Africa Movies

Short documentary about the Sahara-dwelling Toubou, a tribe in which the women are treated as equals by the men.

A Luta Continua explains the military struggle of the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) against the Portuguese. Produced and narrated by...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A mystical performance about the sea and the earth based on a Yoruba folk tale.

Through the story of a mason in Djenne, Komusa Tenapo, and his family, this documentary examines an African tradition of mud architecture in Mali....

Sarah, a student studying at home on a rainy night, lets in a desperate man named Sam, who warns her not to look outside. As strange noises fill the...

The film builds up a portrait of a great Sudanese film-maker, Gadalla Gubara. At eighty-seven, he is one of the pioneers of cinema in Africa. He has...

A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

Biniam Girmay’s recent successes have shown that African cycling is on the up, ready at last to follow athletics and football into the big...

In 1880 South Africa, young Betsy has an adventure involving Zulu Tribesmen, Dutch Settlers, The Vortrekkers, and her older brother's romance of...

Christiana, a determined university student, faces a dark spiral of challenges when her supervisor demands an unethical favor for her project...

Guangzhou, a.k.a. Canton, is southern China’s centuries-old trading port. Today the booming metropolis of 14 million is a mecca of mass...

Upon his return to France, sergeant Bakary claims the bride he had chosen. But she refuses this imposed marriage.

This video research is based on a trip to Morocco in July 2005, during which the director documented irregular migration transiting through Morocco,...

Through living ritual and stop motion animation, this short tells the story of stolen Africans who are thrown off a slave ship whilst sailing through...

Communities in Rwanda have come together every last Saturday of month since the 11th century to build, clean, and plant.