Africa Movies

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

Mariama is the best student in her village and has a bright future. Her parents dream of sending her to America. But a predatory teacher and the...

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...

This film takes a close look at Africa's varied geography and the people who settled and live in these region. Also it contrasts the rural villages...

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...

A bloody civil war in Central African Republic has divided a once peaceful nation along religious lines. Two children, one Christian and one Muslim,...

The emotional conflict of Africans in Paris.

Lesego's Story is a short film about the struggles of a young girl in Gaborone, Botswana.

A poetic exploration of mental health issues among creatives in communities on the African continent and in the diaspora, exploring myths, stigma and...

On a journey to West Africa, award-winning documentarian Mathew Welsh fashions portraits of six 'middle class' Gambians - taking us beyond...

Africa, that huge drop of strange land that hangs from Europe, resembles in many ways that road that only takes the railway route teaching you the...

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

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

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

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...

Filmed in and created by people in the small west African nation of The Gambia. An exciting mystery that showcases many aspects of Gambian culture.

We observe the animals in the wild. After watching the film, a series of individual observations remain in the memory, which, when placed in the...

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