Movies: Africa

  • 1969
    A Simpler Way

    A Simpler Way (1969)

    A Simpler Way

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    Four students from the President's Leadership Circle at Frostburg State University journey to a remote village in Uganda to discover a radically simple solution to an urgent global problem. What they find there changes their lives in unexpected ways....

    A Simpler Way
  • 1986
    Women of Hope

    Women of Hope (1986)

    Women of Hope

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    A black and a white woman meets in Dar es Salam because of their men, and starts a friendship, despite their different background....

    Women of Hope
  • 1964
    Korogo

    Korogo (1964)

    Korogo

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    A TV adaptation of the myth of Queen Pocou, a legendary heroine who sacrificed her own son to appease the hungry gods....

    Korogo
  • 1986
    The Mask

    The Mask (1986)

    The Mask

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    Bejo, 12 years old, lives with his brother Mario, a sculptor. Having heard the news on the radio his dream is to see the Bissau carnival, but he has been forbidden to do so. He escapes, wanders throught the forest, crosses rice fields until the river...

    The Mask
  • 1986
    The Rwandan Child

    The Rwandan Child (1986)

    The Rwandan Child

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    A campaign is launched to prevent peasants from leaving the countryside for the city. The village tries to adapt the advice of the technicians for self-sufficiency....

    The Rwandan Child
  • 2015
    New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story

    New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story (2015)

    New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story

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    On an island where religion bars women from playing soccer, the Queens resist cultural norms and challenge local assumptions about Islam and gender identity. The film explores the history and character of the team, and the evolving perception of wome...

    New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story
  • 2000
    Ouaga, the Capital of Cinema

    Ouaga, the Capital of Cinema (2000)

    Ouaga, the Capital of Cinema

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    Between 1983 and 1987, Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso and the home city of FESPACO, one of the most important Pan-African film festivals in the world, was the scene of an exciting cinema utopia. With the support of the young president Thoma...

    Ouaga, the Capital of Cinema
  • 1966
    Sargeant Bakary Woolen

    Sargeant Bakary Woolen (1966)

    Sargeant Bakary Woolen

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

    Sargeant Bakary Woolen
  • 1973
    Five Days in a Life

    Five Days in a Life (1973)

    Five Days in a Life

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    "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 Koranic school, where he is forced to memorize and recite verses of the Koran; soon, N’Tji escapes and begins to...

    Five Days in a Life
  • 1974
    Baobab Play

    Baobab Play (1974)

    Baobab Play

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    Children and teenagers throw sticks, berries, and leaves at each other from perches in a large baobab tree....

    Baobab Play
  • 1970
    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game (1970)

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

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    Women from three separate Ju/'hoan bands have gathered at a mangetti grove at !O to play an intense game in which under-tones of social and personal tensions become apparent....

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
  • 1962
    A Joking Relationship

    A Joking Relationship (1962)

    A Joking Relationship

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    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 Ju/'hoan kin relationship which provides opportunities for casual intimacy, emotional release, and ...

    A Joking Relationship
  • 2004
    Ask Me I'm Positive

    Ask Me I'm Positive (2004)

    Ask Me I'm Positive

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    Thabo, Thabiso and Moalosi are young, attractive and deal openly with their HIV status. Nearly a third of the population in Lesotho is HIV positive....

    Ask Me I'm Positive
  • 1969
    Tebaatusasula: Ebola

    Tebaatusasula: Ebola (1969)

    Tebaatusasula: Ebola

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    Ebola hunters stomp out the Ebola virus....

    Tebaatusasula: Ebola
  • 1957
    Freedom

    Freedom (1957)

    Freedom

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    Freedom, Nigeria's contribution to the 1957 Berlin Film Festival, was based on a play commissioned by the Moral Re-Armament Association. Based on a stage piece, the film is an unabashed paean to the MRA, demonstrating how the organization helped to c...

    Freedom
  • 1967
    The Third Day

    The Third Day (1967)

    The Third Day

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    The African pioneer Edouard Sailly created a distinctive poetic cinema. Here, he ponders the state of mind of a mourning fisherman....

    The Third Day
  • 1972
    Playing with Scorpions

    Playing with Scorpions (1972)

    Playing with Scorpions

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    Between 1950 and 1958, John Marshall made four expeditions to film the Ju/'hoansi (a group of !Kung Bushmen) of the Nyae Nyae region of Namibia (then South West Africa). During this time, Marshall shot over 300,000 feet of 16mm film (157 hours). He l...

    Playing with Scorpions
  • 1985
    Nzale

    Nzale (1985)

    Nzale

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    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 of victory. It is a battle dance: each dancer wears the skin of the animal he wishes to incarnate. O...

    Nzale
  • 1972
    In the Beginning

    In the Beginning (1972)

    In the Beginning

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    Short film based on a Yoruba folk tale....

    In the Beginning
  • 1973
    Toula, or the Genie of the Water

    Toula, or the Genie of the Water (1973)

    Toula, or the Genie of the Water

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    The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman to put an end to their anger. A young man in love decides to go in search of water to save the girl ...

    Toula, or the Genie of the Water