Africa Movies

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

After brilliant studies in France and a 15-year absence from his homeland, Adama, a young graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, rushes back to...

Intimate story of a Baka family living a traditional life in the rainforests of Cameroun.

Travelogue released on November 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

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

As a child in Burkina Faso, Yacouba was sent away from home to study the Qur'an, where he and his classmates were almost starving. The young boys...

This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performance. Some passengers eagerly join in while others...

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

Ebola hunters stomp out the Ebola virus.

A fantasy film, which mixes fact and fiction, based on director Michael Kohler's time living among the Samburu people of Kenya.

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...

The film is taken from a comedy theatrical play and it shows the customs of the traditional society in Seychelles.

We follow a team of scientists on a gruelling expedition into a remote rainforest in Mozambique. They're hoping to prove that Mount Mabu's animals...

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

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

Short documentary about folk customs in Nigeria.