Africa Movies

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

Deep within the dense jungle of the Congo Basin, people are bringing the once-deserted village of Lossi back to life. In the spirit of Jane...

Climate, Water, Life and Land- Resilient Communities in East Africa

Gugu is being thrown out by her husband Themba, who is apparently having an affair with an ex-girlfriend. She crashes at a friend’s house,...

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

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

Cinés d'Afrique, a documentary structured like a magazine program, aims to provide an overview of the state of African cinema by exploring...

Across Africa, people are using soccer to lift themselves up, to create change in their communities and to pave the way for progress. "The Beautiful...

A conversation between an older, HIV positive woman and her niece. The women talk about what it means to be a woman, mother, elderly and HIV positive...

Shot in New York, Cape Town, St Helena and the Atlantic Ocean, Sathima's Windsong, is a lyrical portrait of South African jazz singer, Sathima Bea...

A study of the behavior of monkeys in the African jungle.

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 look at the rampant HIV epidemic rate in Swaziland.

A Djiboutian film.

In the midst of the Algerian War in 1957, fighters (fidayounes) resisted French intervention with the help of a doctor.

“La Sape” is a unique movement based in Congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they don’t really...

Religious education film about literature in Africa.

This delightful Animal Planet series follows young animals facing special challenges. Zookeepers, veterinarians and other animal specialists explain...

The ghost of a man who was innocently killed in a village for falling in love with the chief's daughter is out haunting for its killer for vengeance....