Africa Movies

Short Belgian documentary on volcanos in the former Belgian Congo

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

A film about Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Filmed with a Malian crew, cut to the beat of Malian music,...

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

Beatrice is an 18-year-old young reporter with the Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) in Lusaka, Zambia. She is part of the Unite4Climate Radio...

A Djiboutian film.

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

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

A young student from a family which considers itself "progressive" cannot marry the boy she loves as he comes from the caste of the smiths who are...

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

When four jazz musicians—trumpeter Serge Adam, pianist Benoît Delbecq, bassist Francky Mwele, and drummer Emile Biayenda—prepare...

A glimpse of life as seen through young people at a Zimbabwean children's home.

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

There are thousands of people working as scrap workers in Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana, and Abdallah is one of them. Like the majority, Abdallah is...

The film is an evocative story of the tenuous relationship between a charcoal burner and forests. The film follows Lloyd on his journey from burning...

African animals, including a lookout monkey, await with trepidation the arrival of big-game hunter Theodore Roosevelt.

Without a Fight is a feature length documentary film that explores how soccer can facilitate social change in Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums....

In 2007, Beau attempted to paddle 4000kms from one side of Africa to the other. Starting in Mozambique, he continued along the Southern African...

Documentary on Mozambican music, and the role it played in the country's rediscovering its national identity after centuries of colonial rule.