Cosmic Africa

This South African documentary seeks to explore Africa's ancient ties with the oldest science, astronomy. It follows the adventure of a young local astronomer as he visits three very different regions in Africa, to explore their local knowledge about the cosmos. He visits the San in the Kalahari, the Dogon in West Africa, and a site in Egypt.

75 minutes.
Parental Guidance .
Documentary

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Thebe Medupe
Director	Craig Foster, Damon Foster
Screenplay	Paul Alexander, Kim Fuller
Music	Jim Meacock
Cinematography	Craig Foster, Damon Foster
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2003
Produced by	Cosmos Studios, Industrial Development Corporation, Aland Pictures

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
The Moviesite Ian Douglas	9
Cape Argus Aldrin Naidu	15
The Cape Times Sergio Ben	15
The Star Tanya Farber	16
Die Burger Gabriël Botma	5
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	5
Average .. 54%	11

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: On the plus side, there are numerous stunning visual scenes, as well as a look at some interesting cultures. On the down side, I felt the film failed in it's stated objective, of exploring ancient knowledge of the stars. In many cases, it was a case of science trying to come to terms with mumbo-jumbo and myth, rather than exploring scientific knowledge. I also thought it odd that he went to the Dogon, but did not explore the story about them knowing things about the Pleiades before modern science did. (Google for pleiades dogon for more on this). As such, with the concentration on culture and myth rather than knowledge, I left somewhat disappointed.

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Cosmic Africa

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

Average .. 54%

Visitor Comments