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The AndanaFilms Collection collection includes the following titles:

A Place Called Wahala - imageA Place Called Wahala

Every year the War Cemetery Memorial of Wahala in Togo hosts the 11th November Remembrance Day Ceremony which recalls the end of World War I. The first German surrender of WWI was signed on the soil of the Reich's Togoland colony in August 1914, subsequently to the battle of Chra. It marked de facto the end of German "Togoland". But Wahala's history and its very name do evoke an otherwise painful past...

Andana Films | 2021 | 56 minutes
A Sense of Justice - imageA Sense of Justice

Maîtres Christine Mengus, Nohra Boukara and Audrey Scarinoff put their hearts and souls into defending immigrants in France.

Andana Films | 2021 | 97 minutes | College, Adults
Al Djanat, the Original Paradise - imageAl Djanat, the Original Paradise

After the death of her uncle, the director films her family courtyard in Burkina Faso as a dispute over the estate bursts out between advocates of traditional law and proponents of official law, inherited from European colonization.

Andana Films | 2023 | 83 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Another Paradise - imageAnother Paradise

Fifty years ago the entire Creole population of the Chagos Islands was expelled by the British authorities. This secret operation took place in order to lease the largest island to the US Navy so that it could install a military base. Now Chagossian exiles embark on a struggle to return home.

Andana Films | 2019 | 82 minutes
Boom Boom - imageBoom Boom

In voiceover, filmmaker Laurie Lassalle questions her desire to be part of the "Gilets jaunes" (Yellow vests) protest movement in France.

Andana Films | 2022 | 110 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Claude Monet in Giverny, Alice's House - imageClaude Monet in Giverny, Alice's House

This documentary directed by Monet's great-grandson, relates Claude Monet’s life and work in Giverny, based on unpublished letters and private photos. From 1883 to his death in 1926, Claude Monet lived in this house, far from the hustle and bustle of Paris. There he took his painting to new heights, lighting the way forward to the 20th century.

Andana Films | 2011 | 50 minutes
Diabetes: A Heavy Cost - imageDiabetes: A Heavy Cost

Diabetes will affect one adult in 10 by 2040. It is ruining lives and weighing heavily on public finances. The disease is still not being treated properly. A whole system has gone off track because patients either take too many drugs or can no longer afford them. Only the pharmaceutical industry seems to be thriving in this bleak health situation.

Andana Films | 2021 | 85 minutes
Draw Me Saint-Exupery - imageDraw Me Saint-Exupery

On the 31st of July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea. With this mystery, a myth was born. Who was the man whose book The Little Prince was translated into more than 250 languages and dialects?

Andana Films | 2017 | 52 minutes
Guardians of the Sea - imageGuardians of the Sea

Reveals the reality of the daily work of activists from an ocean defense organization, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Less publicized but still as committed to the fight against polluters and poachers, today they use methods of action that are very different from the forceful interventions of the past.

Andana Films | 2022 | 52 minutes
Heart of Stone - imageHeart of Stone

A young boy escapes Afghanistan, traveling over 12,000 km alone to France and experiencing the terror and dangers of clandestine migration. Taken into the care of the child welfare services, a psychologist helps him to tame nightmares caused by abandon and poverty. The filmmakers follow his quest for a new life over 8 years, until he enters adulthood.

Andana Films | 2018 | 89 minutes

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