Africa Movies

Giving voice to the voiceless: this was the revolution of Giorgio Lolli, a former worker and trade unionist from Bologna, self-taught technician of...

Set in a small village in the Congo, where one of the villagers’ favorite pastimes is either to watch or to take part in a form of very...

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

Tradition and AIDS in Africa. What to do when the respect of tradition is at odds with the community's health?

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...

It is not easy to be an albino in Tanzania. White skin is distinguishable and it burns quickly under the African sun. However, the constant fear is...

Actress Natalie Portman and renowned animal expert Jack Hanna delve deep into the rain forests of central Africa in search of the legendary and...

Once a little African boy got a letter. In the letter he found a snowflake made of paper.

"Bamboula": this word was chosen in the 1980s for a chocolate cookie well known to children at the time. In 1994, he sponsored an Ivorian village set...

A 1978 documentary about healthcare services in five locations in Nigeria.

In common with many L.A. Rebellion films, Snake touches on such themes as institutionalized racism, colonialism and the plight of women of color. ...

This documentary reaches to the depth of Somali history, starting from the strong kingdoms that ruled areas far away into Africa, passing by the...

See firsthand the numerous changes that have led to dramatic decline of the lion population, and what needs to be done in order to ensure their...

In this comedic travelogue movie, filmmaker Alex Suszko ventures to the country of Mauritius where he attempts to understand the cultural differences...

Between 1983 and 1987, Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso and the home city of FESPACO, one of the most important Pan-African film festivals in...

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...