Africa Movies

David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part...

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

"Cinq jours d’une vie" is about a young man, N'Tji, orphaned at an early age, who lives under the supervision of his uncle. He is sent to...

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he has assimilated too much white...

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

An undercover documentary film produced and directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of...

An action thriller which lends a multinational depiction of contemporary Africa and centers on a local homeopathic cure for a virus that has crept...

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

Following a dream, Canadian paraglider pilot Benjamin Jordan travels to Malawi to teach children the joys of kite flying. There he meets Godfrey, a...

Short documentary about folk customs in Nigeria.

When her husband died Soumicha, mother of three, had to earn a living. She became the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algeria. This...

Dr. Richard Hardi has spent 29 years restoring sight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. From a small operating room in Mbuji-Mayi, he travels...

Ibogaine is a plant extract that stops drug addiction. In this documentary, a 34-year-old heroin addict undergoes ibogaine therapy with Dr Martin...

A documentary tracing the journey of a volunteer teacher in Frankadua, a remote African village in the eastern side of Ghana. It explores the...

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...