Stories that connect
the Global South with the North...
the past with the future…
Our stories define our realities…
and those that have dominated the global narrative for the past few centuries are unraveling…
creating space for new and ancient stories* to be re-imagined, recalled and experienced.
NEW AND ANCIENT STORIES*
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Eanuid Eadni - The River Speaks
Flowing through the Arctic tundra on the far northern edge of the European continent, one of our planet’s last free rivers comes alive to tell a timeless story of a Sámi fisherwoman fighting to save its sacred waters and the future of her people. Watch video
Lil' Black Boy
Carlo decides to leave the gang life to investigate the 1946 police shooting of his great-grandfather, a Black US Army WW2 veteran. He discovers a cover-up and the untold story of New York's deep racism, but also the science of epigenetics, which helps him heal his intergenerational trauma.
My Bones Shall Rise
The dark shadows of Africa’s colonial past come alive when a professor of history tries to reclaim the skull of his great-grandfather, kept in the British Museum since the 1890s as a war trophy together with the remains of other Zimbabwean resistance leaders.
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Looking For Ishmael
A filmmaker's search for his family's Arab-Jewish heritage, destroyed by the rise of Zionism and the creation of Israel, forces him to confront the brutality of occupied Palestine and also reclaim his humanity through the brotherhood of Islam.
Maman
Jean-Louis Bourgeois grew up in the shadow of his mother Louise Bourgeois, one of the towering figures of modern art. In this intimate portrait, he reveals their stormy relationship and the complex and contradictory forces that lie behind her creative genius. Watch video
Sincerely, Rosa
A multi-media exploration by South African artist Lebohang Tlali that excavates the enigmatic life and legacy of Rosa Emilia Clay, the first African to receive Finnish citizenship in the late 19th Century after being "adopted" as a child by missionaries and taken from her home in Namibia. Watch video
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ABOUT
Inspired by the Grandmothers, keepers and protectors of ancestral wisdom in cultures around the world, Áhkku Vision is a production company committed to the creation and revival of new and ancient stories that connect, restore and heal.
Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist and former war correspondent Bob Coen, its core values were seeded in the struggles for social justice in Southern Africa and informed by more than three decades of storytelling journeys across four continents.
Encompassing feature documentaries, shorts and other visual stories, Áhkku Vision’s projects are all connected by the common theme of expanding horizons by challenging accepted narratives and reexamining the past to understand the present, so as to protect the future.