Africa Movies

Short documentary about folk customs in Nigeria.

Short film based on a Yoruba folk tale.

Bamako. Several women are illegally evicted from their home in 2008. Their brother, Souleymane Cissé, takes up his camera to look back at his...

A small island, a great history. Long before giving its name to the country, the Mozambique island had a fundamental role in the Indian Ocean during...

A musical trip through southern Africa to the tunes of the post-apartheid generation. Kwaito music originated in the 1950's in the dusty streets of...

A Djiboutian film.

Smith arrives in Dar es Salaam to tie up loose ends. He is helped by others on quests of their own.

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

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

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

Music by Prudence tells a self-empowering story of one young woman's struggle who, together with her band, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds...

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

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...

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 are living in the time of a heteronormative society that antagonizes Queer people for their Being-ness. In Africa, it is believed that we are...

A portrait of the mythical band Bembeya Jazz, which contributed to the heyday of Sekou Touré’s cultural revolution in Guinea. Created in...

In partnership with the MasterCard Foundation and local partner Mwanza Youth and Children Network, the young reporters produce and broadcast radio...

Kibera is the largest slum area in Nairobi, and the largest urban slum in Africa. This documentary depicts three important problems; violence, drugs...