Documentary: Africa PBS

By James Poniewozik Monday, Sep. 10, 2001

Refreshingly, this eight-part survey portrays Africans from the mountains of Ethiopia to the mines of Lesotho as ordinary folks, not victims. It's visually rich without exoticism, curious without condescension.

--J.P.

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