Africa Movies

An epic war film about the battle of the Italian and Libyan armies.

Travelogue released on November 27th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"CATANAS POINT - A Surf Documentary" portrays the reality of the sport of surfing in Angola and compares it with what surfing was like in Brazil from...

A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this film has been used to make "Les Fils de l'Eau".

In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 110 Africans stolen from their homes and families,...

Exploring the repatriation of African Art and how it stolen loot was reframed ar African art by art dealers

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

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

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

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

Brother Howie is a Jamaican Rastifari who dreams of the land of his ancestors: Africa. On a journey in search of his roots and his identity he...

This video research is based on a trip to Morocco in July 2005, during which the director documented irregular migration transiting through Morocco,...

Introducing a generation of young Africans determined to be the first free of AIDS.

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

The expedition that shot this film was sponsored by the French Government and the Museum of Man, for the purpose of making a lasting record of the...

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...

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