Africa Movies

The African pioneer Edouard Sailly created a distinctive poetic cinema. Here, he ponders the state of mind of a mourning fisherman.

Between 1950 and 1958, John Marshall made four expeditions to film the Ju/'hoansi (a group of !Kung Bushmen) of the Nyae Nyae region of Namibia (then...

The folkloric group "Nzale," founded in 1979 in Bangui, practices a traditional dance called "M'baka M'Bokou," which means "strength" and is a symbol...

Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then...

Short documentary about folk customs in Nigeria.

Short film based on a Yoruba folk tale.

Documentary looking at the new independent African states.

An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.

The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman...

Documentary on Mozambican music, and the role it played in the country's rediscovering its national identity after centuries of colonial rule.

An epic war film about the battle of the Italian and Libyan armies.

Interweaving stories of Western collectors, Muslim traders, African artists and intellectuals, and the filmmakers themselves, the film focuses on a...

A Djiboutian film.

This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performance. Some passengers eagerly join in while others...

This film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond...

The chief priest in the village dies and the village is in turmoil. Onyeka is constantly being ridiculed and taunted about her condition, the family...

Directed by François Woukoache.

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he has assimilated too much white...

Two men of different backgrounds lose their respective jobs, setting off a series of events that brings them together in tragic circumstances.

Djibril Diop Mambéty followed and filmed the shooting of Yaaba, Idrissa Ouédraogo's second feature film. A documentary full of humorous...