African Heart Beat Films

10/11/2020

Various projects over the past couple years.

01/05/2018

Colonel Honorine, more commonly known as Mama Colonel, works for the Congolese police force and heads the unit for the protection of minors and the fight against sexual violence. Having worked for 15 years in Bukavu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she learns she is transferred....

07/06/2017

Progress on our indigenous African crafters project.

The past 3 weeks we have walked deep into the mountains of north Malawi searching for traditional crafters. High above the lake we found what we were looking for. Most importantly the friendly spirit of the people that live here.

Photo credit: Kevin Gow

31/03/2017

From Africa.

Official HD vid for ATIE. (Featuring the League Of Extraordinary Supergrans.) Video directed by Andrew Mageto and Osborne Macharia.

02/02/2017

Everyone should turn a camera on themselves sometime.

I come to Cape Town to make a film about the student protests. When I get here, the students turn me away: they don't want me, as a white person, to make a…

10/11/2016

Another amazing collaboration with Caretakers. Much gratitude for the opportunity to be apart of the team who created this film.

For those of you looking for something uplifting to watch this evening --> our new documentary The Professor is up and ready for you to enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOt5IE4ULpo&feature=youtu.be

For a little insight:

“Walking with Koos in the veld is like walking with a botanical colleague, only it is a little bit more interesting” Prof. Ben-Erik van Wyk.

Having Khoi-San ancestry Koos Paulse carries an immense amount of indigenous plant use knowledge. Professor Ben-Erik van Wyk is a renowned ethnobotanist at the University of Johannesburg who has come to visit Koos in the Suidbokkeveld. His discription of Koos as “the professor of the veld” is strongly contrasted with Koos’s painful past. This is a story about change, recognition and dignity.

Director: Naima Sebe
Cinematographer: Carlos Francisco

(Photo by: Naima Sebe)

01/11/2016

The beginning of a new AHB Films inspired initiative.

13/09/2016

Recording our traditional history. Celebrate African traditional knowledge systems!

 The Xhosa Vernacular Architecture research project reached a milestone today... we have interviewed over a 100 families about their homes and structures. The i...

20/07/2016

Honest documentary making.

This is "Santa Cruz del Islote" by lukelorentzen on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

22/06/2016

Great advice.

Low budget Tips for beginner filmmakers. We discuss 10 guerilla film making tips that best guarantee you have a good quality low budget production. • There a...

17/05/2016

Reflections.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. www.lixistudios.com Big thanks to Ben Berman, who inspired us to create our take on this concept. ...

15/02/2016

Something really worth helping make happen...

Action Kommandant is the untold story of slain South African liberation fighter, Ashley Kriel.