African Movies

A teenager discovers his sexuality in a society where he is best to keep such findings secret.

A lucid, sincere and intricate political film, it demonstrates how French neocolonialism exploits migrant labor and exerts a cultural imperialism over...

"Golds" follows Mercy, a young boy who lives in a poor neighborhood with his ill mom who can not afford the medical attention she needs. Mercy comes u...

Because jazz is the miraculous product of the horror of slavery, Youssou N'Dour returned to the slave route and the music they created, in search of n...

An experimental short that explores a surfer’s belief in Animism.

An educational documentary spanning two continents, opening up a much-needed debate about traditional African spiritual systems; their cosmologies, id...

This story humorously uses different events to explore the habit of late coming among Africans. While addressing some of the challenges that several A...

Follows the story of two young boys and their adventure through the streets of Africa.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his self-confiden...

Four young people from Tanzania and Cameroon complete a year of weltwärts voluntary service in Germany. For each of them, it is their first visit in E...

A teacher turns to a dubious man to raise money for her daughter's life saving surgery, a crisis that is unexpectedly catapulted to a national stage

Ire loses his innocence in the most brutal way.

A Wildlife Safari through Africa.

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

An account of the victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War and depicts the most brutal period with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels capturing...

Nwa is in torment for not being able to have children.

Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited still imag...

As beautiful and sleek as it is deadly, 52 Blocks merits special conservation efforts as the United States' only existing native martial culture, as i...