.

The Dead Are Alive
Anna van der Wee | Belgium | 1996 | 40 min. | Documentary | Colour | Betacam

Els de Temmerman proved that the tragedy in Rwanda was not a spontaneous outburst of collective violence but a meticulously prepared and premeditated mass slaughter.

Delta Force
Glenn Ellis | Great Britain | 1995 | 52 min. | Documentary | Colour | Betacam

Delta Force examines the military campaign of terror waged by the Nigerian government against the Ogoni people in order to restore oil production on their lands.

Devil's Children
Stev van Thielen, Annie Arnou | Belgium | 1995 | 25 min. | Documentary | Colour | Betacam

Thousands of Rwandese women were raped during the genocide of 1994, and speak of their ordeal for the first and perhaps only time.

The Draughtsmen Clash
Balufu Bakupa - Kanyinda | France, Gabon | 1997 | 40 min | Fiction | B&W | 35mm

This wicked political satire could easily apply to any number of dictators but points to the former president of Zaire, Mobutu Seso Seko.

The Forgotten
Anne Laure Folly | France | 1997 | 52 min. | Documentary | Betacam

The filmmaker explores conditions in Angola, a country ravaged by war for 30 years. The documentary acquaints viewers with the country's  "forgotten people" -- people victimized by violence and poverty, child soldiers and vagrant children, but also with women who develop initiatives to improve their own situation and that of others.

Gerrie and Louise
Sturla Gunnarsson | Canada | 1997 | 75 min | Documentary | Colour | Betacam

The film is a true story of politically star-crossed lovers during the twilight of apartheid. Gerrie is a colonel in the South African Defense Force, and Louise a top South African investigative journalist dedicated to exposing its brutalities.

Warrior Marks
Pratibha Parmar, Alice Walker | Great Britain | 1993 | 54 min. | Documentary | Colour | U-matic

A documentary featuring the American writer Alice Walker, who searches for the cultural and historical roots of female circumcision.

What About Your Pain, Africa?
Raymond Depardon | France | 1996 | 165 min | Documentary | Colour | 35 mm

Beautiful, moving, revealing, and above all sincere cinematographic diary about Africa.