Africa Movies

"Tubabs" is a nickname for foreigners, especially white ones, in the West African country of Gambia. In this documentary filmed by Mary Flannery, a...

A powerful portrait of Africa's most widely acclaimed contemporary artist El Anatsui. It gives an insider's view of the artist's practice, the...

First ever Gambian feature film tells the story of a couple who met out of an anonymous call made by Lina to Micheal. Micheal fell in love with her...

The story of Nashulai Maasai Conservancy in Maasai Mara, Kenya and their quest to open the longest wildlife migration corridor in East Africa while...

Without a Fight is a feature length documentary film that explores how soccer can facilitate social change in Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums....

The story of Kenyan athlete David Rudisha, the greatest 800m runner the world has ever seen, and his unusual coach, the Irish Catholic missionary...

“La Sape” is a unique movement based in Congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they don’t really...

Sexual decisions have deadly consequences. Can a small group of college students from Botswana challenge conventional wisdom about AIDS in Africa to...

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

The film follows the rugby season of Uitenhage prop forward Zama Takayi - who plays for Progress Rugby club, the club that amalgamated the black...

Machanic Manyeruke is the founder of gospel music in Zimbabwe—though, his influence reaches far beyond the borders of his African country....

Tamsir returns to Senegal after 17 years in Europe. His uncle gives him a patronage job in Dakar, virtually without duties. He visits his family's...

The film is an evocative story of the tenuous relationship between a charcoal burner and forests. The film follows Lloyd on his journey from burning...

Fatima and the group of her high school friends will get their bachelor degrees. A question arises in each of them: to continue their studies in...

A film about Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Filmed with a Malian crew, cut to the beat of Malian music,...

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...

Thanks to conservation efforts in East Africa in recent years, the mountain gorilla population has increased. But overcrowding due to habitat...

A Djiboutian film.

The destiny of women is irrevocably linked to blood. Between tradition and modernity, the female body has been marketed, honored, and mutilated.