Maha Productions is a Paris-based company which produces documentaries which are shown to television audiences around the world. The company is focused on producing documentaries which center around themes of human rights and injustice. Many of the documentaries which the company has produced have received international recognition.
Two examples of award-winning productions from Maha Productions are: "Oil for Fraud" (2009) - the recipient of the BANFF Award in 2009; and "Murder on a Sunday Morning" (2001) - was the recipient of an Academy Award in 2002 for Best Documentary Film Feature.
"Oil for Fraud" was produced to detail corruption behind the Oil for Food program. This was designed by the United Nations to alleviate poverty in Iraq following the Gulf War.
"Murder on a Sunday Morning" documents a murder trial in Jacksonville, Fla., where a 15 year old African-American boy was wrongfully accused of murdering an elderly woman in a motel room.
Both films are among a total of 27 different documentaries which provide a unique glimpse into the lives of people whom are not often heard from in the mainstream media. Maha Productions has been in operation since 1999, and has a large network of European partners with whom they collaborate.
