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The Rwandan genocide in 1994 serves as a backdrop for ‘Sweet Dreams’, a thumping, empowering and joyous portrayal of Rwanda’s 60-woman drum troupe, and the first ice cream store in Rwanda. Comprised of women from both sides of the 1994 conflict, the ...

“I don’t like it when people tell me what to do”, says Laura Dekker toward the end of her record-setting solo trip around the world aboard her sailboat Guppy. In many ways, Dekker’s assertion encapsulates both the rebelliousness of a 16-year-old, and...

The problem with making a documentary about Muhammad Ali — the most celebrated sports figure of all-time — is that every facet of his extraordinary life had already been analysed and dissected in microscopic detail. From the superb 1996 Oscar-winning...

It’s not the kind of story you hear every day. A woman with a passion for music, goes in for a routine mammogram and learns she carries a gene that would almost certainly predispose her to cancer. She courageously opts to undergo extensive preventiv...

Beneath a photo of a lizard carefully camouflaged in some plants are the words: ‘Do you see him. Sometimes you want to fit in at school and it is difficult’. The lizard is just one of many moving and inspiring pieces of art in the Mindframe Photovoic...

‘Womanish Ways’ is a worthy film about a worthy struggle — one which resulted in the women of the Bahamas winning the right to vote by 1962. It tells in impressive detail the story of those who fought for female suffrage from 1948 onwards, weaving to...

To describe ‘The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne’ as a gripping yarn would be an understatement. Octogenarian jewel thief Payne’s life has been one so unusual and intriguing, you probably couldn’t make it up. She’s literally swiped gems from under the...

What would you do to save another person from suffering a terminal illness? It turns out that Shannon Cann would tie a bouncy cord around her ankle and fling herself from a cliff if it meant she could help one more family facing the abyss of Alzheime...