Africa Movies

Barely visible to the human eye, a truly fascinating universe lives in the bush and savannas of Africa. Here, creatures small, smaller and nearly...

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

Documentary by Carlos Pronzato portraying the life, struggle, Marxist thinking, and Pan-Africanist legacy of Amílcar Cabral, leader of the...

This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship,"...

A journey back through Dacia Maraini's and her trips around the world with her close friends cinema director Pier Paolo Pasolini and opera singer...

Smith arrives in Dar es Salaam to tie up loose ends. He is helped by others on quests of their own.

A doctor searches for the cure for nagana, the sleeping sickness caused by the tsetse fly.

Intimate story of a Baka family living a traditional life in the rainforests of Cameroun.

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 Gambian family is at dilemma whether they should go see a traditional healer or go to a hospital after their daughter catches malaria by a mosquito...

As a child in Burkina Faso, Yacouba was sent away from home to study the Qur'an, where he and his classmates were almost starving. The young boys...

Katrin and Sam practise together in a bush hospital in Namibia. Sam had been the best friend of Katrin's late husband. He feels more than just a...

Born in Indonesia to Victor Raoul Baron von Lawick and Isabella Sophia Baroness van Ittersum, he developed an early love for animals. He determined...

In West Africa, Colombine runs a dispensary in risky bushland. A strong-willed, whiskey-drinking religious woman armed with her rifle, she takes care...

The folkloric group "Nzale," founded in 1979 in Bangui, practices a traditional dance called "M'baka M'Bokou," which means "strength" and is a symbol...

This documentary of repressive political realities in Cameroon begins with the 1990 publication of an open letter to President Biya calling for a...

Hereros Angola is a documentary film on the ethnic group of the same name. Originated from Bantu peoples, they maintain their millennial culture...