
Baudouin I of Belgium
Actor · 1930 – 1993 · Bruxelles, Belgium
Baudouin (7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993.
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Movie6.1DocumentaryMusicA documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.
Movie10.0DocumentaryBwana Kitoko (swa. 'handsome young man') is a 1955 Belgian documentary directed by André Cauvin. It shows the official visit of king Baudouin of Belgium to the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi.
Bwana Kitoko
1955 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryHistoryHow African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer portrait of this amazing continent, historically known for tragic subjects, such as slavery, famine, war and political chaos.
Africa Rising
2019 · 2 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryDocumentary about monarchy and royal courts around the world.
Im Glanze ihrer Kronen
1968 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentaryA film documenting the exorbitant 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire, held in October 1971, organized by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and attended by leaders from around the world.
Movie6.7DocumentaryThe story of a famously lavish five-day party held by the Shah of Iran in 1971 to celebrate 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. The event was held at a specially constructed oasis surrounded by a city of tents and attended by 60 world leaders, who enjoyed a five-course banquet and a pageant featuring thousands of soldiers dressed in historical costume. However, the decadence on display had far-reaching consequences, breeding resentment of the Shah's regime among the Iranian people.
Movie9.0DocumentaryHistoryIn the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African tunes with Afro-Cuban music to create the electrifying Congolese rumba, a style that conquered the entire continent thanks to an infectious rhythm, captivating guitar sounds and smooth vocals.
The Rumba Kings
2021 · 2 votes
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A documentary surrounding the life of King Baudouin Prince of Belgium
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TV8.7DocumentaryWar & PoliticsThe history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.