Photographing Africa

Photographer and film director Harry Hook, who grew up in the Sudan and Kenya, has been documenting life in Africa for the past forty years. He ventures out to isolated communities and encounters people living with one foot firmly rooted in a rich cultural past but who also embrace contemporary Africa.

Presented by: The Knowledge Network

Along with this film, the photography documentaries listed below are available for on-demand streaming during the 2017 Capture Photography Festival at Knowledge.ca:

Annie Leibovitz: Life through a Lens
Ansel Adams
Bill Cunningham New York
C.D. Hoy: Portraits from the Frontier
Chasing Ice
Chasing Wild Horses
Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
Finding Vivian Maier
Foncie’s Photos
Jeff Wall: In Order to Make a Picture
Mugshot
Nothing on Earth
Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey
Snapshot: Fred Herzog
Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film